Here’s a blog about the “arrival fallacy” the idea that we will be happy once we reach our goals: https://advice.theshineapp.com/articles/are-you-leaving-your-happiness-up-to-the-arrival-fallacy/ As the post points out, you are going to be the same person you were before you reached your goals so rather than being so focused on reaching your goals, focus more on who you…
The Artisan Market, aka TAM, is an art gallery in downtown Liberty, Missouri that focuses on interactive art, Paint and Sip parties, private Art Parties, private lessons, classes, workshops, pop-up art shows, and other fun events. TAM does not have regular hours. It schedules times for events, parties and classes. The best way to find…
As a teenager, my favorite album was Deep Purple’s Machine Head, which included such classics as “Smoke on the Water” and “Highway Star.” More recently my favorite album is Raising Sand, the wonderful collaboration between Led Zeppelin’s lead singer Robert Plant and bluegrass phenomenon Alison Krauss, that won the Grammy for album of the year in 2009.
It’s very common for churches to drape the cross in their sanctuaries with white cloth during the Easter season. It reminds us that when the women arrived at the tomb that first Easter morning the only thing they found were Jesus’ burial cloths. The angel told them that Jesus was not there because he had…
The names of my three older sisters all begin with K so I guess it was inevitable that my name would start with a K. I’m told my parents had the name Kevin picked out for my older brother but when he was born, they didn’t think he looked like a Kevin, so they chose…
The recent Covid epidemic accelerated the rate at which employees were allowed to work from home. This has left many parts of the world with office buildings that have stood empty for up to three years. Now some creative people are repurposing these empty office buildings into vertical farms, basically places where food is grown…
When I first read this prompt, I thought it said, “What do you enjoy writing about most?” and the answer to that is easy. I enjoy writing most about all things related to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Even when I start writing about a topic that does not appear to have anything to…
Today’s writing prompt made me think of the Pyramid television game shows that have been around since 1973. In each round of the game a person gives clues to their partner in hopes of getting them to guess the answer, which is usually a phrase that starts with “Things that…”. The more answers the guesser…
When it comes to cleaning out between the cushions of the couch one often finds interesting things like coins, keys, popcorn, other random stuff. But when family members of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, went through her couch, they found something much more interesting; they found a handwritten will. Since the will that was…
Mirror Neurons 