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This week the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage made a little slip. To her, it was a little slip, but to me, it was a big mistake. It is not always that she makes mistakes that I can profit on. I do... read more..

Sunday greetings everyone! I had another "time is flying by moment" yesterday when I learned of the passing of singer B.J. Thomas. I became a follower of Jesus in the fall of 1979, when I was 13. A ... read more..

"Friendship always benefits. Love sometimes injures." - Seneca the Elder read more..

Behind every successful working woman is an enormous pile of laundry!... read more..

“Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights do make a left.”... read more..

A woman was waiting at an airport one night.  There were several long hours to wait for her flight. She hunted for reading in the airport's gift shop bought a big bag of cookies -- found a place ... read more..

A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that he could hop high, the zoo officials put up a ten-foot fence. He was out the next morning, just sauntering around the zoo. A twent... read more..

Oh look, Chicken Thursday! For self-encouragement, I think it is important to seek out quick little victories from time to time, especially when other things you are forced to do become more complica... read more..

An old wild west fort was about to be attacked. The wily old general sent for his trusty Sioux scout. "You must use all your thirty years of skill in trying to estimate the sort of army we are u... read more..

"He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions." - Confucius read more..

She has the personality of a dial tone.... read more..

Martin was a slow worker and found it difficult to hold down a job. After a visit to the job centre he was offered work at the local zoo. When he arrived for his first day, the keeper aware of his re... read more..

Microchips: what's left at the bottom of the bag when it reaches you.... read more..

Once a spider built a beautiful web in an old house. He kept it clean and shiny so that flies would patronize it. The minute he got a "customer" he would clean up on him so the other flies would not g... read more..

For the past month, I have been engaging with my eye doctor. I've had two cataracts removed which isn't a serious thing in itself. But what goes into this surgery is what baffles me. I've often wonde... read more..

Sunday greetings everyone! Grandma Cybersalt learned a new word today - so I did too. The word is liminal, defined in one way by Mirriam-Webster as, "of, relating to, or being an intermediate st... read more..

"The simple things are also the most extraordinary, and only the wise can see them." - Paulo Coelho read more..

Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole-in-one.... read more..

I've seen some really awful truffles in my day. Nobody knows the truffles I've seen.... read more..

A young girl asked her father if all fairy tales begin with "Once Upon A Time?" "No," he replied. A whole lot of them begin with "If elected I promise..."... read more..

What a teacher says and what he/she really means. 1. Your son has a remarkable ability in gathering needed information from his classmates.Really means: He was caught cheating on a test. 2. Karen is... read more..

Oh look, Chicken Thursday! I had to go for some bloodwork and an x-ray on my foot yesterday afternoon and hoped to squeeze in a haircut afterwards - if there was time. I had blocked out two hours to ... read more..

  "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather a skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, to read more..

A handyman was working for a temple in Allentown, PA, had asked for a raise and was turned down. He decided to quit and went out to look for work. First he went to a Catholic church and was told that... read more..

Never lend money to a friend; it ruins their memory.... read more..

A guy with three eyes, no arms, and one leg is hitchhiking. A British gent pulls over, rolls down the window, and says, "Aye, aye, aye! You look 'armless! 'op in!"... read more..

A friend of mine had just become a district court judge and was nervous about presiding impartially over his first criminal trial. As a former prosecutor, he could see the preponderance of evidence wa... read more..

A young man called his mother and announced excitedly that he had just met the woman of his dreams. Now what should he do? His mother had an idea: "Why don't you send her flowers, and on the card inv... read more..

Did you ever have a week when it felt like something was missing, but you didn't quite know what it was? I had that kind of a week this past week. It felt like something was missing, and I could not ... read more..

Sunday greetings everyone! I mentioned a few weeks back that Grandma Cybersalt and I have been enjoying watching the live stream of - and videos about - the new volcano in Iceland. It's really cool! ... read more..