The Friday At Sundown Blog

January 22, 2021 There is a fable about a farmer and his mule. One day the mule fell into an old well. The farmer reasoned that because...

January 15, 2021 Life will never ask you for anything you don’t have. Life is not out to get you. Once we stop looking at life as a chall...

(See the Poetry section this week.) January 8, 2021 Over the holiday I was watching the TBN channel and a gentleman (I didn’t get his nam...

January 1, 2021 I can remember when I lived up North and how I dressed when going out in the wintery cold. My outer attire comprising a h...

(There will not be a Story or Poem with this week blog) December 25, 2020 This is the time we honor the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. A...

December 18, 2020 I was watching television when on one channel a restaurant owner was being interviewed. He said that if they ordered h...

December 4, 2020 The Dream Killer is on a rampage and I encourage you to remain firm. Don’t run, don’t even fight. Look the Dream Kille...

November 27, 2020 If I could turn back the hand of time. If I could do life over again, what picture would my world present? Every deci...

November 13, 2020 (We salute our Veterans this month… Thank you!) If we were to stand on the streets of our neighborhoods, we can never b...

November 6, 2020 Today was the day I packed for my move to the New Normal. Looking at my “to do list”, I first started unpacking things ...

~J. Anthony Spencer~ (October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month) October 30, 2020 When the Fridays at Sundown creator put before me th...

October 23, 2020 Too many people are drowning in shallow water. I recall many years back being at a youth conference, and a guy slipped ...

October 16, 2020 To my 60 and over group, I wish to ask a few questions regarding your current station in life… right now. I invite those...

October 9, 2020 (October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month) I was sitting and considering that the month of October is Domestic Violen...

October 2, 2020 Mark Twain noted, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” I ha...

(Disclaimer: My blog is opinion-based and do not reflect the ideas, beliefs or points of view of any organization I am currently or will ...

September 18, 2020 On the motivational speaking circuits and in self-help books that populate multiple aisles in brick and mortar stores ...

September 11, 2020 When the past no longer exists, what is it that controls us to walk back through that closed door to the Past? What i...

September 4, 2020 I was watching a rerun of “Touched by An Angel” and in one particular scene the man on the screen used the term, “if”. ...

August 28, 2020 Generally, we go through our day with chatter or active thoughts going on in our heads constantly. So much of our day is...