Math Wizard

Marjorie goes for a walk most every day. Today she walked down to the mailbox and back. She brought me the monthly bank statement. I sat down to balance the checkbook—not my favorite activity.
“Well, Marjorie, after my first attempt to balance the checkbook you’ll be happy to know that I’m only $782.99 off. I don’t remember in whose favor it was, but undoubtedly theirs. I think it’s probably your turn to do this.”

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Different Wavelengths

Mac’s three siblings went to see him at his home on 18 September 2020 instead of going for the traditional Friday morning walk. He had just gotten out of the hospital, and was not up to a hike. His son, Wesley, was there, and reported on his father’s condition on a previous occasion as he was getting out of the hospital. Wes said, “On my way there to get him, I took note of a road sign that warned, ‘6% grade for next 6 miles.’ I wondered out loud how many feet drop in elevation that would amount to. Dad was groggy coming out of the hospital, but without any hesitation, he looked up and said, ‘1,200 feet.'”

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Home Based Church

Marjorie and I are thoroughly enjoying our home church meetings. In my phone conversation with Eli yesterday, I mentioned that if things were normal, it should be fast Sunday, so I had started a fast. He pointed out that our meeting should be a testimony meeting then. That hadn’t occurred to me. Accordingly, after the opening hymn, prayer, sacrament hymn, and blessing of the sacrament, I bore my testimony.

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Writing is a Pleasure

As a teenage boy I recall experiencing a moonlit night in our high fields that we called “the Mountain Place.”

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