OBITUARIES JESUS CHRIST 33 AD Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth, died Friday on Mount Calvary, also known as Col Ba of Apostle Judas, The cause of death was crucifixion by the Romans, by order of the Ruler Pontius Pilate. The causes of death were crucifixion, extreme exhaustion, severe torture and loss…
Penny for your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker I still go around the community playing different genres of music on the piano. After playing some country, polkas, waltzes and gospel, I go into an old old song. Faces get smiles and everyone starts singing along. Everyone knows this song. The familiar hymn is “Jesus Loves me.”…
Penny for your Thoughts by: Nancy Whitaker Sometimes we run into something we read and it makes us feel better about what we all are dealing with or eventually will. I always say, “My body feels old and crackly, but my mind feels like I am 21 again. I worry about things like falling in the…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker There are a lot of myths and old beliefs which has been around for years, but are they true? My Grandma had some old sayings and beliefs, but the ones you are about to read about, maybe you already knew. Are these true? If they are not true, they…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker One of the worst tragedy’s happened on April 15, 1912. We have all heard stories, saw movies and documentaries about the doomed Titanic, the ship which was the world’s largest and supposedly unsinkable was carrying over 2,200 passengers headed for New York. Spirits were high, drinks flowed on board and those…
Penny For Your Thoughts, By: Nancy Whitaker Sometimes we look forward to a day to celebrate love. We ladies wonder, “What’s my love going to get me to celebrate this occasion?” “Will he get me chocolates or a piece of jewelry? Maybe dinner in a fancy restaurant?” Through the years I recall Valentine’s day clear…
Penny for your thoughts: By Nancy Whitaker I wrote my last column about things my Mom and my grandma did not have in their life time. They didn’t have many modern conveniences but they were content with what they had. Now my thoughts go back to some things they did have that i think is pretty nice. One…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker There are times I just like to look back at the early years and think of how things have changed. Living with my mom, grandma and grandpa, life seemed simpler then. Living in the country, I would stay busy with paper dolls, reading, teaching myself to play piano and…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker A big chain of stores no longer with us is one that had flashing blue lights, things in it that made a child’s eyes wide and just plain fun to go to. One thing I remember is when it was announced in the store that there was going…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I am old and I just realized I still have so many unanswered questions!!!! I never found out who let the dogs out… Where’s the Beef?… How do you get to Sesame Street?… Why Dora doesn’t just use Google Maps… Why eggs are packaged in a flimsy paper…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker I have enjoyed singing and remembering the verses to this Christmas Carol for many years, but always wondered what the meaning was. First of all a partridge in a pear tree was mentioned in all 12 verses so what does a partridge represent? While playing Christmas songs at an…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Getting old is not fun. It’s good to be alive but I think the headlights on my (car) body have gone out. My headlights on this old body are my eyes. Yes those nasty little growths that dim the eyes of a lot of us seniors have made their home…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Oh I can’t wait to get married, have a husband, a house and babies. I would like my own car too and come home when I please. This used to be every girl’s dream. Well guess what! I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60* years later.…
