Category Archives: Story

Because Look

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Kay Pelham

Sometimes, perhaps most times, plain descriptive words cannot express an idea well enough, and so we use metaphor and images, or word pictures, to convey our thoughts. In my previous post, I shared how when my son was very young, … Continue reading →

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Lose Yourself, Find Yourself

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Kay Pelham

Quick thought that will maybe get fleshed out or expanded or whatever you want to call that. Here’s a couple of quotes from some great minds: But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. … Continue reading →

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Goodreads Review: How the Irish Saved Civilization

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Kay Pelham

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill My rating: 5 of 5 stars An excellent telling and explanation of the Celts … Continue reading →

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Stay in your lane (Part 1)

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Kay Pelham

Let me say at the beginning that I will only be ‘scratching the surface’ of the ideas that I want to discuss, especially because I’m only on the surface of contemplating and having a real understanding of them myself. Just … Continue reading →

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Appearances Can Be Deceiving; or First, Second, Third, even Fourth Impressions

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Kay Pelham

In Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, Book IV, Canto V, there is a contest of knights’ ladies to determine ‘the fairest of them all’. The prize is a girdle which was made by Vulcan for his wife Venus, which he … Continue reading →

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Imagine That!

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Kay Pelham

I will ponder all your work,and meditate on your mighty deeds. Psalm 77:12 Go to the ant, O sluggard;consider her ways, and be wise. Proverbs 6:6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. Haggai … Continue reading →

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