April 18, 2006 (edited Dec. 2016) The Land of the Dying  Owen, in his last hours, dictated a short letter to a friend. His secret...

Taken July 6, 2025 from our front door. The rain that wouldn't stop. Dear Friend, July has been a strange month this year. So many ...

  I haven't done one of these lists for a long, long time. I ran across one from years back and decided it might be good to do one again...

Dear Friend, My heart is heavy for the people in Western North Carolina. We were aware that some serious destruction had happened last ...

 Worth Repeating I have heard some sermons recently that made me want to pull this post forward and repeat it. (Originally posted Oct. 2021)...

  The quiet comforts of home will always give more lasting happiness and sweeter memories of security than the most exciting and busy advent...

  When my husband and I got married my health was actually worse than it is now in some ways. There were times when I struggled so much just...

"Young ladies, beware of being attracted to a man because he makes you feel pleased with yourself. If that is his main attraction, he i...

Here is an interesting and honest comparison of November of the year with November of life. As we age let us hope for and strive towards tha...

I wrote a letter talking about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, and a few things she knew and did in her life. I also pondered what it would ...

John 16:23-24  And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he wi...

To be able to carry money without spending it; To be able to bear an injustice without retaliating; To be able to do one's duty when cri...

  Poems and Thoughts of Martha Snell Nicholson I started a new page at The Home Maker's Corner . It is a collection of poems and thought...

  Psalms 91:2-4   I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from...

It's been about 100 years - give or take a few - since I did one of these, so I thought it was time... First, though, I want to thank al...

Dear Struggling Mother, We see you. We see you and we are not judging you the way you may be feeling judged. No, I'm not speaking for ev...

Dear Friend, A lot of thoughts come to mind as we remember the greatest day in history - the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. I'm not sure ...

  Dear Friend,  Just some rambling thoughts this time. I was talking to a friend recently and I mentioned something that stuck with me, name...

Photo taken in Cade's Cove, Tennessee, 2003. A Song of Death and Life Death is the breaking of a fragile cup Filled with Go...

Photo from my grandpa's collection, I assume taken in a zoo. Jan. 3, 2006 [edited 2020] A Bold Foe Over the weekend we had ...