hooleydd
Apr 16, 20223 min read
Celebrating Easter with a War Going On
Did you know Easter is the most important holiday on the church calendar in Ukraine? I found this interesting tidbit browsing through a...
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hooleydd
Dec 27, 20213 min read
Night Sky Surprises Above the Snake River
On Idaho’s Snake River there’s little light pollution at night to dim the stars of a December sky. The moon is bright, but when its...
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hooleydd
Dec 18, 20213 min read
A Christmas Wedding
The wedding was a week before Christmas so the flowers were poinsettias. The bride wore a long ruby-red gown, and not just because it was...
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hooleydd
Jul 1, 20213 min read
I Began to Feel Better When I saw the American Flag
“Why won’t you come with the rest of our class to Switzerland?” he asked me. It was the Christmas holidays and several of my classmates...
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hooleydd
Apr 25, 20213 min read
How to Deal With Vacation Disasters
My back going out was the bad news, but there was some good news too. I was able to quickly locate a grocery store and buy a bottle of...
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hooleydd
Mar 28, 20213 min read
Where Do You Go To Grieve?
Historically, people have often went to natural spaces like gardens and grottos to find comfort in times of suffering. In 1965 I was just...
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hooleydd
Feb 14, 20213 min read
A Valentine to My Old Baptist Church
Even as a young girl I recognized Brother Griggs was trying to help his congregation find meaning in this life, and hope for a heavenly...
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hooleydd
Dec 31, 20202 min read
Reading about the Universe on New Year’s Eve
It occurred to me that I’d never given my younger self much credit for wisdom. I’ve always thought wisdom and the knowledge that...
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hooleydd
Dec 6, 20203 min read
Feeling Good this Christmas
“Do you know what’s in plum pudding?” Andrea, my daughter-in-law, asked me as she read the recipe from her cell phone. “Just a wild...
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hooleydd
Dec 25, 20192 min read
Night skies at Christmas: all is calm, all is bright
One night many years ago I was watching the sky and saw a remarkable thing. All the stars were twinkling except one. It looked like a...
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hooleydd
Dec 12, 20193 min read
Costumes of Christmas past: bathrobes and a worn-out farm jacket
(Some Christmas humor: ho! ho! ho!) I’ve seen others wear interesting Christmas costumes too. One Christmas, the little country church...
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