Bittersweet Farm

Before they invented video games parents had to be more creative. On a summer afternoon when I needed something to keep myself occupied, I didn’t have a room full of electronic gizmos. Back then I could never have conceived of the Internet, Facebook, iPods, VCRs DVDs or cable TV. For a long time we didn’t have a TV and when we did it was a small black and white set. My grandfather would sometimes give me a “weed whip” and tell me to walk along the road and cut down what he called Canadian Thistles. That was not only before video games, it was before they invented gas-powered weed-eaters. The tool was similar to a golf club and it was not gas or electric powered. It was boy-powered. [Read more…] about Ugly Weeds

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you have a lot to be thankful for. You are richer than 75% of the people in this world.

If you can attend a church without fear or harassment, arrest, torture or death, you have a lot to be thankful for. There are almost three billion people in the world who cannot do that.

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