Kathy Brasby Blog
The Bible: the story
I once sat through a 16-hour class in two days and figured it would take plenty of caffeine to keep me awake. I was wrong. The professor sat on top of his desk and seemed to rabbit-trail into a story at every opportunity. He gave us conflict and resolution, drama and...
Defending ducks
These six ducks were to be the start of our duck herd and we were thrilled when three mamas crafted downy nests in the lean-to of our old barn. We counted down the days until the fuzzy ducklings would emerge from those eggs. Five days before hatching, we found all...
The Bible: Job’s story
Many allusions come from Job’s story and yet we all wonder just what the meaning of the story is. We’re told, for example, to have the patience of Job but was he so patient? He didn’t deny God but he did some griping. What was the purpose of those friends and their...
Checking out an idea
Since my husband is an expert in measures and machines, he was the logical one to ask. “How much does a Chevy S-10 pickup weigh?” I said. “Oh, about 3200 pounds.” He was working on a game on his iPad so I didn’t get much of a look. “And an old Ford half-ton pickup?”...
What kind of fool?
I am a careful reader and I did read that poster before I jumped in. Free cats. On the wild side. The photos on the poster were of three lovely orange and gray cats. My son and I were running errands when I found this treasure. We needed cats for our barn, which was...
Dousing the dragon
I had one of those coughs that made your toenails rattle and, after a morning of listening to my hacking, a co-worker gave me the evil eye. “That sounds like a smoker’s cough,” he said. “I’ve never smoked in my life,” I said. But I had to take it back. There was this...
Setting Goldie free
I’m always amazed at how common life experiences translate into metaphors of meaning. When my daughter and son-in-law moved from one apartment to another, they were forced to leave their beloved goldfish behind. They’ll probably read this account so I’ll try to be as...
Wise and not so
My younger brother was a high school wrestler, which made for an interesting lesson in the folly of letting siblings mature. His first practice of the season came shortly before my visit home from college. We hadn’t seen each other in a little while and he wanted to...
The Bible: The End of the Story
A well-written fiction piece will have an ending that hopefully deals with all the threads of the plot and subplot. A well-written nonfiction piece contains a conclusion that summarizes the points of the article or book. Stories in the Bible also use the ending as a...