Painfully Hopeful

My Vacation Place

Summer is almost upon us, and my family is planning our [almost] annual trip to Williamsburg, VA. People often ask why we keep going back to Williamsburg and there are several reasons I can give 1, but it really comes down to one thought. It’s our place. When I was growing up, my parents took…

Yard Sale

Today was Riverton’s “Treasure Day.” Houses all over town put out their junk and invite people come out and buy it. As our house is on the border between Riverton and Palmyra we’ve joined in the past through years, and then used whatever money we earn at the swim club snack bar throughout the Summer….

Remembering

On Wednesday I skipped one of my normal ABCNJ days to join my fellow chaplains at a “fallen officer” memorial service before the Burlington County monument. I didn’t realize the service would be be outside, so my face has gone all lobster, but it was small price to pay for the experience. I’ve never been…

Unpacking Caught In The Middle

I find action to be a difficult style to write. Keeping track different moving pieces, in a way which makes both geographic and narrative sense, is something I find challenging. Let’s unpack my most recent attempt. Bug Takes Charge Bug is often depicted as little more than a bumbling husband, but there’s a lot more…

Fiction Tuesday – Caught In The Middle

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Convoy vehicles were falling into formation ahead of the group’s transport as their turrets came alive. Bug pressed down the accelerator in order to join the formation as Fineflin brought their own guns to life. “What are you doing!” Oscar shrieked….

Party Time

Saturday night Central Baptist held its third annual Chili Cook Off. We hold this in support of our region’s Summer camp, Baptist Camp Lebanon, and all proceeds go toward an endowment campaign. Lebanon is a wonderful place, but camping is not a way to make money. The camp is annual money-loser, but if they were…