Our own Ben, one of the Three Kings in Roll Around Heaven, has the solution for our annual Voter’s Guide Blues.  See it here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=_F_kD7r_maE&nomobile=1

Early yesterday morning, my husband Tom’s beloved, inimitable 87-year-old father, Hank Andersen, died peacefully at home surrounded by Mary Ester, his wife of 65 years, and their children and grandchildren. For forty years, Hank served as the deeply loved minister of Midwestern Presbyterian churches that, under his guidance, fully expressed the heart-forward teachings of authentic… Continue reading The Peaceful Passing of Hank W. Andersen

Happy Birthday to All Lions!  (Jessica, with Tom and Val Brooks, at her August 11 birthday party thrown by her sister Valerie,…while waiting for their sister, Heather, to perform a real Belly Dance)  Jessica’s Birthday Dance!

Comedienne Phyllis Diller died peacefully in her sleep yesterday morning.  She was 95.  Her son, Perry, found her “with a smile on her face.”   Here is her prayer for the rest of us.  Thank you, dear Phyllis, for your joyful spirit! “On this happy day I am thankful For my blessings And I pray For… Continue reading Phyllis Diller’s Prayer

This just in from my beautiful goddaughter, Jessica Buskirk, who still has her sense of humor only days after giving birth to her first baby, the adorable Carlo Henry, in Dresden, Germany, where she lives with her sweet husband, Carlo’s daddy Bertram.  Happy Independence Day to all, especially to all bored house cats.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34z5dCmC4M&feature=player_embedded