The 124th adventure

Carlyle needed a ride one evening this week and I got to take her. I was thrilled. Yup – thrilled!! I love this girl and she’s so smart, so kind, so terrific to be around I was thrilled. Did I mention I was thrilled. I had to drop her off at 5:30 and return for…

Sabbath

I grew up in an era where Sunday was a quiet day in the neighbourhood. Stores and businesses were, for the most part, closed. Industry was, for the most part, 6 days a week. Riding my bike, but being “quiet’ and “resting” in some way was certainly the theme. Naps were encouraged. There were some…

Fred Eastland

Blue coal. A great product, once upon a time, for heating your home. And sold in that once-upon-a-time by my grandfather, Fred Eastland. Fred was an entrepreneur and a good businessman. He was a generous man and a godly man, and he knew something about marketing, it appears. Over the weekend, my cousin Belinda, sent…