Piece by piece The puzzle is assembled. Hour after hour Levers are jammed beneath The ungainly blocks Of hard facts And rough numbers – Tonnage lifted, Grunting, Sweat stinging The mind’s eye. As we muscle them into The stubborn spaces That made our work For the day. While the mortar dries We stood back andContinue reading “Work”
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My Autumn
Autumn I love the fitfull gusts that shakes The casement all the day And from the mossy elm tree takes The faded leaf away Twirling it by the window-pane With thousand others down the lane I love to see the shaking twig Dance till the shut of eve The sparrow on the cottage rig WhoseContinue reading “My Autumn”
Grateful
He had been through the arc of the storm.From the distant rumble of angry airElectrified and bitter berry blackTo the last drop of the downpour gone,On a summer breeze and the song of a bird. He felt he shouldered the whole of God’s plan for himself.From the space carved out in God’s love by theContinue reading “Grateful”
Parenting Over Time
The connection between parents and the children can be looked at as an inverse relationship measured over time. While the parents are building a family support network, growing closer to their child day by day, the child is learning to be increasingly independent. As a result, that intricate network is ‘deconstructed’ a little bit everyday.Continue reading “Parenting Over Time”
The Christmas Season
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. JOHN 3:16 May the true meaning of the Christmas Season be known to you and all the blessings that it brings! May the secular blessing of the season beContinue reading “The Christmas Season”
A Place To Sit
A POSTAL VACATION
Chicken Grillin’
For the last few years, I have been cooking chicken breasts for my wife to put on the salads that she takes to work. The plan was to create a simple and quick recipe, this way I would be able to prepare it every week, no matter how busy I was. Having gotten this processContinue reading “Chicken Grillin’”
July 4th Reading List
Happy birthday America! Here is a reading list for every lover of liberty, individual rights, property rights and religious freedom. In these turbulent times, with tyranny threatening out liberty more then ever, and from every conceivable quarter in our society, we owe it to ourselves and our posterity to keep alive the ideas in theseContinue reading “July 4th Reading List”
A Celebration of Science in Stamps
COLLECTING IS LEARNING !
Prairie Beacon 