by Caroline Crocker | Apr 20, 2024 | Science
I’m sure you’re tired of it. After all, COVID-19 is still raging and we hear of people having it on almost a daily basis. Fortunately, most of us have either been vaccinated or had it–so the vast majority of people recover. You might wonder why....
by Caroline Crocker | Apr 18, 2024 | Science
When I first wrote this blog, I had hope. It would only last for a month and then not come back for 17 years. Sigh. Unfortunately, starting next month, it’ll become something of a tradition—every day I will go into the garden and check for cicadas. At first,...
by Caroline Crocker | Apr 16, 2024 | Mybooks
Soon after the publication of Brave Face: The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child, my mother, Meta, and I heard an outcry. “We want more!” I wanted to provide that by writing about my father, Frits’s, life, but it seemed unlikely I could. After...
by Caroline Crocker | Apr 14, 2024 | Bible, Faith
Not so long ago, one of my granddaughters brought her little face up close to mine and inspected me carefully. “Grammy, you’re really old!” At another time, another one asked me why I don’t just let my hair be gray, seeing as I am ancient anyway. And just recently,...
by Caroline Crocker | Apr 12, 2024 | Bible, Faith
Who of us remembers that song, “Turn Turn, Turn” with music by the Byrds and lyrics by King Solomon? I certainly listened to, and even memorized, it many years ago, when I was a child growing up in Iowa. If you want to hear it again, this is the link. From...
