Don’t you hate it? Road work? It’s an aggravation, isn’t it? And the worst part of it is, it never seems to end. To distort the words of Robert Frost: “Something there is that doesn’t love a road”. I traded the word “road” for the word “wall” from Frost’s famous poem, “Mending Wall”, but the …
Grady, and my knees It may sound far-fetched, but it’s a fact. Grady, my fashion forward feline friend from Frisco (OK, I hate that term. He’s from SAN FRANCISCO, not (shiver) “Frisco”, but it was the “f” alliteration thing, and I succumbed to the temptation to add just one. more. “f:. FAIL.) is having an …
Happy Birthday to Me! My dear husband, the Big Bison took me out to dinner last night where we were treated the way you OUGHT to be treated on your birthday: with sumptuous food and drink, with warmth, and concern for our every need. They even showed concern that the load that our pocketbook was …
The last month or so has been hard. Really hard. I caught a bug the day after Christmas, a really evil bug, that caused me to lose my voice from 3 weeks of coughing day and night, and sapped me of all energy, physical and emotional. During that time, I also allowed myself to become …
As you know, I’ve been studying the book of Isaiah lately, and this week while reading in Chapter 13, I was struck by a thought. Now, it’s not that new a thought. I’ve thought it before, and I bet you have, too, but even so, I think it bears repeating, so that we can compare …
OK, I am totally loving the title I chose for today! Hopefully, by the end of this post, you’ll understand why. In the Bible Study I have been participating in, we have been studying the book of Isaiah, and every once in a while, I like to share a few of the nuggets I’ve gained …
Fall has come to the Boonies. Pretty glorious, huh? Wish you could be here to see it! And speaking of seeing glorious things…. (not a GREAT segue, but the best I can come up with to go with the pretty picture….and you know…I’ve been doing a study in the book of Isaiah, and sharing some …
Following the battle of Lake Erie, in 1813, U.S. Navy Commodore Oliver Perry sent a message to U.S. Army General William Henry Harrison stating,”We have met the enemy, and they are ours.” Around 158 years later, cartoonist Walt Kelly, in his cartoon strip about a swamp possum, Pogo, drew a cartoon of Pogo, sadly staring …
This week’s fruit of the Spirit that I’m studying has been “gentleness”. As I was getting ready to open the workbook, and imagining how Beth Moore might approach this fruit, I was feeling a little relieved. I mean, week after week, she keeps teaching things that convict me. I don’t THINK she’s been trying to …
Walking…But Not By Sight: a Devotional Post Why I Went Walking in the Dark We’ve had an issue here at our house that has caused us (me) problems. We live in the Boonies. We have an electric fence that our dogs have been trained to stay inside. The fence wire (which is an underground wire) …
Anybody remember tho old song Frank Sinatra did called “Love and Marriage”? In case you don’t, but would like to listen to it, here is a link, with some sweet little eye candy thrown in for good measure: clips of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman from the movie, “Indiscreet”. And, if you’re not in the …
My Father. I have been thinking a lot about the radicalness of Jesus calling God “Father” and “My Father”, thanks to a series of lessons that our pastor at church as been teaching on our identity in Christ. My identity in Christ is that I am forever in covenant with God, forever the child of …
No, really. Who says so? I may have just discovered evidence to the contrary. Here’s how it came about: On Friday, I went to the women’s group that I attend each week, and listened to one of the ladies tell her story. She hails from Bogata, Columbia, and her life is a living testimony to …
I know I haven’t been blogging much, but if I don’t talk about this, I think I’m going to blow up. I’ve been pretty low, lately. Pretty much in a funk. But the Lord has really GOOD hearing, and can even hear you when you’re lying face down in a wagon wheel rut. Which works …
OK, I wanna start out by saying that in today’s post, I will not be talking about this Abba: I know this will be a load off the mind of several of you who have lived through the disco era. Now, if the real, unvarnished truth be told, I actually liked several of their songs, …