Generations

Photo ©2025 by Amber Jurgensen Commentary ©2025 Russell Jurgensen Wednesday, November 19, 2025 In this photo a great-grandaughter sticks close to her great-grandpa. No matter where he went, she stayed beside him, followed close behind, or rode on his lap. It made me...

Zoom In or Zoom Out?

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Darren Milam Wednesday, November 19, 2025 If you examine the first image, what do you see? To me, it appears to be strands of beads of some sort. Regardless of what you came up with, it’s based on this close-up, or a narrow focus....

Black-capped Vireo

Photo ©2009 and Commentary ©2025 by Robert Howson Sunday, November 16, 2025 Conservation seemingly had no part in the vocabulary or thinking of most 19th century Americans. Almost limitless numbers of Passenger Pigeons were reduced to zero. Carolina Parakeets met with...

Ask the Beasts

Photo ©2009 and Commentary ©2025 by Chuck Davis Sunday, November 16, 2025 Many in the world today view the Bible as something other than the word of God. To them, the book of Genesis and its account of creation just cannot be true. The earth is billions of years old...

Trimming the Tree

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, November 16, 2025 It seemed a bit early. We ate our breakfast with a chainsaw snarling loudly somewhere nearby. When we headed out on our post-meal walk we discovered a man dismantling a tree in our next-door...