by Barry Creamer | Jul 20, 2022 | Devotionals
To improve his opportunities as an employee and eventual superintendent in the City of Arlington’s Traffic and Transportation Division, my dad became a licensed electrician. That trade certification did far more for friends and family than for his career (which...
by Barry Creamer | Jul 13, 2022 | Devotionals
The intensity due a pinnacle of science and engineering’s juncture emerges in my grandson’s furrowed brow and pursed lips. Although only advising, I am as determined for him to succeed as he is to complete the eight stages of the NASA project—eight bags of Lego chaos...
by Barry Creamer | Jul 6, 2022 | Devotionals
“Product sold by weight, not volume. Contents may settle during shipping.” The consumer notice itself is evidence that people have felt cheated finding the top third of their newly opened cereal box’s wax paper liner void of flakes, puffs, or biscuits. Despite first...
by Barry Creamer | Jun 29, 2022 | Devotionals
First try: internal sense and eyeball; tap in the nails, hang it, step back, and nope, not level. Second: remove glasses for undistorted adjustment; rehang, step back, and still no. Third: spend 10 minutes finding level, 2 more finding pencil, mark the wall, rehang,...
by Barry Creamer | Jun 22, 2022 | Devotionals
In the front window of our home are myriad potted plants. My favorite container is cylindrical and tall—its height about twice its consistent diameter: not squat and flared upward like most. The pot’s patterned relief accentuates the contrast of its pale greens and...
