Sweetly broke the dawn this morning on Possum Kingdom Lake. A group of friends met at the lake house of mutual friends. We just got away for a day, spent the night on the lake, enjoyed a day together, reminiscing, visiting, catching up, laughing, telling stories on each other, and laughing some more. We spent a leisurely morning…
Category: Culture
Last Roses of Summer
Most people are sad to see summer days end. This year is bittersweet for me. Although the weather remains hot here in Texas and summer doesn’t officially end until September 22, the last of August still marks summer’s finish. Young people are returning to school and the routine that will dictate their lives for the next…
Another Love Story…
This is so touching. Oprah interviewed a Jewish couple who had gone through the Holocaust in Poland. This is their love story. Oprah says this is the most beautiful love story she has ever heard. And I quite agree. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1571970ftg4AJEe
Wasted Energy
Paris Hilton issued her own presidential campaign ad with an interesting energy plan. You can read it here. Ben Stein on Larry King Live said it was the most brilliant ad campaign he had seen in years. It made fun of both McCain and Obama but was particularly scathing toward McCain. Well, I saw it and…
Olympics: One Kosher Restaurant in China!
Here is a snippet by Boaz Arad from Ynet.com on the olympics: It may be the third-largest country in the world, and visited by thousands of Jewish and Israeli tourists every year, but in all of China there is only one kosher restaurant: Dini’s, in Beijing.This diner is not just the only place in China…
More on the Lakeland Revival
The Christian Broadcasting Network has a very good article on the Lakeland revival. It is a good overview, and they list some healings and have included testimony for medical verifications. You will enjoy this.
Cuil: Not so Cool?
Well after its debut yesterday, some are saying Cuil is a disaster. Others say it is good but not great. Some are even saying worse about the new Search Engine that is slated to displace Google because of its awesome power to index billions of pages. Here’s one story.
Breakfast in Bed?
Breakfast in bed on a Sunday morning? No thank you. My backyard is just too beautiful! Even the fish love it here!
‘The Dark Knight… a Shining Light?’
Louis Glick in his Glick Report on Fox/Business.com is calling the comic book film out today about Batman and the Joker, The Dark Knight, a “shining light.” Of course all the film critics are saying Heath Ledger’s performance trumps the star, Batman himself, Christian Bales. But Glick goes beyond that and puts Ledger among some of…
Sad News About Mark Twain’s Home…
I just read some incredibly sad news that Mark Twain’s home in Hartford, CT, may shut down. It is just barely surviving now, sagging under a tremendous load of debt because of the lavish visitors’ center they opened a few years ago. Read the details here. My husband, daughter and I toured this important historical landmark…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 