The Book of Martha

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. ~Peg Bracken   I admit, Christmas came to quick f...

I've been working more than my usual substitute norm since school started this fall. Here it's Christmas and I've worked every...

Got the news yesterday. They were walking on the beach. They had been collecting shells. Tom called to Haley, "There's somethin...

Trying on a few masks, Jake and Jennie when they came to visit in October. "Nobody will ever deprive the American people  of the ...

They came, they went and because of their visit I'm back on the blogging map. My niece and nephew came to town several weeks ago. Angie...

"A mission is a voluntary act of service to God and humankind." Elder Russell M. Nelson Janet's mission is diff...

At general conference last April, President Thomas S. Monson in his opening remarks said: "We meet each six months to strengthen on...

I should have been done posting about my road trip, but I'm having a hard time - can't seem to get my pictures to download.  I'v...

Salt Lake City Temple That's what my friend, Lisa, calls it - Mormonville , referring to our road trip to Utah.  We left September ...

Hughie looking out on the meadow. It makes one pause to wonder why Hugh and I were asked to serve as a Ma and Pa on the trek.  We were ...

All the Ma's and Pa's Every morning we had a Ma and Pa meeting to review the day and to receive counsel. Our trail boss, ...

Gathering at the Cook's Place - Brother Sherman and all Before heading into our "entering the Great Salt Lake Valley experien...