Category: Abba’s Art

There’s a line in the song I Hope You Dance that says “I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean” . . . an indescribable feeling commingling creation’s infinite grandeur with mankind’s finite smallness. Such was mine to bask in this past week strolling the sandy shores of Edisto Beach, SC.…

Wandering the vast wilderness reaches of The Last Frontier and the forest stretches of the Great Smoky Mountains are among my life’s greatest joys . . . not to mention, that after nearly six decades, I recently got to ‘milk’ a cow again. A couple of days ago I went to check on a game…

Spent a few moments in DC this morning with some Canadians who decided not to join the typical snowbird flock and head south for the winter. Inquiring about the upcoming presidential election, they honked about how our political system is definitely ‘fowled’ up 🙂

Nestled away in the Great Smoky Mountains witnessing the transition from yesterday’s turbulent, storm fed roaring waters to the peaceful, silent calm of falling snow, I am truly blessed . . .  were that our turbulent world would experience such a peaceful transition. “He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes”. Ps.146:17

The fiery crash that ended Kobe Bryant’s and the lives of 8 others brought the brevity of life in focus, and evoked a poignant thought . . .  Keep On Believing Eternity awaits. Young or old . . . rich or poor . . . famous or infamous, today finds each of us another day…

Gazing out the window aboard high-speed aluminum tubing my mind began to wander (my standard ADHD mental modus operandi) 😊 From 120 ft. to 35,000+ ft.  . . . 6.8 mph to 500+ mph  . . . we’ve come a long way since  Wilbur and Orville’s 1903 flimsy, daring Kitty Hawk venture to today’s sleek…

It’s not the thermometer’s -15 reading that takes your breath away, but the indescribable beauty of His Last Frontier’s frozen creationscapes.

Here it is, the 3rd day of 2020 and, just like all past new year resolutions made over the past decade +, I haven’t broken the only one I make each year. Remarkable! . . . well not exactly. My one new year resolution is twofold: 1.      Learn from my mistakes. 2.      Remember the one…

“Jesus, the reason for the season”. The roadside sign reminds everyone of the Birthday that changed the world. In our world with seasons of triumph and tragedy; happy and heartache; merry and miserable, the “reason for the season” is all too quickly forgotten as Merry Christmas fades into Happy New Year, and we’re soon confronted…

A couple of days ago Ellen and I drove over the mountain to visit Dollywood with another ‘advanced-state-of-maturity’ couple . . . a common retired old duffer activity when they’re not curled up on the couch in the evening watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy (I’m talking about the other members of our entourage). Snapped…