Last = Thanksgiving, I had my chance to do the traditional thing out here in = Wyoming – go out and shoot my own turkey.   Man, you = should have seen the people scatter in the meat aisle.  Now, Kroger = has taken out a restraining order . .…

Along with = four other women, Elisabeth Elliot waited by a short-wave radio for what = must have seemed like an eternity, listening for a message from their = husbands, who had taken a flight into hostile Indian territory.  = The young couples had been trying to reach the Auca…

A fellow had a = parrot, and the parrot not only talked, it could cuss like a sailor. The = trouble is that the owner was a quiet, religious man, and this bird’s = foul mouth was driving him crazy. One day, it got to be too much, = so…

Trying to be = socially-distant, the middle-school band class set up outside this = fall.  Practice was just getting under way when a large insect = starting flying around the group. Many were sixth-graders, eager to play = their shiny new instruments, and tried to ignore the buzzing intruder as…

A fourth-grade = teacher was giving her pupils a lesson in logic. "Here is = the situation," she said. "A man is standing up in a boat in = the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and = begins splashing and yelling for help. His…

A young man = asked an old rich man who owned the largest home in town how he made his = money. The old = guy fingered his worsted wool vest and said, "Well, son, it was = 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my…

[Lots of = places mentioned in passing with these familiar songs. Can you fill in = the correct names WITHOUT singing to yourself? 😊 = ]   =C2=A0 1. I = left my heart in = _________________________________   =C2=A0 2. Meet = me in _____________________, Louis, meet me at the…

Family fun = this morning. Open your Bible to see possible menus for today as various = food items are mentioned . . . What would you eat for = breakfast? _________ = Exodus 29:2 _________ Job = 29:6 _________ Luke = 11:12 _________ I = Peter 2:2 _________ =…

My young son = enjoyed helping his mother when guests came to the house. Two = missionaries came for dinner and when the meal was nearly over, he went = to the kitchen and proudly carried in the first piece of apple pie, = giving it to me.  I thanked…

A fellow from = Texas visited a friend in Upstate New York, and was shown Niagara = Falls.  His friend said, “I know you folks like to boast = about how big everything is down there, but I’d wager you = don’t have anything like this in = Texas.” “No,”…

Q: How do you = clear out the bingo game at the Veteran’s Center? A: Yell, = “B-52”   Q: Why do dogs = avoid going to parades on November = 11th? A: Too many = vets   Q: When a = group of Vets put out a cover for…

Wife and I = were talking about two men mentioned in articles on our monthly rural = paper. She asked if I remembered them.   I said, = “I knew both of these men when they were teens 30 years ago.  = One was a clever, handsome devil hat I…

Heather M = remembered, “My mom told me to work hard until my savings account = looked like a  phone number.  Well, I finally did it!  My = current balance is 9.11” Ken M admits, “Life is like = a helicopter. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to operate a =…