“Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.” ~Charles Dudley Warner But when is it baggage enough? We did not take the umbrella or the chairs or the cooler. We saw many who traveled the path bearing those things and more. Some even pushing and yanking strollers through the soft sand. […]
Cornucopia
The wave starts from the west and fans east rounds the curve and travels north rustling applause cicadas chirp-cheer geese honk above and tasseled heads bob and nod He is good abundantly. “Fields of golden grain in the land, cresting the mountains in wild exhuberance Cornucopias of praise, praises springing from the city like grass […]
The Seeds Hide in the Core
Do you have a message? Do you want it to stick and spread? Then KISS. Keep it simple, silly. Because words, words and words can hide your message. You have to chomp through the apple because the seeds hide in the core. If you want the apple to multiply, you have to spread the seeds. […]
There Comes Hope
Through seasons of change and barrenness there comes hope and fullness of life. “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 (NIV) Linking to Bridget Chumbley’s One Word at a Time Blog Carnival on Hope.
There’s a Ladder in My View
While other families celebrate, Labor Day for us means labor. Summer sweep-up. Fall welcome. And so today, my husband took to a ladder and washed the kitchen ceiling. I made the mistake of giving it a swipe when I balanced on the kitchen counter several months ago to wipe off the top cupboards. That clean […]
One Lovely Blog~Part 2
8. Maureen Doallas writes about art and dance and poetry and music on her blog, Writing Without Paper. I wouldn’t know where to start to find an eighth of the stuff she does. She posts the most interesting links and interviews with interesting people, and I feel all cultured when I visit her. On a […]
Labor~In More Than 140 Characters
One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation. ~Victor Hugo
One Lovely Blog~Part 1
Karen Smith, new friend and High Calling blogger, honored me several weeks ago with a One Lovely Blog award. What a nice surprise! Karen is a fellow Michigander and calls herself a “business midwife” who helps individuals and companies give birth to their visions. She’s a consultant, speaker, coach, and writer who bubbles with inspiration […]
Patient in Tribulation
” . . . (be) patient in tribulation . . .” (NKJV) My apologies to the men in the audience, but as I studied and meditated on these three words, my mind returned again and again to this example, flawed as it may be. Many women of a certain age go bravely each year into […]
Shopping and Rainbows
We shopped all day today, we three girls. Grandma, Mom, and Grace. School starts next week, and Grace Face has grown so much. She needed just about everything. I like to shop. And I don’t. I become discontented. I want. Rainbows of colors promise youthful beauty. All the new styles taunt my frumpiness. I touch […]
