by Toni McNaron | Aug 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
In 2004, I went with my then-partner on an Alaskan adventure. Our group numbered only about fourteen and the crew came to five, so we were in a boat, not a ship. Because of the small size of our vessel, we could go into secluded and special areas to watch black...
by Toni McNaron | Jul 29, 2017 | Toni's Blog
Anyone who’s read Charles Dickens’ novel David Copperfield remembers the oleaginous character Uriah Heep. Described by Dickens as unusually tall and wraithlike, Heep ingratiates himself into David’s world, wringing his hands in false supplication. ...
by Toni McNaron | May 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
When I was the age to get a classic red Radio Flyer wagon (1944), the country was at war, so all metal was being used to make ships and tanks and the like. By the time civilians could once again purchase wagons for their children, I was too old to have one. To ease my...
by Toni McNaron | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
As we in the congregation at my church leave our pews to process up to take communion, we sing a simple set of words about what we hope will happen as we receive the host and (if chosen) wine. Recently, those words were these: “Take, oh take me as I am,/Summon...
by Toni McNaron | Mar 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Think about it! You have been tasked with making the final in a long list of star-studded presentations. You open the envelope and read a name of the woman who was just awarded “best actress,” not the title of the picture to be named “best...
