Baby, It Is Cold
The weather turned cold with the new year. It snowed a dusting and there was ice. It was such a change from the mild fall that we had around here. Somebody told me that we were supposed to have a...
View ArticleCreate
I have often wished that I had artistic talent. My mom is an artist. She became a watercolor painter. Her paintings adorn the walls of her family. She even sold a few over the years. She was not a...
View ArticleEpiphany
An unexpected surprise, a find, a gift is an epiphany. When a person says they figured something out they might say that they had an epiphany. But, of course, the original epiphany was the visit to...
View ArticleMatter Is Neither Created.....
I sit on my couch and quilt. The main equipment I use is a quilt hoop, a needle and thread. A scissors and needle threader are also useful as well as a pin cushion and safety pins. But the main...
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--C Chairs
I have a pair of chairs that were my mother's chairs when she was a child. They are small cane bottom chairs. They are a set. They didn't make children's toys much back 100 years ago. Usually...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunday Prayers
Lord,You are in the ice and snow. You are in the wind and rain. You are in the calm and serene. You are in everything. You are here with me, from the first to the last. I hear Your voice. I feel...
View ArticleResolutions
I am not one to make or keep New Years' resolutions. For the past several years I have made a resolution to buy a lottery ticket. I have not kept that resolution. For a few years I kept adding the...
View ArticleTaking Down the Tree
This past weekend my grandson and I worked to take down my Christmas tree. We had decorated it together. It had mostly soft cloth ornaments. They were not the ornaments I normally use. I have kept...
View ArticlePutting It In Writing
I found some old cards and letters the other day. I used to send a lot of cards and letters to people. Some of those have ended up back in my possession. There are some of those that I don't intend...
View ArticlePoetry
I had forgotten how much I love to write and read poetry. I had something I was working through. I prayed and prayed and talked to God about it. I developed some insights from all the work I did on...
View ArticleWondering
I am wondering how long this pandemic will keep on going? I don't know about you, but I am tired of it.
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--Music Man
I know I have mentioned it before, but my grandson is musical. He likes to listen to music. He wants it on in the car. He wants me to turn it on at my house. I even bought a Christmas CD recently...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunday Prayers
Lord,You love me more than I am able to love. And I can love. You are patient and kind with me. You provide me with all that I need. You listen to my complaints and my rejoicing. Thank You for...
View ArticleMLK Day
Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I think it is a holiday that has looked for a purpose. I have heard advice to do something positive in one's community to honor Dr. King and that...
View ArticleLet It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
When I was first a librarian back in the 1970s, I used to put up bulletin boards on the walls of my library. I changed them with the season. After Christmas I would put up a winter bulletin board....
View ArticleFrench Toast Emergency
I wonder whether the same is true in every city? When a snowstorm is predicted, everybody and their brother runs to the store to buy bread, milk and eggs. These are the ingredients to the making of...
View ArticleSlipper Girls
I gave my granddaughter sparkly shoes for Christmas. She loves them. She lets me know every time I see her. I can see shoe shopping may become our thing. She likes clothes and shoes and is very...
View ArticleAsk and You Will Receive
Last week my sister and I toured a long term care facility. At 100 and a half my mom is getting difficult for my sister to take care of. One of the concerns is that although Mom doesn't talk much...
View ArticleBoring Post for Saturday--The Work of Childhood
I wasn't able to have my grandson come over last weekend. He had been exposed to Covid and the weather was snowy, so Grandma was not going to see him. I really miss him when he doesn't come. When...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunday Prayers
Lord,Where will I go someday again? Where will You take me? What places are still part of my journey? I have loved the places I have been. I felt You hold my hand and take me there. Where will...
View Article