Christmas Letter 2017
Welcome, all wonders in one night! Eternity shut in a span! Summer in Winter! Day in Night! Heaven in Earth and God in Man! Great little one whose all-embracing birth…
The Journal
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1955 - Family Celebrations
Although Mom’s parents had come from New England, she was a Michigan girl, raised in Ferndale on East Woodland Avenue. Dad was originally from Bellaire (“up north”) but…
1954 - Life at Home and at a New School
Garry, Dottie, and I were blessed to live in a kind, loving family, as the majority of children in America did during those years. Mothers mostly stayed at home and…
Clawson 1953
I am hoping to share, each week, a little of my personal history of growing up in Clawson, Michigan. Our first home was in Berkley, Michigan, where Mom and Dad built a…
God's Answer
It started out as a regular evening as we arrived in Columbia, South Carolina on our way to attend a retirement party for our good friends in Port Wentworth, Georgia…
On the Road Again
We are back on the road! Well, for a bit anyway. Most of you probably know that Mom Joyce passed away peacefully on September 19. We were glad to have her with us for…
Mom graduates to Heaven
One thing is certain about life, there's always change that will come. No one except the Lord knows what one day will hold from another. In our last post in May we told…
Is …there …anyone?
“Is anybody listening? I’m very concerned …” A few days ago, after a horrific week of carnage here in the United States, I posted a prayer on Facebook, and this was the…
Christmas Blessing
One of the greatest announcements made to mankind was "Unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord." As Bonnie was decorating the…
Christmas Letter 2015
It hardly seems possible that another year has gone by. This brings us to almost three full years since retirement when our new adventures began. With all that has taken…
TFC Homecoming 2015-
The native culture called Toccoa Falls “the beautiful.” It is located on the campus of Toccoa Falls College, our alma mater, where we lived early in our marriage, in a…
It’s Raining!
There have been those individuals who have asked us, when they hear about our van-trek, "What do you do when it rains?” I’d like to give an answer to that question for…
Up, Down, and Around
Traveling through Chicago to get to the East coast of Wisconsin is not a whole lot of fun. But once through, the trip was delightful and filled with new adventures. We…
A Thumb or a Finger?
It all depends on your perspective. Recently, while we were doing the Lake Michigan Circle Tour, we decided to go up “whatever it is,” to see what we could see. It’s the…
Kicks on Route 66
From Chicago, IL to Santa Monica, CA, the Mother Road (the name many refer to when they talk of Route 66) meanders though lazy towns and memories of the past. And for…