Leaves are falling and changing color. Temperatures are cooling, and we have turned from air conditioner to heat. My eleventh grader from last spring is now a senior who is taking two classes at the local career and technical education center. My homeschool journey is ending, which has prompted me to ask myself, "What on… Continue reading Life Update
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A Sermon on A Cold Monday
It's cold here in West Virginia on this Inauguration Monday. Snuggling back down under the covers sounds like a pretty good idea. However, I am taking 2 online college classes, I just finished 2 cups of coffee, and I think I know how to fix a trouble manuscript that I've been working on for 6… Continue reading A Sermon on A Cold Monday
October Update
Where did the summer go? Today I kept my windows open to a cool breeze that is very welcome. Temperatures were in the 60's here in my part of West Virginia, and I am loving it. The last time you heard from me I told you about publishing a second edition of one of my… Continue reading October Update
Blind Mama Blues and Something Brand New
The pump that moves the water in our cats’ waterbowl will not work. I unplugged it and took it apart, but I can not find anything the matter with it. I asked my sighted daughter to look at it this morning, but she couldn’t fix it, either. Sigh. Last summer I bought two laundry baskets.… Continue reading Blind Mama Blues and Something Brand New
A Post while Procrastinating
This morning while munching on Reese's Pieces, I researched the history of men’s underwear, ending on a funny and informative video from PBS. Before that, I researched the gates to the old city of Jerusalem. These two entanglements with Google have nothing in common except for me, that is. I’m writing a new book and… Continue reading A Post while Procrastinating
Martin Luther: A Human Hero
Introduction Martin Luther was not the first reformer with radical ideas that astounded the Catholic Church. However, he was a man with human characteristics, making for a hero of the faith with which we can identify. On the one hand, he was educated and studious; on the other, he was rather uncouth and rude. “Perhaps… Continue reading Martin Luther: A Human Hero
Place of Peace
On this day 159 years ago, the Union army in Tennessee under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was surprised by an attack at dawn by Confederates coming up from Corinth Mississippi. The battle took place near a church called Shiloh, which means place of peace. I don't know now why I decided to write a book… Continue reading Place of Peace
Shannon Wells 