Newness

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This week here - sandwiched between the coming of a Savior and the start of a year... It's a special one. Just after Christ's entrance, we boot the year goodbye.…

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A Few Snapshots

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I'm sitting here at my dining table with windows raised all around me. I'm allowing the cool to loft in while it's lasting. It's been warmer than normal, so when…

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Joy

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As I walked passed the window a few days ago...With our lessons completed, and dinner started, and laundry spinning...I caught a merry glimpse of my girl-child right in the middle…

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Wednesday

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Sometimes you have to reach up and grab your day.Sometimes you have to lasso that thing right to you - where you can hold it, and mold it, and make…

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Finally

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I have to write to stay awake.I have to punch keys and form phrases to really see, and really hear, and really know.Understanding that I am always on the lookout...Always…

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Beams

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It's funny how fast light travels.Since my last post - it seems as if a few rays of hope, and truth, and goodness have made their way through those clouds…

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From Where I Sit

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I'd rather be at the library.But when I pulled into the library parking lot this morning, I realized it was closed.Libraries should never, ever, ever be closed. Ever.So I'm here,…

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Autumn

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I'm leaning back on a velvet crimson pillow embroidered with a golden stitched crown.My feet are propped and crossed under a fine quilted throw.There are magazines picked out just for…

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Last Saturday

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You can’t creep up on people in an old cabin.Wood from the 1800’s creeks and cracks, making it hard to sneak.Thankfully.I have a few jokesters in my crew who like…

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Away

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I wonder how many letters have been written at this old dark desk.How many notes of affection, business transactions, letters of love to family in some far off town somewhere.It’s…

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