I will sing for joy in God, explode in praise from deep in my soul! He dressed me up in a suit of salvation, he outfitted me in a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom who puts on a tuxedo and a bride a jeweled tiara. For as the earth bursts with spring wildflowers, and […]
Archives for July 2011
Saturday Snaps: The Wedding
These snaps are a compilation of mine, my sissy’s and John Kruger’s. I haven’t edited or credited them all (and there are many more and better ones)–but since you keep asking, and since I can’t wait . . . and I don’t have my hands on the professional ones yet. Lexi and Jeremy processed and […]
Five Minutes with Still
Lisa Jo is taking her five minutes over at incourage today. Her challenge: Write for 5 minutes flat for pure unedited love of the written word on the prompt, “Still.” GO! I stop. Still. And wonder. Why does the breeze ripple the lake everywhere but in its center? Why is the center so still? So calm? So […]
Through and Through Life: Holding My Breath
The Droid breaks into the night with its death rattle. I know I plugged it in before bed, but we are in the motel room with the sign that asks us not to use the towels to clean up dirt or cosmetics. The room where online time stutters. The room where one outlet doesn’t work, […]
Window on Writing: Where I’m From
She issued a writing challenge based on a poem by George Ella Lyon titled Where I’m From. She offered a template link. Here’s my attempt, but I think I deviated from the template. I am from black-and-white two channels antenna perched on post turned to fuzzy and not-so-fuzzy by hand in all weather window open. […]
Textures of Text: A Tale of Water
I yank the freezer door open and scoop a handful of ice from the purchased bag into her cup. A few chunks fall on my feet, and I kick them out of the way. I go out to the back kitchen and press the spigot on the white ceramic water crock. I fill the […]
Monday Meditation: Crazy Love in Northern Michigan
We are “up north” again. We’ve come to pick up my son’s car, left here since his honeymoon when he crashed it. (I still plan to post some wedding pictures. Here’s a peek.) We’ve decided to make a weekend out of it. Friday Night Live has taken over Front Street in Traverse City, and […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Full Life in the Emptiest of Places
If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other people’s sins, If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight. I will always show you where to go. […]
Saturday Snaps: Strawberry Jam
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I’m Done, I’m Full
We are on the road again. Back “up north” to pick up my son’s car while he works. It took ten days and more than half that in dollars to fix the damage. He ran into the back of someone in bumper-to-bumper traffic on his honeymoon. So we decided to grab a little alone time. […]
