It lifts its cheerful head above the grass each spring in the same place in my yard at about the same time, this bright yellow crocus. The oak tree that towers above it is still bare of leaves and dark. The ground isn’t yet warm so how does it know that it’s time to wake […]
Feb 5, 2015
Warm Hearts, Snow Dusting
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A dusting of snow lies across my deck like a drift of talcum powder. The temperature sank below freezing last night and everything outside is cold! Bird feeders are full so when the feathered and furry creatures wake up, they can at least get some fuel in their tummies. As Peg and I journeyed to […]
Sep 14, 2014
Sauntering into Sunday
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Do you ever wake up with so many jumbled thoughts going through your head that it’s difficult to sort them out into anything meaningful? That’s me this morning! So, bear with me while I shuffle through and list them in no particular order. Happy Birthday to The Star Spangled Banner, 200 years old today and still […]
Sep 9, 2014
A Safe Place
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Everyone needs a safe place, or maybe more than one. In this section of the country, we all need a safe room or a cellar when tornadoes threaten. In church Sunday, we discussed the word “Sanctuary”. To me, that has always meant a safe place. Maybe that’s why we call the part of our church […]
Aug 31, 2014
A Rainbow in the Cloud
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I had started to the store for a batch of groceries. Rain fell gently and the sun shone too. “Oh,” I thought. “This is perfect weather for a rainbow!” Glancing out of my car’s window to the west, I saw it, a lovely, large rainbow that looked like it arched over the whole town, north […]
Jul 26, 2014
A Perfect Summer Day
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An interesting discovery this morning: the musical note of the mourning dove I heard in the backyard is C. Wondering just what it was, I checked it out on the piano. Do all doves call in C? I don’t even want to find out! Speaking of birds, there were at least two tiny and featherless tragedies […]
