Good Ole’ July
Good Ole’July The month of July could be one of my most memorable months as a child. I can still see us kids running around with a glass jar catching fire flies. Sometimes we would take their glowing parts and put them on our face…
Just Dad!
Father’s day is just around the corner, and unlike Mother’s Day, they don’t get all the flair and fancy we bestow upon our moms. Maybe, because they are the less complex of the two, and it takes so little to please them. In my mind,…
Memorial Day – May 25, 2015
As I say in so many of these newsletters, here we are observing yet another holiday. Wasn’t it just last week when we were honoring all the mothers? And right before that we all wore our hats to church celebrating Easter. At this rate, we…
Raising a Child in 2015
May 8, 2015 – – Raising a Child in 2015- by Rosalie Harpole. This sermon will be given on Mother’s Day, May 10, at the New Life Fellowship church in Terre Haute, Indiana. Scripture: Proverbs: 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the…
Yo Mama
Mother’s Day could be one of the most celebrated of holidays of the year. It is the perfect setting with the spring flowers in bloom, beautiful weather for taking plenty of pictures, and of course brunches, banquets, and bouquets for mom. It is the one…
What’s In The Pie
Since St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and I usually try to offer an Irish dish for my cooking classes, I was struggling with what to serve. Last year it was the awesome Corned Beef and Cabbage, and the best Irish Soda Bread…
Some Enchanted Evening
This past Valentine’s Day just might be the most memorable ever in my mind. It all started last year in the month of May, when I was out in my garden pulling out all the unwanted weeds from the previous summer. After about 3 hours…
A Birthday Super Bowl
Every January, my daughter reminds me that she was born on a Sunday, January 23rd. Even though many years have passed, I can still remember how hopeful I was that she would be a girl, seeing that I already had two little boys jumping around…
My Fondest New Year’s Eve
From every culture, tradition, or even made-up- fun right on the spot, people in every country in their own way celebrate the revelation of time marching on to a new year. Whether you spend New Year’s Eve in the Big Apple on 5th Avenue…
Save Me a Roll
Thanksgiving could be the best family time of the year. It is stated that people will travel from miles around just to join their families, not only for the biggest feast of the year, but to re-unite with their loved ones. It is a…