by debracelovsky | Feb 3, 2024 | New Year, Travel, Valentine's Day
Never, in all the years we’ve traveled, have I been so aware of people as on a recent trip Down Under. Not that there are a lot of people in Australia. As of June 2023, the population was 26,638,544. As of June 2023, my home state of California had a population...
by debracelovsky | Dec 24, 2023 | Christmas, Word
He was a contemporary of the great Isaiah, a peasant whose work is a mere seven chapters. Micah’s writings have been described as rugged, but clear and intelligible. And it is unlikely that we will experience any Christmastime without hearing or quoting from his...
by debracelovsky | Dec 4, 2023 | Christmas
The darkness seems absolute. Men before us have forgotten that it hides the morning star. Irwin Edman, Professor of Philosophy In the home we built four years ago, our study faces due east toward the southern end of the Mayacamas Mountains, an ancient volcanic range...
by debracelovsky | Nov 22, 2023 | Family Life, Thanksgiving
Like many families with grown children, Thanksgiving and Christmas are celebrated with Sam and me on alternate years. I’ve never minded this yearly pattern. Why? Well, one reason is because, in marriage, my children chose so well. And their in-laws are loving...
by debracelovsky | Nov 6, 2023 | Job, Word
denouement: [French] the solution, unraveling, or clarification of a plot in a drama or story “I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle,” said Mother Teresa. “I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.” In Job’s case,...
