Several years ago the idea for a poem and how it would begin came to me. The first line was quite clear and I worked out a few more lines, but was never satisfied with it. After years of ignoring it, I began working on it again last fall. By …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
As far as I can tell, the first commercially produced Christmas cards were sold in 1843 and contained the words “Merry Christ-mas.” That is the same year “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens was published. The main character, Scrooge, famously replied “Bah, humbug” when wished a merry Christmas by his …
For anyone who doesn’t know what a standard sudoku puzzle looks like, you can find one in every issue of this newspaper. The total possible number of solutions for this type of puzzle structure, which has 81 spaces each of which must be filled with a number from one to …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Francis Bacon, notable seventeenth century philosopher, wrote “glorious men are the scorn of wise men, the admiration of fools, the idols of parasites, and the slaves of their own vaunts.” A dictionary definition of vaunts is “boastful actions or utterances.” By glorious men, Bacon evidently meant self-important men.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Nearly a hundred years ago (1921) a woman heard a speaker telling a group of students about God’s ability to bring out the best in people. Inspired, she went home and in 30 minutes wrote a poem which has become very well known, even being the basis of two movies.
Shortly after moving here in the summer of 2012 I verbally threatened a young bear as he was trying to raid our garbage. Since he was too big to still be with his mother, but not yet as big as I am, I scared the bear more than the bear …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Thirty-two years ago this month, if memory serves correctly, I had a memorable experience in Jerusalem. As a good friend and I were walking to the “Western Wall,” in the old city we noticed some people in costumes.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
A central belief of the Christian faith is that there is only one God who exists eternally as Father, Son (Jesus), and Holy Spirit. As historically understood, the triune God is somewhat mysterious.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
