Some people long to know about the past—their own and anyone else’s. These people keep genealogy websites humming as they search databases and create family...
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~ Holly Bebernitz
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Hitherto
Here I raise mine Ebenezer, hither by thy help I’m come.And I hope by thy good pleasure safely to arrive at home.Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering...
Practice, Practice, Practice
Joke: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” Punchline: “Practice, practice, practice.” Credit: attributed to everyone from Gene Kelly to Jack Benny and any...
Meeting of Friends
Last Tuesday night, right before I dozed off, I heard a firm knock. Donning my housecoat, I peeked out the window by the front door. There, back turned, while...
ABC’s of Motherhood [H-T]
N—Nester. It’s up to you to provide a safe haven for your family. Well-ordered, but not rigid. Clean, but comfortable. The home is made for the family—not the...
How to Keep Running
For many people running is the quintessential sport. Their day is not complete unless they “go for a run” either in the pre-dawn hours or after a long...
The Night Sid Slid
Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS between the Pirates and Braves will be forever defined by its final pitch, a two-out fastball from Pittsburgh’s Stan Belinda that...
Doll Dreams
Many years ago the Florida Times-Union invited readers to share a Christmas memory, which I did. The following article was published on Christmas Day. The...
Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson [1788-1850] was born in Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Adoniram Judson, Sr., a Congregational clergyman, and Abigail. Judson was a...
Heart Healthy
“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.” Lamentations 3:41 This is a...
Native Texan Holly Bebernitz moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1967. After thirty years of teaching speech, English, and history on the secondary and college levels, she retired from classroom teaching to become a full-time grandmother. The change in schedule allowed the time needed to complete the novel she had begun writing in 1998. When Trevorode the Defender was published in March 2013, the author realized the story of the Magnolia Arms was not yet complete.