Many of my friends have picked words to define their year. I choose three. Deep. See. Dive. They’re not new words. God’s been whispering them to me since at least September. But this year, I want them to color everything. In fact, I have a book burning deep inside. Deep See Diving. And I want […]
Unexpected Beauty in the Light
Last Sunday we woke up to a winter wonderland. Cold. Blustery. Beautiful. Of course, I had to run outside and capture it. I shut the flash off on the little girl camera. And then I switched to auto and let the flash go off. I was unprepared for what I would see. The light revealed […]
On the Shore of Old Hickory Lake
The weekend past. Gallatin, Tennessee. Sunset over the lake. And a misty moisty morning. But a patio view and a bedroom window view are not enough. The lake begs for a deep see. And so I pick my way through damp brush and thorns. Gifts unwrap themselves as I wait and watch. God wonders revealed. […]
Reclaimed and Repurposed
It’s been a long week. And so it’s midnight before I begin to stir chickpea flour into melted ghee, finely chop macadamia nuts and mix with coconut into peaked egg whites, form chocolate truffles and roll in chocolate sprinkles. While the rest of the house sleeps. Wash, mix, mold, bake, scrape, taste, lick. I’m making […]
Blurry
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out of the way? St. Jerome Does that hurt your eyes? I thought so. It hurts mine, too. And my head. Now that the corn is chopped down, I can see I-69 from my “penthouse” window. Perpetual motion. Constant comings. Constant goings. When I’m yard sitting, […]
Outside Inside
This is the penthouse. Where I do most of my study and writing these days. From here I can look out over yard and field and woods. It used to be my husband’s room. He remembers oven summers and freezer winters. He remembers lying on his bed and peeling away layers of wallpaper, vaguely remembers […]
I See Glory
The dark begins to fade gray and the world looks like my bathroom after a shower. The fog has come on little cat feet. It sits on silent haunches and looks over the field. Waiting. In the spirit of God in the Yard, I pour a cup of coffee in my Michigan mug (I know […]
Today In the Yard
Today’s the day. The day I start working my way through God in the Yard. For the rest of me. I know L.L. will ask me to spend time outside. Daily. It all starts with the sight of a nibbled mozzarella medallion. Fascinated with the morning clouds, gray tide moving east to west, I take […]
Fluff and Penny Rolls
My checking account does not look good right now. We’ve had some large extra expenses this month, and I have not prepared well. I fear an overdraft. I’m glad I saw that. I roll pennies, ransack old purses, rob our wallets, and return returnables. I stuff everything into an empty wipe box and hurry to […]
