I tiptoe through empty. Mindful to step easy when I reach vinyl. Not wild about down. Moisture clings to windows, and I see dimly. The house vibrates with damp and hums with dry. I’m instructed to turn the heat up past 58. No need to tell me twice. I can’t remember the last time we […]
A Blessing ~ In More Than 140 Characters
May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings tenderly beating. ~Irish Blessing. Last night we celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary in an Irish restaurant. I snapped photos of the ceiling while we waiting for our meal.
Finding Focus
Have you lost your focus? “Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.” Matthew 6:6 […]
A Window on My Morning
Today I want to be still. All day. Today I want to write. All day. Today I want to read. All day. Today I want to work on my lesson. All day. Today I want to exercise. Not all day. But stuff pulls at me. Today. Things like this messy desk. Cluttered with books, a […]
If I’m Still Enough
Sometimes when the light is right and if I’m still enough I catch the glitter of tinsel dust that floats above melted memories of magic and mystery in the waiting and anticipation of gifts delivered in the night and I long for simple times when I delighted in an unseen omnipotent giver and all I […]
First Snow
soft no flurry at the feeders no song in the air no footprints to follow just brushed wet kisses and manna whispers still Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7 (NIV) Adding my words to other poets at One Shot Wednesday. And […]
Black Friday Fellowship
I am a member of the Black Friday Fellowship. Or maybe it’s the Sisterhood of Silliness. Whatever it is, it’s tradition. This dark rising to set forth into the land of cold and crowds. Slushing through snow in tennis shoes and unbuttoned jackets. Gloveless. It always begins with a coffee stop. Sometimes there’s a plan, […]
Fly ~ A Photo Prompt
“Everyone sees it. God’s work is the talk of the town. Be glad, good people! Fly to God! Good-hearted people, make praise your habit.” Psalm 64:9 (Message)
Playing Scattergories
Crumbs still clung to the harvest cloth between blotted Coke and orange juice. The fake decorations drooped a little when yawns gathered around to begin the traditional games. The eight-year-old asked to play Scattergories. The adults groaned knowing the difficulty she would have, fearing her frustration. But she persisted, and the adults relented. She took […]
Words~In More Than 140 Characters
Words–so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11 (Amplified)
