LOOKING AT LIFE How should we look at life? Especially now as the world faces a runaway virus and as we struggle here at home with our divided nation? How do we heal? How do we come together again? As I was thinking about …
Virgil’s Corner #6
I think all of us at one time or another have run into a situation where life is not what it appears to be. I am reminded of a story I heard a while back about an older man named John. He was hired as a Greeter at a Walmart …
Virgil’s Corner #5
Once again in our times we are in an era of stress. A mysterious virus has led us to fear and has kept us isolated and apart from one another. This fear has denied us the most common expression of care and love - the human touch. …
Virgil’s Corner #4
It was a fine October afternoon in Washington, D.C. A fine day for a birthday for a very special man, the 34th President of the United States. Today, however, his surroundings were far different than the elegant trappings of …
Virgil’s Corner #3
Across America there are 117 national monuments… Which one was the most difficult to build? Surely, it has to be Mount Rushmore. The gigantic cliff towers 500 feet above the valley of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Every …
Virgil’s Corner #2
Americans love their automobiles, and now that love is boosting the economy despite the handicaps of the Coronavirus. The desire to get out of the house and to shop in a safe manner has given rise to the curbside pickup. The …
Virgil’s Corner #1
What is this feeling we feel when Autumn winds begin to blow, sending leaves of summer past swirling to and fro??? Tossing, Twisting, Tumbling in the air as they break from trees they once called home. Some ready, some reluctant …