Public Education, Noah Webster

“In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed. … No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and […]

How to Gain Weight Control

Oh, no! I can’t get it zipped! I had just completed making a skirt. I had measured and I thought it would fit perfectly. But no, to be comfortable I would need to somehow make it two inches bigger or else tighten up the tummy! Wll, I chose to loose the inches! It really wasn’t […]

A Special Photoshoot

The other day, Robert called me up on the phone, “Hey, James, you available for a photoshoot tomorrow?” After seeing Robert and Clayton working so diligently on a special project, I was expecting, and looking forward to this call! By the next day, I had all the equipment ready; camera, lenses, soft-box, light stand, transmitter, […]

Substance Amazingly Precious

Because of such a long hard winter, the weather didn’t permit us to tap our Maple trees till March instead of February! On the other hand because of all the snow, more water was in the ground causing the trees to have more sap flow in them. This year we tried an experiment tapping Red […]

An Excellent Analysis

Dear David,

Surprise! From the oldest of the Staddon sons to the youngest of Staddon sons: a proclamation: to recognize the anchor-position you have in our family David! Believe it or not, one of those things that the oldest in the family worries about is whether or not the younger ones will always follow his good example, […]

Winter lingers

Although the weather station predicted about three inches of snow on Thursday and Friday followed by partly sunny weather for a few days, the snow didn’t stop and by Saturday morning, thirteen inches had fallen on top of the existing eight inches and more was still expected the next two days! Although very snowy, it […]

Pic of the Month: February ’10

Standing Alone There’s something about taking pictures at this time of year–it’s just really hard to find anything colorful. Though in winter it is the nature photographer’s goal to find and showcase hidden color, there are times when it simply doesn’t exist. Hence, one must compensate with high contrast and well defined shapes. For shapes […]

More Pictures With a Story

To answer a question from the earlier post on this subject, yes we do have a straight-on photo of the painting teacher Tony did for me before I left Taiwan. Along with it came many more pieces of art from the churches and the school. (By the way I have so much that the Taiwanese […]

Have You Discerned Exactly What Defines Our Nation as a Christian Nation or Not?

First, define what a Christian nation is: Do you think of a Christian nation as a mere civilized culture? Do you think it might be where a majority of the people in that nation claim Christianity as their religion? Second compare the present America to that definition. You might be surprised at what you find. […]