A 2-part Jottings: from pulpit and pen First ‘A Pastor with Guts? article gleaned from the U.P’s Porcupine Press. Pastor Joe Wright gave this unexpected prayer at the opening session of the Kansas Senate: ‘Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your […]
It was a nice, foggy morning. Time to take Shayna for a drive. She loves to ride in our van. Now, for those few who have told me ‘No more stories about your dog,? this is not about a dog, unless it’s me. Ah, there’s Achatz, makers of pies and soups. Soups don’t have much […]
Editor’s Note: Mr. Sherman was away trout fishing last week, so that left him no time to pen a new column. So, we’re runing this oldie, but a goodie from May 2006. Enjoy. Harvey Korman is 79. Tim Conway is 72. Ninety percent of the people who came to see them at the Soaring Eagle […]
Haley and Trevor, along with their parents, Susan and Tim Speed and sister Savannah, live within a mile of me, and whereas I see the twins quite often, the three of us don’t spend a lot of time together. As an adult, as their grandfather, it is my fault. I feel very inadequate talking to […]
Not being a fan of the current, and hopefully temporary occupier of the White House, do not expect support of any of his programs in this space. I do think it was nice of him, when he landed in Columbia for a meeting with Central American countries, to tell us he was there to check […]
But, first, some advice for my college-going grandson and anyone else who wants it: Few things are more satisfying than setting a goal and achieving it. – – – 0 – – – Last week I closed by promising to convince myself I’m on the right side of the sod. Last week I complained of […]
We all have days when the fact we’re on the right side of the sod escapes our minds. I just wrote one of the things that bothers me. I can’t prove we all have down days, and I can’t prove it is best to be on this side of the sod. All inclusive statements presumed […]
My marathon running, otherwise semi-normal son-in-law, Tim, tried to prove something the day before Easter. We all awoke to a few inches of snow. Tim announced he was going to run out and get the newspaper, barefoot. After only four steps out in the snow, he returned. This prompted 12-year-old granddaughter Savannah to conclude, ‘I […]
I don’t remember what television news program I watched most in the past half century, but it wasn’t 60 Minutes and Mike Wallace. Reading about his passing this week makes me a little sorry I missed his interviews. If he was as prepared and thorough as his obituaries read, he must have been great at […]
A chickadee passed along an item about aprons that brought back memories of Mom on the Farm. You know, the good ol? days when mothers did everything that didn’t require a team, tractor or doodlebug. Moms did fetchin?, hoein?, milkin?, cookin?, pumpin?, laundry, etc. And they did it all in aprons. During our married life […]