INDEX to CONTENTS

BIBLE CHRONOLOGY — top

• A BIBLE CHRONOLOGY: A Thumbnail Sketch of Biblical History, World Religious History, Biblical Archaeology, and the Modern-day History of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Downloads available for HTML, PDF, and Word doc versions

REFERENCES — top

• BIBLE WORDS PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION CHART Includes non-Biblical religious and historical words
• NEW God’s Word for Us Through Jeremiah NEW A browser-based program for easy playing of the MP3 files for the book (English only) downloaded from jw.org. Counter times for the MP3 player program are listed for all subheadings and weekly study material. This downloaded zip file includes a bonus PDF with a scripture and a picture index, plus a timeline. See the $ReadMe.txt file for downloading and saving instructions. (Last update: 6 November 2012.)
• Sing to Jehovah A browser-based program for easy playing of the MP3 files for the new songbook (English only) and volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the vocals. Displays lyrics and cited scriptures, and includes playlists and indexes to first lines, scriptures, and song titles. See the $ReadMe.txt file for instructions. (Last update: 3 July 2013.)
• Bearing Thorough Witness A browser-based program for easy playing of the MP3 files for the book (English only) downloaded from jw.org. See the $ReadMe.txt file for instructions. (Last update: 12 March 2011.)
• Is There a Creator Who Cares About You? Pronunciation help for the book
• Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy! Pronunciation help for the book
• How to Keep a Calendar in Your Head
• Are You an HSP? A Highly Sensitive Person

BIBLE PUZZLES — top

101 Bible Number Puzzles:

• 101 Puzzles  |  101 Puzzles With Hints  |  Answers

Who Said . . . ? 101 Bible Quotations:

• No. 1  |  No. 2  |  No. 3  |  No. 4  |  No. 5  |  No. 6
  Every person’s quotation—from a variety of Bible translations—is juxtaposed with other quotations that are related in some way

Bible Logic Puzzles:

• Paul Sails to Rome Logic based on the “Einstein” logic puzzle
• Paul Awaits Trial in Rome Continuation of the previous puzzle

Bible Crypto-Groups:

• Transportation
• Writers of Psalms and Proverbs
• Cities of Canaan
• Musical Instruments
• Adam and Eve
• Judges of Israel
• Ancient Bible Cities

Bible Quotation Puzzles:

• Something Solomon Said
• A Mother’s Advice to Her Son
• A Message From One of Jesus’ Half Brothers
• One of Solomon’s Observations About Fickle Human Nature
• The Strength of Love
• The Royal or Kingly Law
• About Entertaining Others

Also Known As:

• AKA Bible Puzzle, 30 Questions

Bible Word-Find Puzzles:

• “M” Bible Names
• Psalm 119

Bible Quizes:

• Foods of the Bible
• Foods of the Bible, Italian Version I Cibi Della Bibbia, Versione Italiana
• Women in the Bible: Quiz 1
• Women in the Bible: Quiz 2

GENEALOGY — top

• Surname Lists For Donald R. Butler & Carolyne J. Kemp Butler
• Ahnentafel Chart For Carolyne J. Kemp Butler
• Oliver V. Kemp (1891–1971) To My Granddad
• Howard Family Line Mordecai, Henry, John H., Lucy A. – VA, GA, AL

VIEWS FROM THE CORNER — top

• Smoky Mountain Views — A Slideshow
• Florida to Colorado Slideshow — Summer 2002
• Views Through the Windshield: Florida to Colorado — Summer 2001
• Pictures Just for Fun An ongoing project
• Hurricane Ivan Pictures, September 2004 Pictures of damage in Pensacola, Florida

POETRY — top

• Intrusion Something to think about
• Checkmate Not a game of love, for love is not a game
• After Loss
• Answering Mail A sonnet for an ex
• Leaves Nothing like a blazing summer love
• No Everlastings Included Say it with flowers
• On Opening a Joint Bank Account It all depends upon the meaning of one word
• Those Smiths I was the guilty eight-year-old in the bathtub
• Hand-me-downs With each person’s death, a universe dies
• Lifestyle Who holds the key to this prison?
• TV Documentary Isaiah 25:6, 7
• Explanation There are some far worse ways to die
• Absalom by the Gate His ilk lives on
• The Late Queen Was Never Late Daughters don’t count
• The Lady She Knew How to Dress Fair Eleanor of Aquitaine, that is
• I Wear My Fat Grandma’s Jeans She had no idea they would last that long
• Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Teacher With apologies to Wallace Stevens
• The Gift of Boquillas A walk in the desert
• A Discussion on Relativity Silly girl, you just don’t understand
• Damned
• Snake In the South, in the country, on a hot summer day
• Maiden Flight Down to the sea
• Monarchs
• Remembering Pensacola, 1945

SHORT STORIES — top

• A Small Family Inheritance

INTERNET LINKS — top

Links for Astronomy:

• NASA’S Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Space Weather
• Sky & Telescope

Links for Bible & History:

• Links to Online Bibles
• Links to Many Online Bibles
• Read the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures online
• The Word Bible Software Bibles and Study References. Great for making personal study notes on Bible books, chapters, verses
• e-Sword Bible Software Bibles and Study References
• Hebrew and Greek Lexicons Crosswalk
• Hebrew and Greek Lexicons StudyLight

Links for Dvorak Keyboard Layout:

• Introducing the Dvorak Keyboard Includes links to other Dvorak sites
• More Efficient Typing Better than Qwerty
• About Dvorak on Wikipedia Pros and cons
• “Let Your Fingers Do Less Walking” From The Mensa Bulletin

Links for Entertainment:

• BluegrassCountry Radio Bluegrass music online
• DesktopGrass Radio Bluegrass music online
• A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor’s radio variety show

Links for Genealogy:

• GenForum Great for ancestor sleuthing
• Cousin chart Are you first cousins once removed or second cousins?
• More relationship charts

Links for Miscellany:

• Steve’s Digital Photo of the Day Check out the archives
• Daily Sudoku
• The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad One of my favorite narrow gauge steam train rides
• US Federal Government: Frequently Used Sites

Links for Museums:

• British Museum
• Smithsonian

Links for Personality Types:

• What’s Your Personality Type? Brief quiz
• What Is Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type? Brief quiz
• Jung Typology Test 72 questions
• Introduction to the 16 MBTI Personality Types Explanations using cartoons
• Descriptions of the 16 MBTI Personality Types Read the FAQ
• More Descriptions of the 16 MBTI Personality Types
• David Keirsey’s Descriptions of the 16 MBTI Personality Types

Links for Weather:

• Weather Underground  Current weather plus forecasts worldwide
• National Hurricane Center  For hurricane watchers in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Eastern Pacific
• Naval Research Laboratory Tropical cyclone information for all oceans
• Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlog  For storm watchers plus other interesting weather information

Links for Words & Writing:

• Online Dictionaries Links
• Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Lots of goodies
• Your Dictionary The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
• Answers.com Encyclopedia, Thesaurus, Dictionary
• Strunk’s Elements of Style
• English Grammar
• 100 Most Often Misspelled Words and Phrases in English
• Writer’s Resource Center Especially for writers
• Bartleby Plenty of references
• A.W.A.D. (A Word A Day) A must site for linguaphiles
• Word Spy Newly coined words
• Chiasmus Criss-cross word play
• Mondegreens Thee, Sir Fun
• The Writer’s Almanac Includes a poem a day, hosted by Garrison Keillor
• World Wide Words “Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British viewpoint”