A Pattern for Life

February 2, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

The bleak mid-winter days are challenging for even the most sanguine among us. Those of us who live in all but a few places on this planet must endure the cold dark days of winter each year. For some these days are longer and colder than for others.

Stories of Old

January 19, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

Stories, especially the great stories, often fall short when adapted for film. Tolkien’s masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings is no exception. Vast sections of the story (Tom Bombadil!!!) are left out completely.

Windows

January 13, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

These cold, pollen-laden days of mid-winter make it difficult for me to spend much time out of doors.

A Kindness

January 2, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

In my New Year’s post on IG and Facebook, I shared some glimpses from my 2021 monthly gratitude lists. One of those entries was “a kindness that smote my heart.” I’d like to tell you about it.

The Blessing

December 17, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Luke 1:39-45: I love this greeting between these two women. Elizabeth proclaims a blessing, but who is really being blessed here? and who is doing the blessing?

Confetti

December 5, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Someone is having a party. Confetti tossed all over my yard. Tiny gems of red, green, and gold. Gifts from our Tallow tree.

Shaking Things Up

November 20, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

My dad was a baker. Not in any official capacity mind you, but when he wasn’t tending the animals on our small family farm in Vermont, you would find him in the kitchen baking bread, and pies, and donuts.

Bottom Line

October 30, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him. Daniel 11:45 NKJV

Birdsong

October 2, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

I hear the birdsong outside my window and wonder. It’s a three-part trilling I don’t recall hearing before. The song is too enticing to ignore. What if it’s a new bird I’ve never seen before?

A Weapon Against Death

September 16, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Outside my window the late summer sun filters down through a canopy of oak and cedar. The oppressive heat of August has shoved its way into September. It leaches the moisture of yesterday’s rain out of every blade of grass as it covers Texas like a weighted blanket.