Foreword by David B. Miller     9
Author’s preface    11

  1  Still writing checks   •  15
  2  In the beginning, God   •  22
  3  Jesus Christ as Lord   •  30
  4  On a committee   •  37
  5  I married a preacher’s daughter   •  43
  6  A house by the side of a country road   •  55
  7  Gardening one-on-one   •  61
  8  A beekeeper must pay attention   •  69
  9  Transportation follies   •  75
 10  As I was saying   •  83
 11  And so on . . .   •  90

Appendixes
    A. Our family     94
    B. Incomplete list of Mary’s flowers     95
    C. Vehicles we have owned     97
Notes     99
The Author     102