Two Veterans and a Fireside Chat
Today, the flag will be flying at the Nichols’ Nest to honor our nation’s veterans. Because of them, my life is lived in freedom, and I don’t take that for…
SOME THINGS THAT DON’T NEED MESSIN’ WITH
Seems Christmas is the season for listing making – the list for Santa, shopping lists, to-do lists, grocery lists, and Christmas card lists. I am a list-maker from way back,…
Flag-Waving Freedom
Our flag at the Nichols’ Nest is waving in the breezes this morning. While it waves, I can hear “The Star Spangled Banner,” “America the Beautiful,” “The Battle Hymn of…
Roses and View-Masters
Do you remember what a View-Master is? That wonder-filled, binocular-like instrument with a circular cardboard reel of images? With the click of my finger, I could be transported to places I’d…
The Surprise of Unmet Expectations
Much can be said about expectations. They bring delight, but oh the disappointment when they are not met! A few years ago, my husband Bill and I noticed that the…
WHAT ARE YOU GETTING JESUS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY?
When we’re children, we get some interesting notions as we’re learning how to live in this world. Sometimes, those notions stick with us even as we become adults. I had…
Heaven? A Never-ending November
We’ve barely heard the last Fourth of July firecracker before the stores are putting out plastic pumpkins and Halloween costumes and lining the aisles with Christmas tinsel and silk greenery.…
Freedom’s Morn
There’s an unspoiled freshness about morning that I’ve always loved. It’s my very favorite part of the day because it holds a bit of mystery and potential and even promise.…
Easters Past
When I remember the Easters of my childhood, they mostly involved the new spring mother-daughter dresses Mama made, new hats that had to have small flowers to frame my face…