Posts from May 2017

Unrecognized Value

LightGrams May 25, 2017 Volume 21, Number 18 A story made headlines in March of this year when an independent prospector in Sierra Leone, Africa discovered a 706-carat diamond.  The young man was sifting through the mud and sediment in a river when he made the find.  It was presented to the president of Sierra…

A Sinking Feeling

LightGrams May 18, 2017 Volume 21, Number 17 I remember the feeling of walking on some of the beaches we’ve visited in the past.  The sand is usually loose and gives way under my feet as I walk.  The process of walking along the beach demands more exertion than I planned.  When we visited Daytona…

A Voice Still Speaking

LightGrams May 11, 2017 Volume 21, Number 16 The letter Melissa Fahy found in a gap under the stairs of her Westfield, New Jersey home was an old one.  Written by a woman named Virginia to her husband, a sailor in the Norwegian Navy, it was postmarked May 1945.  The letter was filled with love…