by Morning Reflections | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
On two occasions more than 40 years ago, the whole world almost had a very bad day.At mid-morning on November 9, 1979, watch officers at the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) inside Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, were shocked to see their early warning screens...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Tombstone epitaphs fall into several categories.There are the silly ones that don’t really exist:Perry Mason: The defense restsHumpty Dumpty: “I was pushed!”Elvis Presley: A hunk, a hunk of rotting bonesThe Pillsbury Dough Boy: “I will rise...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Irish author and artist Christy Brown was born in 1932 in Dublin, one of 22 children (13 of whom survived) belonging to a bricklayer and his wife.Christy was not like his siblings. His body was ravaged by cerebral palsy. As a child he could not speak. ...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
You might say that I married into Daffodil Mania. My wife’s mother, Phyllis, was joyfully fanatical about those perennial bulbs – whether white, yellow, orange, or pastels – that are currently blooming in many parts of America.She once served a term as president...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the book of Numbers, chapter 13, Moses and the people of Israel stand at the threshold of the Promised Land.Behind them lies slavery in Egypt. Ahead lies the land “flowing with milk and honey,” the place God had promised to Abraham.The Lord says to Moses,...
