My daughter and I are magazine people. By that I mean what probably seems obvious. We like magazines. She actually subscribes to Vogue, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar. I check House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Living and an occasional Vegetarian Times out at the library. Today I even picked up an American Craft. It’s not that we … More magazine people
Happy Friday. Happy Pi Day to the mathematics nerds who read my blog. Not sure how many of you there are…. Also, please remember tomorrow to beware the Ides of March. Nothing beats a day when Julius Caesar quotes are apropos. I’ve had a few high points this week. One of which was attending the … More Flapjack Friday Faves [03.14]
I didn’t realize it would soon be time to change the clocks until Thursday. I set my alarm last night, completely aware that I would lose an hour of sleep. I did however, forget to switch my phone alert from silent. The majority of the time, I awake before my alarm goes off. This morning … More spring forward
Happy first Friday of March. Happy season of Lent. Happy time change weekend. Here are some fun and/or happy and/or interesting and/or simply worth mentioning items I’ve recently come across. Maybe I really am socially awkward…. When I look at what I pin on my {For the Home} board on Pinterest, I realize I’m not … More Flapjack Friday Faves [03.07]
Ash Wednesday. First day of Lent. Reminder that we’re dying. I am ashes and dust. But Resurrection Day is coming. Meantime, though. What to do in between? Give something up? Sacrifice? Confess? The word I hear….. [release]. And I answer back, [I already have]. So much. People and things. Dreams. Aspirations. Even hopes. But it … More release
I received a copy of this prayer on Monday, during a workshop I’ve begun attending: “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I … More thoughts and prayers and promises
Happy last day of February, the year’s shortest month. And speaking of happy……… I recently created a Spotify playlist. I named it Happy 2. Why 2, you might ask? Well, simply because I already had a Happy. At this point though, some of the songs under Happy do not make me happy. So, I started … More Flapjack Friday Faves [02.28]
Despite circumstances and bank statements. Feelings and loss. God provides. When it’s dark. When it doesn’t make sense. When I am alone at 3am. God makes a way. The sun comes up. People offer love and prayers. Hope still abounds. Nonsense is not a part of a successful operation. Nonsense is not a building block. … More nonsense is not
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. An excerpt from Shakespeare’s Richard III. The Winter of Our Discontent. The title of the last novel written by John Steinbeck. A phrase … More winter of my discontent
There’s the proverbial, One day you wake up and everything is different. For me, it’s more like, One day I drove home and nothing was the same. Tonight no one I’ve shared the house with the last years of my life will come home. I am alone with CJ the beagle. My son is at … More charting the unexpected
Upon a Sunny Day 