It was interesting finding out the story behind “Mary Did You Know” one of the newer Christmas song favorites. Then a reader suggested I look up the story behind the song “O Holy Night.” And what a story that is. It seems that back in 1847 in a small French town, a man named Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure was known …
Winning Ways
God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner. Joel Osteen Are you a winner? Well, maybe not when it comes to having your name drawn out of a pot to win a prize. I’m not that. I sometimes joke and say that if there are only two entries in a drawing and one of them is mine, the …
Finally, Some Winners
The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success. ~Jack Canfield Everybody loves a winner. Isn’t that some sort of saying? Not even sure it’s true. Not unless that winner is somehow sharing his winnings. And what …
Dogs, Cats, Horses, Hens Got to Have Names
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, ‘Can he name a kitten?’ ~Samuel Butler I’m not exactly sure how naming a kitten can prove you are a literary power, but if it does, many of you have some literary power. And if naming a kitten is good, surely naming dogs …