Category: Small Potatoes and Tuesdays @ the Piggly Wiggly

From Dennis’ Life Is But a Blink

3. IT’S ALL ABOUT ME…NOT ============================================ Andy Rooney (1919-2011) was an American radio and TV writer, especially known for his appearances on the CBS show 60 Minutes.  The thing I remember most about him was his “Rooneyisms.”  Look it up, he has written a bunch of clever sayings.  One of my favorites is:  Life is like […]

From Dennis’ “Life Is But a Blink”

2. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?   ============================================ “Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?” “Wasting” a day is not a sin.  As a semi-retired guy, it’s kinda nice to occasionally sleep a little later, and then to take a nap midday.   But it troubles me, and […]

Passion or Purpose

My brilliant and beautiful 17-year-old granddaughter raised an interesting question about life the other day. She wrote her thoughts in an essay for school. The subject is about passion versus purpose. With her permission I am including parts of her essay in this blog post. “Is my passion my purpose? The textbook definition of passion […]

What Are You So Afraid Of?

(Table Talk 2) The after dinner speech (at the Passover) started with a message about fear. Jesus said, “Do not let your heart be troubled.” (John 14:1a) Most translations use the word “troubled” here in this verse, but The Message paraphrase puts it this way. “Don’t let this rattle you.” In other words, don’t be […]