Thoughts from the Book Fair
As a middle school librarian, I run a book fair twice a year. Typically the fair takes about a week of my time. My school and school district both support the idea that as a librarian I have 2 or 3...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord, I will sing You a new song, a song of praise and thanksgiving. I will sing a song with all my being, all my thankfulness, for You have first loved me and have given me all things. I will sing a...
View Article10 Years Ago
Ten years ago my youngest niece and God-daughter Hannah was born. Hannah is not her real name, but it is her name here on the blog. She is a delight. She is smart as a whip. Proof--she is...
View ArticleConventional Wisdom
I was raised by conservative parents. While they may have had some slightly liberal social leanings, but only slightly, I was raised with conventional morality. Fortunately, in my upbringing, the...
View ArticleTangled Web
I can't say that I have ever tried to live a lie. I am not clever enough, probably, to come up with and remember elaborate ruses and excuses. Also, I don't desire to live that way. It is so much...
View ArticleThankful
Dear Lord,Thank You for teaching me about love and loss and life. Thank You for the re-assurance that I don't have to live a life of suffering and pain. Thank You for helping me to find serenity....
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7 QTs, Friday
Kelly Mantoan hosts this meme these days. Go visit the rest.1. This past weekend snow was expected. Yikes! Snow is always chancy around here because a) drivers don't really know how to drive in it...
View ArticleExtra Ten Shawl
Have you ever read a post on FB or some other social media that sounded deep and meaningful, encouraging a person to step outside of their lives or take a dare or live more deeply? Yeah, me too. But...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord, this day and all the days of my life, walk with me, hold my hand. Have mercy on me in my fear and my doubt. Have mercy on me in my pride and my avarice. Have mercy on me when I let go of Your...
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Forward March!
Temperatures around the Lou have perked up this weekend. We were stuck in winter mode most of February and the beginning of March. Our winter was overall mild this year, compared to most of the rest...
View ArticleCulture Wars
Political correctness or cultural inclusion or something has made religion a forbidden subject in lots or ordinary contexts. I recognized that the other day when I was looking at a list of books by a...
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Helpful Hints to Know and Share-- Washi Tape
I saw this done better somewhere else, but I thought I would share it in case you haven't seen it. That colorful tape called washi tape can be used to mark your chargers. It looks a bit decorative,...
View ArticleYou've Got Your Troubles, I've Got Mine
Okay, who likes to deal with companies that don't show up to do things they are contracted for, or bills that include things you didn't buy, or forgetting your PIN and having to make some phone calls....
View ArticleDear Younger Me...
I have recently finished filling out information related to my marriage. It was the hardest thing I ever did. The very hardest. But, that is the thing with those hard, hard things, I probably learned...
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For Dawn, A Boring Post for Saturday
A long long time ago in a galaxy far away, I used to blog daily. I started this even before the more modern advances like "scheduling posts" were available. This meant I had to physically get on ye...
View ArticleStinky, Smelly....First World Troubles
My kitchen was smelling not good the other morning. Not exactly like rotten onions, or potatoes but something like that. (Not that I have ever smelled those things in my own kitchen. I just imagine...
View ArticleDisappearing, Reappearing
I have been doing a great deal of self reflection lately. Probing questions will do that to a person. Upon reflection I have discovered that I am willing to undergo a great deal of pain and emotional...
View ArticleTragedy/ Triumph
I like things wrapped up in neat little bows. I like happy endings. For the most part I don't enjoy the ambiguous ending or even one where the villain pays and that is the end. I am not a fan of...
View ArticleEver Sadness/ Ever Joy
There are a great many things to be sad about these days--Irma, Harvey, Maria, the earthquake in Mexico, wildfires out west, the drought here, injustice in St. Louis, the Las Vegas shootings and on and...
View ArticleHeaders and Footers/Titles and Conclusions
One of the great joys of blogging for me during the early years was changing the header. Hope Echoes was always the title name I wanted, but I liked to change out the photo and the font often. I...
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