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Jonathan Sarver
- Sep 21
- 4 min
Youngest Sibling/Bottom of the Pile--Part Two
Part Two Guest post by Jonathan Sarver You can read part one from last week at www.armchairwit.com These two posts were musings of a...
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Roberta Sarver
- Sep 14
- 5 min
Youngest Sibling/Bottom of the Pile
A peek into the thoughts of your youngest?
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Roberta Sarver
- Sep 8
- 2 min
Cousin Rufus at a Weddin'
We all could use a little humor to lighten things these days. I thought you might enjoy Cousin Rufus's reaction to a wedding outside the...
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Roberta Sarver
- Sep 1
- 2 min
View from the Empty Nest
Although our nest has been empty for some time, this season of the year brings back poignant memories of saying goodbye to an era. I...
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Roberta Sarver
- Aug 24
- 3 min
Awkward Moments
Bewildered by social etiquette? Read this!
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Roberta Sarver
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Why I Hate Camping
I penned this letter several years ago, when we were crazy enough to take four young children camping for a week. What were we...
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Roberta Sarver
- Aug 10
- 2 min
When One Man's Trash is His Spouse's Treasure
De-cluttering foibles
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Roberta Sarver
- Aug 3
- 2 min
In Defense of Introverts
Some people are born salespersons. They could sell freezers to Eskimos. Then there are the rest of us. I usually end up giving away...
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Roberta Sarver
- Jul 27
- 3 min
How to Be Your Child's Lie Detector
Parents Skills 101 for the Perplexed
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Roberta Sarver
- Jul 20
- 3 min
How to Stop a Two-Legged Pest Invasion
Tongue-in-cheek musings from an overworked hostess
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Roberta Sarver
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Peeling Off Society's Labels
From labeled "retarded" to head of an organization. How did it happen?
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Roberta Sarver
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Copy of God's Special Agents
Today’s guest post by Pastor Grant Bryan. is a heartwarming account of compassion, gifted from a surprise emissary--his special needs...
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Roberta Sarver
- Jul 4
- 3 min
Copy of Dogs and Fireworks: A Match Made in Hades
A teenager's theory on what our pets are thinking.
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Roberta Sarver
- Jun 28
- 3 min
Copy of We Survived Play in the Good Old Days
The picture showed a family riding bikes, all clad in helmets and safety gear. Poor things, they’ll never know the freedom of zipping...
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Roberta Sarver
- Jun 22
- 2 min
Copy of Why Women Carry Purses
While arriving at an upscale wedding, my husband said, “Why do you need your purse? Just leave it in the trunk.” I looked at him...
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Roberta Sarver
- Jun 16
- 2 min
Learning from the Experience of others
How can ministers be prepared?
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Roberta Sarver
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Ordinary People Who Changed History
History surprises us with ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
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Roberta Sarver
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Graduation Humor
This is the time of year when some of us suffer cruel and unusual punishment--- attending boring graduation ceremonies. Fortunately, not...
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Roberta Sarver
- May 18
- 3 min
God Doesn't Call the Qualified; He Qualifies the Called.
God uses ordinary people to confound those considered wise.
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Roberta Sarver
- May 11
- 3 min
Out-of-Gas Car, Out-of-Gas Pastor
A day in the life of a pastor
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Roberta Sarver
- May 4
- 2 min
Reflections for the National Day of Prayer (Part Three)
If ever we needed a national day of interceding, it's now.
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Roberta Sarver
- May 3
- 2 min
Reflections for the National day of Prayer (Part Two)
Remarkable results when God's people pray.
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Roberta Sarver
- May 2
- 2 min
Reflections on the National Day of Prayer (Part One)
Results of effectual, fervent prayer of the righteous.
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Roberta Sarver
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Being Paid for Breathing
Ever meet people who wanted paid for breathing?
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Roberta Sarver
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Three Years... Switched Gears... Some Fears
It's finished!
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Roberta Sarver
- Apr 7
- 3 min
Finding the Prodigal
Who can fathom the depths of God's mercy?
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Roberta Sarver
- Mar 18
- 3 min
Spring Cleaning Dutch Style
Extra workload this week made it necessary to redo an old newspaper column from several years ago.
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Roberta Sarver
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Mentors: Blessings in Shoe Leather
Mentors-making the difference between success and failure.
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Roberta Sarver
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Cousin Rufus Joins the Offended
The old mountaineer collides with modern culture.
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Roberta Sarver
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Introverts vss. Extroverts
Introverts of the world--unite!
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Roberta Sarver
- Feb 18
- 1 min
I'm Silently Correcting Your Grammar
Would you run that by me again?
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Roberta Sarver
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Cousin Rufus's Opinions on Hirin' and Firin'
Lessons from the old mountaineer's grandson
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Roberta Sarver
- Feb 2
- 5 min
Push! (Part Two)
Don't you wish they taught this in school?
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Roberta Sarver
- Jan 26
- 4 min
Push! (Part One)
Don't you wish this could be a required course in school?
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Roberta Sarver
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Snowbound? Try This
Anyone who ever experienced a blizzard and power outage will tell you they plan to be prepared next time. Once the white stuff melts...
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Roberta Sarver
- Dec 31, 2022
- 2 min
Rescued by Angels
An experience we will never forget.
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Roberta Sarver
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Copy of Awkward Moments
This guest post is authored by our son Jonathan, who prefers the nickname Budge. I thought it would be an appropriate addendum to my...
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Roberta Sarver
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
A Beginner's Guide to Social Greetings
Humorous observations on the way we greet.
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Roberta Sarver
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
If You're Sick, Don't Tell Your Friends
Got the virus?
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Roberta Sarver
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
Cousin Rufus and Thanks Living
What are you thankful for this year?
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Roberta Sarver
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
If It's YOUR Birthday, Why Do I Look Older?
Every family has one: the kid who keeps you on a first-name basis with the ER staff.
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About Me
I am a wife and mom who also happens to be an English teacher and a newspaper columnist. And, I am the daughter of one of those armchair wits.
During my childhood, as we sat around the supper table—we were country people who called it supper—our dad told funny stories about things that happened to him that day. And, often he punctuated them with comments about human nature.
It is in tribute to those wonderful insights that I offer this blog, which may make you chuckle and say, “Been there; done that.”
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