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Clyde: Put a lid on it

“He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust” (Psalm 91:4). Lids, like ...

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Clyde: Name that May flower

“Whan that April with his showres soote The droughte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed ...

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Clyde: There are faces we remember…

“For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a ...

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Clyde: Breaking ground

“When the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day, they ...

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Clyde: Fed up

“For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags” ...

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Clyde: Love never ends

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold” — Matthew 24:12 How do you ...

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Clyde: Time will tell

As the years go by … things we wish we had known all along: Chickens are not smart ...

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Clyde: Keeping watch

“W atchman, tell us of the night what, its signs of promise are: Traveler, o’er yon mountain’s height ...

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Clyde: Home is where the hearth is

“For my days are consumed like smoke and my bones are burned as an hearth” (Psalm 102:3). Not ...

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Clyde: Come ye thankful people, come

“We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land” —Mathias Claudius 1740-1815 Not too much ...

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Clyde: Hallowed ground

The gate was ajar. The late October day turned cold as the sun fell like a great pumpkin. ...

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Clyde: Like I was saying …

Use these often overheard words in a simple sentence. Read aloud. Query: Granite comes from the query. Skeeters: ...

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Clyde: They are few and far between

“Tis the song, the sigh of the weary: Hard times come again no more” written by Stephen Foster ...

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Clyde: Keep a cardboard box or two around

A good cardboard box is hard to find. The kind just right to put a chicken or a ...

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Clyde: My church — time to visit some graveyards

My church, my church, my dear old church. “Built on a rock, the church doth stand.” Church graveyards ...

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Clyde: Just call me Clyde Van Winkle

“Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways. Old now is earth, and none may count her days” ...

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Clyde: It’s what’s inside that counts

Looking at the Cheerwine Festival crowd recently, it’s obvious that we are not all alike on the outside. ...

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Clyde: A rose by any other name

Show me an old house place and there will always be a forgotten rose bush alongside the porch. ...

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Clyde: Hurry up and wait

Is it just me, or does everything seem to be faster coming out of the pandemic gate? It ...

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Clyde: Where do we fit in?

Ubi caritas est vera Deus ibi est   Where care and love is There is God     ...

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Clyde: What to do with all that stuff?

Chill airs and wintry winds!  My ear Has grown familiar with your song; I hear it in the ...

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Clyde: Fine ways to feast on figs

Oh, the lowly fig, scorned by many, unloved by children, packed by the grackle, cultivated by few, passed ...

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Clyde: Just don’t yell at me

What’s all that hollerin’ about? You must admit, it’s hard to holler with a mask on; kinda like ...

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Clyde: Avoid the crowds; what’s the hurry?

By Clyde What’s the hurry? The words just don’t seem to work anymore. Hurry-up is not the same ...

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Clyde: Call COVID-19 what you like

By Clyde Here are some metaphors for the COVID-19 outbreak: •  Another bump in the road construction on ...

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Clyde: What lights the distance?

By Clyde Sometimes, it seems the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel gets a little dimmer ...

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Clyde: What will Salisbury residents find in 2040?

By Clyde In the year 2040, if we’re all still alive we may find: • We disembark from ...

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Clyde: Christmas truisms for 2019

By Clyde Here are some Christmas truisms: • Some people should not be given a can of spray ...

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