A strange thing happened to me a few days ago. A lady put a post on my face book page that just said “brrrr, it's 40 degrees here now.” Jokingly I said it was also 40 degrees in Australia in some parts, as that is the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit. The lady responded with […]

The only person who asks more questions than a lawyer is the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. I am not saying that questions are bad, at least not all of them. What I am saying is, some questions can be trick questions. To know the difference between a legitimate question and a trick question takes […]

It seems that many older women are now homeless making up a large percentage of street dwellers. One has to ask why? The answer, however, is rather obvious. In Australia women are discriminated against and are often prevented from the same opportunities of men. When a divorce occurs it is often the woman who ends […]

The relationships within a nuclear family can be too much sensitive and delicate. At the same time, the strength that these relationships attain with time matches no other strength on the earth. There can be a number of external and internal factors in making this divine relationship weak. The discussion on reasons can surely be […]

Driving across town the other day I was nearly hit by four different vehicles. One ran a stop sign, another swerved in front of me and almost hit me and I'm sure the other two were on their cell phones. After a while I begin to think my life was at risk here. I decided […]

This past week the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage said to me rather casually, “I guess you know today is November?” She's always joking with me and I assumed this was one of her jokes. “You can't fool me,” I said quite sarcastically, “I know it's October.” With that, she led me to the refrigerator […]

Several weeks ago, I was at home alone when the doorbell rang. I answered the door to find representatives from a local Girl Scout troop doing what they do so well; selling Girl Scout cookies. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage was not home so danger was not lurking behind the living room curtains. When […]

Each day the sun comes up we say to ourselves “Here's another day. Now what do I have to do today?” We get out of our beds, put the coffee up to brew, perhaps turn on the computer to see what is going on in the world before we do anything else. We prepare and […]

It was a pre-Thanksgiving evening and the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were enjoying some hot cider tea. Nothing goes down quite as nice as a hot cider tea. It was rather a quiet evening and I happened to glance over at my wife and saw her staring into space as it were. […]

A sometimes forgotten piece of your bed linen is the bed skirt. While your eye may not be directed immediately to the bottom of your bed, you may eventually notice that there is in place the bed skirt – or that there isn't one. If there isn't one, you will see the legs of the […]