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Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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Now it is the blood of Jesus which saves, and it is the same blood which cleanses and sanctifies; and as we had to come lo Jesus to be plunged into the fountain, so we have to abide in Jesus by fellowship, to grow up into Christlikeness.
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You can't have a decent food culture without a decent coffee culture: the two things grow up together.
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Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
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Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.
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If you want to know about the Sixties, play the music of The Beatles.
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Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren't that many tour-de-force roles out there for women,
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
