God’s Small World God made a tiny, shiny world In blades of grass and flowers, Where crickets creep and spiders spin And dewdrops fall in showers. And in this small, this crawly world Are secrets and surprises. The caterpillars creeping here Wear summertime disguises. No one but God could think of it; I don’t know […]
May 28, 2013
Meditations of a Mysterious Mind
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I thought about calling this post “ruminations” but one meaning of that word is to think seriously or deeply and another meaning is a cow chewing her cud slowly, swallowing, burping and chewing again. I don’t much care for the picture of me chewing over my thoughts. And I’m not sure my meditations are that […]
May 25, 2013
Cars
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For some strange reason, my mind is stuck on cars this morning. Maybe it’s because of yesterday’s Mobile Mystery of the Month. A couple of days ago when I drove into the garage, I noticed that hot metal smell that every driver dreads. A rivulet of water and antifreeze oozed from under the car and […]
May 24, 2013
Endings and Beginnings
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“Oh, better than the minting of a gold-crowned king Is the safe-kept memory of a lovely thing.” —Sara Teasdale Spring is here. One season has ended and a new one is underway. I guess before there can be any kind of a […]
May 18, 2013
The Garden
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“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed…And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day” (Genesis 2:8; 3:8). I wonder if that’s why gardens hold such an attraction, the fact that a […]
May 13, 2013
Morning Meanderings
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Early morning sounds in northwest Arkansas: the hum of tires on I-540–a reassuring sound; the distant thunder of wheels on the track and a whistle as the train comes or goes. No wind blowing this morning or rain drumming on leaves but a chorus of robins greets the day. Inside my house, the coffee pot […]
