Henry here. How does Santa’s workshop operate? Does it function like Henry Ford’s invention, the assembly line, or is there another model? Lucile Ball has given us the archetypical image of what it is like to work on the assembly line in her skit about working at the chocolate factory.
She cannot keep up with the […]
Henry here. Outside of the kitchen, the warmest and most comfortable place on a farm is the cattle barn. The old fashioned farm with no central heating had one, possibly two warm rooms. The barn, on the other hand, with a thick layer of insulating hay in the loft, is warmed with the cattle’s body […]
Henry here. Some letters to Santa would break your heart. Canadian Press reported recently that some letters are very sad. One child asks Santa to take a cookie to his father in Heaven, another wants the family back together again. The story goes on: “There are even standardized letters for children reporting sexual […]
Sometimes we hear one partner in a marriage complain: “ He/she never tells me anything. Just as often the partner has an equal complaint: “He/she never stops talking.” Many couples end up in the divorce courts that start out with similar complaints.
Perhaps they have a fundamental problem which will not be fixed without years […]
Henry here today. We spend a lot of time thinking, even worrying what others think of us. Who do they see when they see us? Glance at the checkout at any store and see how many magazines are focused on how we look and how to improve our looks.
We worry endlessly about how we are […]
Henry here. My mother used to encourage us to not say too much in company. Her philosophy was: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” I don’t know as I have followed her philosophy all that faithfully, but it came to mind after having […]
Henry here with some thoughts about Christmas. Everybody has an idea of the stages of life. The general notion is that we were children, youth, middle aged, older and old. My experience has been that as I move through these stages they become immensely personal. They do not disappear from memory either. I seem to […]