How to Smile While Talking

They had a great life. He was a minister of music at a church in a small Alabama town. She was his wife, and the mother of their son and daughter. They loved each other very much. Though their income was modest, they didn’t want for much, and they lived…

This week, we’re doing something a bit different! Since the start of the show, Andy has received tons of short questions that also have short answers—too short to have a whole or even half an episode devoted to answering. For the next several episodes, Andy is answering multiple questions with…

Hank Aaron got another standing ovation yesterday.  As usual, he didn’t make a big deal about it.  He actually stood in line with everybody else, but as he neared the front, somebody recognized him and word that he’d arrived spread quickly. Hank laughed when he saw St. Peter wearing the…

Last night, I couldn’t sleep. This is not an especially unusual situation for me. Sometimes I’ll sleep for an hour, wake up, and that’s it. Other times, I can’t get to sleep at all. Not that it occurs often, but when it does, my wide-awake-full-ness usually has something to do…

This photograph is what the sky looked like at the beach this morning.  It was about 6:15, the water was beautiful, but it was an odd sunrise. At least I’d never seen one like it. Was that a straight cloud coming out of the bigger one. Yep. What the heck?…