I feel God’s drawing me into a thinking and sorting time, a culling away of distractions to a new way of doing things. I can’t take a good photo of a cup of coffee – and I feel no peace to do so. The pages lay blank, but I hear God calling, “Remember me”! The cardinals, the snow, even Sadie … Continue reading →
“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” ~ Deuteronomy 31:8 You know those times you plan things and all the while you’re planning it, you’re doubting your ability to follow through or misstep to failure, whether everyone will be blessed … Continue reading →
“I’m not telling you this because I’m in need, for I have learned to be satisfied in any circumstance.” ~ Philippians 4:11 (The Praise Translation) In the wait of these days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I feel things more keenly – the emptiness of those not here to share the celebrations, the festivities, all the goodness the season holds. I … Continue reading →
I remember back in the day . . . . . . when there really was nothing in the fridge. I was just young enough that I didn’t know then how to make something out of nothing. I knew how to bake a prune cake, homemade thousand island dressing, how to wash a chicken but not fry it, how to … Continue reading →
“Catch us the foxes,The little foxes that spoil the vines,For our vines have tender grapes.”~Song of Solomon 2:15 God gives. . . and the little foxes come to destroyto destroy the vine He has grown me to,and from the flourishing He has wrought,the fruit, the tender fruitneeding to grow and bear the seedof what God has given. . . Fall in our Tennessee … Continue reading →
(This is a playful post. I am thankful for the blessings of the week – the blessing of my husband, the blessing of all who walk through my porch door, a plate of scones shared, grandchildren making merry in a pile of leaves, little hands helping pull out tomato vines and learning to savor a chocolate mint leaf from the … Continue reading →
“Though your beginning was small, your future will flourish indeed.” ~ Job 8:7 “You only have two months to cook for me, Mom,” said the baby. He’s moving out to do a co-op for a year for his engineering degree – over an hour away. Only two months to cook – not the year and a half I’d thought. Being … Continue reading →
It was time. Nothing had prompted me to pull my camera out with its big lense until the last day of our trip to Historic Williamsburg. . . and we walked. We walked through the gunmaker’s store where we learned there was a 12 year wait for a reproduction rifle like one George Washington used. We walked through the coffee … Continue reading →
Monarch butterfliesOn Beggar’s Ticks seedsYellow seeds with barbed awnsSticky, burring yellow awnsDesigned to be carriedto Other places and other soilsBy unsuspecting flutterbyscarrying unsuspected messagestarry heretarry thereliving breeze to breezedropping Beggar’s Tickfuturesan inheritancefor other seasons CarrierflysWork to waitwait for just the rightbreeze-stirred airdesigned forpara-sailing flutterbymissionsAcross sand and shellsPast orange and raspberry sherbetBeach towelsPast old and younglittle and bigarms, legs and noiseplaying … Continue reading →
