Watermelon – sketched in colored pencil by Janice Green in art class last week. This sketch provided the inspiration for this article. Summertime is the right time for sweet, juicy, yummy watermelon. It tastes so good, and it brings back memories of summers past to young and old alike. Watermelon is one of the healthiest snacks you can give your child in the summertime. Low in calories and high in moisture content, it’s a rare child who would turn down an
Ancient Hebrew letters for the word father. I wish I knew the ancient Hebrew language. I would love to read Genesis through the language of the people who wrote it. My heart is breaking over the way people want to pick apart the Bible for perceived errors in it. I suspect the “errors” they are pointing out have more to do with understanding the language and translating it into our modern English than anything else. The ancient Hebrew language had a
Grasshopper – drawing by Jonathan Huff I would like to attempt to shed some light on a passage of scripture that gives many people an excuse to discount the accuracy of the Bible. I am not concerning myself with whether or not we should eat these insects. Rather, I am taking issue with the words “insects that walk on all fours.” Leviticus 11:20-23 in the New International Version (1984) reads: 20 All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable
Erica watches a cicada emerging from its shell. Are you in the part of the country that is getting plagued with the 17-year cicadas? (Check this map to see where they are.) If so, even though they may seem to be a nuisance, you also have an easy chance to watch a cicada emerge from its shell with your children or grandchildren. Even if you don’t live in this area, there should still be cicadas other than the
Chrysalis in the making The weather has been pulling me outdoors. My puppy, Cookie, is my kid substitute. She has motivated me to get out more. Sometimes Cookie shows me things I would otherwise overlook. Today she took to barking at a place where there was a discarded greenhouse shelf leaning against a tree stump. When I moved the shelf, a blue tailed lizard scurried away into the grass. But I also noticed another treasure I love to find outdoors.
