The difficulty foreigners have in learning American English is greatly complicated by our tendency to try to simplify long words or...

According to some of the internet dictionaries I consulted, the origin of this term described the manual removal of nits (eggs of lice)...

Recently I discovered by casual curiosity a kitchen towel with a label that said---Made in Brazil. That set me searching for other...

My struggle with authority has lasted nearly all my life.  Starting with my rebellion against my parents to being disobeyed by my own...

Several years ago, while my wife Darlene was taking a Master Gardener course through the County Extension program, she planted rose...

Let’s suppose you have a 50-year-old house, and it is starting to show its age.  The roof, the sewer, the plumbing and the electrical all...

Leave it to a country song to go right to the heart of the matter and tell it like it is.  “You don’t like me, but you don’t know me”...

Most people at some time during their life feel as if they are underpaid, underestimated, undervalued or underappreciated.  This might be...

The tiny workshop in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains housed many intricately carved wooden figures.  They had been created over the...

One of the extra benefits of sowing the gospel seed is seeing different cultures close up and personal that one might never have...

YUCATAN PART 3 One of the first Jimmy Gospelseed opportunities I had in Yucatan occurred at an outdoor cafe. I sat with the three...

YUCATAN (Part 2) So many of the things I hope to achieve in my quest to become Jimmy Gospelseed are centered in the Mayan city of...

New Mexico has the slogan, LAND OF ENCHANATMENT, on their vehicle plates. The state of Yucatan Old Mexico deserves a similar slogan. It...

It seems lately as if I’m having more and more Albert Einstein moments.  Not in the growing capacity of my intellect ending in the title...

As I watched the finals of the National Spelling Contest I was totally amazed at the skills of those 12 year olds.  Almost every word was...

Little children are taught very early on to wash their hands and take a bath. Cooks and doctors have to cleanse their hands frequently to...

My father-in-law used to plant a huge garden every year and never even thought about watering it.  That’s because he lived in an area...

After having raised four children, my wife, Darlene, and I experienced all the emotions from sorrow and frustration to pride and love. ...

All of us no doubt hear the question, “How are you?” several times each day.  Instead of responding with the expected “Fine” or “Good,’...

Eager anticipation would probably describe most children’s desire to open a gift as soon as possible. They are looking forward to and...