The older I get, the more I enjoy the blessing of peace; not just peace, mind you, but peace that comes of being free and contented and pursuing my own dreams. In school, we learned about “pax romana” or the peace that Rome imposed upon conquered nations. That is not peace at all but a seething […]
Dec 6, 2013
The Weather Outside is Frightful
By · Leave a Comment
Wednesday, the weather was pretty nice. I buzzed around, taking down things in the yard I had up all summer and storing them away until next spring. Thursday? Well, Thursday was an entirely different story. An interesting thing: Our last snow occurred May 4 and our first snowfall this year occurred December 5, almost exactly […]
Nov 26, 2013
An Ordinary Kind of Day
By · Leave a Comment
So far as I know, nothing special is going on today. The temperature is cold but we have escaped the dangerous weather that much of the nation is experiencing. If the Lord wills, I plan to exercise, get a hair trim, do some baking, clean the house a bit. Gratitude for my many blessings may […]
Nov 23, 2013
A Mish Mash of Morning Meanderings
By · Leave a Comment
Let me tell you, this morning is going to be a little of this and a little of that. Writers are told that our stories should “hang together”. We should stick to the subject and write about what we know. I’m writing about what I know this morning but I can’t stick with the subject […]
Nov 20, 2013
It Was a Wet November Morning
By · Leave a Comment
The sun still hasn’t managed to tip the treetops. Somewhere in the east, it is slowly making its way to the horizon but it isn’t there yet. And, although the weatherman says rain won’t move in ’til tonight, something wet is falling from the sky. It isn’t snow, sleet, hail, or oobleck. By the way, […]
Nov 18, 2013
Coffee With Blanche
By · Leave a Comment
It is pleasant to sit down with a friend and share a cup of coffee. I am having my first cup of caramel drizzle Folger’s this morning. If you are a coffee drinker, I invite you to pour a cup and sit down with me. Or, if you don’t care for coffee, just know that […]
