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NO APRIL FOOL O Lord, Let us draw nigh unto thee That our direction may be clear That our hearts may be clean That we may bless all Whom we touch Help us to remember Thy promises made to us And the commitments We have made unto thee O Lord of our responsibility Set us free Let there grow Between us Lord A mutual trust and confidence That we may walk hand in hand And be found to be No April fool (First published on April 5, 1979, with revisions made on April 17, 2022)
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AMONG THE DANDELIONS In an 1898 issue of "Harper's Weekly." Williston Fish wrote "I leave to children exclusively, but only for the life of their childhood, all and ever, the dandelions of the fields and the daisies thereof, with the right to play among them freely." With Mr. Fish, we too, would leave... The beauty of the butterfly The lowing of cattle The coolness of a shade tree The feather of a baby owl The morning glories and tulip trees Honey suckle and acres of thistles to be picked and blown at will We would go for as long as possible and as far afield as possible among the daises and the dandelions of the world and we would see and be seen...as little children (First published on April 13, 2013, with revisions made on April 26,2020) NO APRIL FOOL 603 O Lord, Let us draw nigh unto thee That our direction may be clear That our hearts may be clean That we may bless all Whom we touch Help us to remember Thy promises made to us And the commitments We have made unto thee O Lord of our responsibility Set us free Let there grow Between us Lord A mutual trust and confidence That we may walk hand in hand And be found to be No April fool (First published on April 5, 1979, with revisions made on April 17, 2022) The Sweet 15 (Our beloved felines) Smokey Bam-Bam Pepper Mr Bows Miss Bows Puff-Nickel Stutzi Patsy Rosie Shadow Biscuit Big Boy Sweetie Boy J.J. Maximus (They were beloved by all of us.) BM (Written on March 16, 2022.) MAXIMUS (16) It has been said many times that all things finally end. Perhaps that is true. I'm not sure. But, with the passing of Maximus, of about 16 years of living, there possibly may not be another cat crossing our path, in our home. Maximus was a male orange Tabby. The twin of J.J. who died a couple of years ago. He looked and seemed rather ordinary. (Actually, there is no such thing as an ordinary cat. Each in its own personal way graced our home with their silent walking and mannerisms.) Maximus loved settling by my desk desk computer, reading the screen, finally going to sleep. Like all the rest, we miss your attentive company, and gentle, sweet love. BM CUB SCOUTS WIN AWARDS 643 Charles B. Grogan, son of William and Ethel Grogan and William E. Morgan, III, son of William E. and Donna Morgan were recent recipients of the Cub Scout "Faith in God" award which is given to those Cub Scouts who meet the requirements for this award. Charley and Billy are members of Pack 482, sponsored y The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Located at Greenlawn Lane in Salisbury, Maryland. Charly and Billy were the first Cub Scouts on the Eastern Shore to win the "Faith in God" award. The awards were presented to the scouts by Robert K. Wagstaff, former Bishop of the Salisbury Ward. (First published on July 12, 1979 with revisions made on March 4, 2022.) WHO'S AWOKE? In today's war-torn society you are either: "a woke" or awake. "the Lord commanded you, when ye shall see these things come among you that you shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you." (Ether 8:24) (First published on March 4, 2022) |
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