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…
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What does it mean to be a kid at heart?
I have a memory – a strong one. I am at the cottage – Jim and I with our almost white blonde hair grabbing our “water shoes”… old running shoes to wear in the water so we don’t get “blood suckers” between our toes. We jump in the water and walk along the shore of…
Family loss
Freda came to the end of her earthly life this week, and with that, the second of five sisters is gone in two months. A rather startling thought when we’ve been so used to the idea that the five sisters were living, not next door to each other, but in regular connection and in so…
Hybrid Thoughts 