The reduced number of social interactions lately has provided me with some extra time to spend sprucing up the yard and garden, unearthing some buried paving stones along with Bermuda grass stems and rhizomes. This has netted some interesting bird-watching opportunities. From the window over the desk in our “library,” Read more…
We have been blessed with a house on a good-sized lot, and since the first year we lived here, I have had a vegetable garden and some fruit-bearing plants. Fruitful? Indeed! Beautiful? Hmmm…maybe not so much. For a while. I have been asking God to give me what I needed Read more…
Picking up where we left off…after some more-or-less quiet time with Jesus, an everyday event in this disciple’s life is meal planning. What in the world does meal planning have to do with following Jesus?! At the end of this “following” is a great feast! The Marriage Supper of the Read more…
The winter holiday season officially begins this week! (or so says Wikipedia). For our family, it has mostly been about food. Traditions run several generations deep, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t branching out as our family gets connected to other families. This year the menu will include chicken and Read more…
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:33 When someone asks me what I do, I don’t know how to answer. It depends on the week, on the day, on the time of day… I tried to get Read more…
For the last several weeks I have been diligently logging what I eat and how much of it on an app. It tells me how many calories I am allowed to consume if I want to get rid of about a pound a week. It adds calories to the allowance Read more…
Temperatures in my neck of the woods have finally dropped low enough to think about sitting outside on the porch for breakfast or quiet time. The patio table has sported its pretty cover all summer long undisturbed, collecting fine dirt and dust, the accumulation of six months of lawn mowing, Read more…
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be yours as well. –Matthew 6:33 This is one of those days when the everyday has so many wrinkles and curves, so many challenges and obstacles that I am VERY aware of my need to have Read more…
What would happen if I stopped judging myself? What if I just aimed to please God? I wouldn’t have to worry about how many actual people saw my posts, or listened to my music. If my aim in writing is to see my Papa-God smile, it doesn’t (and won’t) matter Read more…
So…I couldn’t find my dustpan. It’s the kind that is designed to clip onto the handle of the broom, so you don’t lose it… So much for that design. I had been out of town for almost two weeks. Someone else had been minding my house, and I couldn’t remember Read more…