Hello, allow me to introduce myself, I am Martha and I live in the first Christian century of Israel. I am not the Martha you read about in the Bible; she lives down in Bethany. I have to be quick to tell people that, otherwise they confuse me with her. My husband’s name is Simon and he is a tanner. But he is not Simon the tanner in the Bible, either. That Simon lives in Joppa; you can see how confusing it could get. Simon and I and our three boys, Nathaneal 12, Jason 10 and Tobias 8 live in Capernaum the north shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Capernaum is one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. If you’ve been to Israel your tour guide showed you where Peter lives in Capernaum and we [click to continue…]
In Paris one looks for one’s own “finds” and I found a beauty! A Chinese Salon de The, Le Nezard at 3 rue N.D. des Champs in the 6th, just off rue de Rennes.
The clouds, which play a vibrant part in the theatre of Paris, grimaced off and on all day and suddenly they roared, [click to continue…]
Strolling along the Champs Elysee we noted an inordinate number of police, a crowd of people carrying flags, all in the middle of the boulevard. A military band rehearsed on the sidewalk. It takes a minute for it to register [click to continue…]
I come from California where the Gold Rush of 1849 took place. People are still combing those hills and being relatively successful because 90% of the gold is still in the ground! But the ones who became rich beyond reason are the ones who staked the first claims.
There’s a new gold rush currently opening and the ones who stake their claim now have every hope of becoming rich beyond reason. Go to www.mpbtoday.com/martydelmon and read all about it.
