This new country was started with refugees daring to get in those little ships and set sail to a whole new world. As early as 1584 a group of English immigrants landed Roanoke Island. The settlement became known as the Lost Colony for obvious reasons, but Virginia Dare became the first “anchor baby” American. The first Americans…aka the Native Americans…had lax immigration laws and were a bit perturbed about the idea that their land had not only been “discovered” by the paleface, but was shortly occupied by a group known as the colonist…aka pilgrims…aka the founding mothers and their […]
The Gravity of Maturity
When old Isaac Newton settled under that apple tree to discover gravity in the late 1600’s, he had no earthly idea of the consequences of such a magic moment on the writing and reading of these words on this page right now. As my life continues to ripen, I have developed a few theories of my own about the core values of more than just an ordinary apple and less than the rocket science it might take to get my sorry older self in orbit around the moon if not to the celestial city when it […]
The Persimmon Tree
If you know what you’re looking for, the persimmon trees will be bearing their fruit throughout the southeast in the coming weeks. In season October through February, persimmons are the golden delicious fruits that hang off the trees after the leaves drop in autumn. Often referred to as “the fruit of the Gods” but you have to wonder what on earth must have possessed the Creator to include the persimmon tree in the flora and fauna of creation? Of what use is it? What would have happened, for instance, if it had been the tree in the Garden of Eden […]
Messing with the System
When this particular Sunday morning started coming down, you might have noticed you were off an hour, or at least your clocks were. And sooner or later, somebody’s got to pay the piper for what’s affectionately known as Daylight Saving Time by falling back. Mickey’s big hand gets to go back one full circle, and you just got a one hour bonus for this all-day extravaganza! In case you haven’t noticed, we live in a fairly dependable natural order thanks to that lucky old sun that rolls around heaven all day. But this solar system just didn’t […]