Posts by Joyce McCullough

When I was younger, I remember hearing a man in my church begin every prayer by thanking God for life, health, and happiness. Ditto that!! As I grow older, I am reminded of this prayer more and more often. I…

  After taking a walk in the fall of 1819, poet John Keats wrote the following words to a friend: “How beautiful the season is now—How fine the air. A temperate sharpness about it. . . . Aye better than…

  To paraphrase Puck’s attitude in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I believe human beings, myself included, are often foolish, especially when it comes to a sense of fashion. Take, for example, today’s “cold shoulder” tops. Since today is the…

  In light of the recent eclipse, I’d like to take a moment to reflect upon the Son. My middle Tennessee home gave me a nice vantage point from which to view the eclipse on August 21, 2017. While a…

Will Rogers once advised, “Never miss a good opportunity to shut up.” I need to remember this advice when I’m around famous people. I am certainly not a celebrity, but one of my former students seemed excited to see me…