Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.
Six Sentence Story: Cake and Coffee
When we were back in Room 215 of the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro and I heard Moxie tell the red-headed writer that she couldn’t go into the cafe, I asked the voice if he had to stay here as well. Having gotten more acquainted with him I was glad to hear that he could go with me wherever I wanted to go and for as long as I wanted him to accompany me. So, we went to the cafe where we saw the tall, thin man entertaining Lou and Aurelia eating cake with coffee.
Since Aurelia said that the cake was very tasty we ordered some and went to sit at an inconspicuous table in the back. However, from Lou’s direction I sensed a cloud of demonic darkness zero in on my face to tell me, We’re going to send flowers of condolence to your next of kin after we’re done with you.
Realizing that I had only one sentence left with which to defend myself and I still hadn’t used the prompt word “pinch” I was surprised that the cloud suddenly backed away shaking in terror when it heard the voice by my side say, YOU again?
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Denise offers the prompt word “pinch” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Trails: James Polk Birthplace
Here is an AI generated description of this place that one can reach by car or the Little Sugar Creek Greenway:
James K. Polk was born in a log cabin in Pineville, North Carolina (then part of Mecklenburg County) on November 2, 1795.
The original farmhouse no longer exists, but the site is preserved as the President James K. Polk State Historic Site, located at 12031 Lancaster Highway in Pineville.
The historic site features a reconstructed log cabin based on period descriptions and is open to the public free of charge.
Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.
Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Art of House Plants
Dale offers the art of house plants as the prompt for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
We have a few house plants.
So, I took some photos of them.
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Ten Things of Thankful: July 18, 2026
I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.
The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.
The Genesis Flood and Walt Brown’s Hydroplate Theory
Seven years ago I thought the flood of Genesis 6-9 was a local event (if not a myth). Five years ago I began considering the possibility that the Genesis flood might have actually happened as a global event.
To make sense of how it could have happened globally I studied catastrophic plate tectonics (CPT). This is a theory based upon secular plate tectonics which claims that there are plates supporting the granitic continents which rapidly subducted into the Earth causing tsunamis to flood the land. My doubts about CPT arose when I realized that it couldn’t explain the source of the mile high sediments over the continents nor could it (any more than secular plate tectonics) explain how plate subduction could have ever got started.
Then I began studying the hydroplate theory (HPT) to look for a more satisfying explanation for a global flood. With HPT I found out where the mile high sediments came from, where radioactive elements in the continental crust came from, where comets, asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects came from and why the side of the moon facing us has dark lava flows on it.
Over the past seven years I went from thinking Noah’s flood was a local event to thinking it was a global event to realizing that whatever happened it was so drastic as to leave its mark on many of the planets and moons of the solar system. If HPT were correct in describing what Genesis 7:11 meant by the foundations of the great deep being broken up and the windows of heaven being opened, what happened during the global flood (and what we are still recovering from today) was an horrific global catastrophe.
Some Resources
The 9th edition of Walt Brown’s In the Beginning is available on Amazon and it can be read online for free at the Creation Science Center.
The video below provides 1) an overview of what happened during the Genesis flood according to HPT, 2) a biography of Walt Brown and 3) a description of the reaction to HPT by some creationist organizations as seen from two proponents of HPT.
For a more detailed description of HPT see Bryan Nickel’s playlist below.
Real Science Radio is a creationist organization that has promoted HPT for some time. Below is Bob Enyart’s presentation of HPT based on the 8th edition of Walt Brown’s In the Beginning.
Psalm 119:40
Six Sentence Story: Rain, Rain Go Away
Just after we got to the roof of the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro, delayed because the voice had to catch his breath, I saw the tall, thin man high tail it down the stairs because of some talk about thunder. The voice told me I had three options: 1) get wet, 2) run for cover or 3) tell the storm to skip this particular roof while every thing else gets soaking wet. I chose option 3.
While enjoying the storm I asked the voice if he had any other words of wisdom he figured I ought to know. He said, If you’d abide, you’d rejoice, your load would lighten and you’d finally get something worthwhile done.
After the storm popped the heat wave like a balloon and we were walking down the stairs, I observed that we didn’t get wet at all out there on the roof and the voice said, You did choose option 3, remember?
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Denise offers the prompt word “balloon” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Trails: McDowell Nature Preserve
My browser’s description of this place:
McDowell Nature Preserve is located in southwestern Charlotte, North Carolina, specifically in the Steele Creek neighborhood.
It sits on the shores of Lake Wylie at 15222 York Road (or South York Road), Charlotte, NC 28278.
Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.
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Ten Things of Thankful: July 11, 2026
I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.
The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 