reading, writing, exploring
Posted in main on Oct 15th, 2008
Yesterday a colleague and I were walking back from a meeting when I stepped on a very hard, round acorn on the sidewalk. Much like stepping on a marble… I felt my ankle twist, I fought for my balance, and then hit the sidewalk pretty hard. The result was a skinned knee and a scraped [...]
Posted in main on Sep 13th, 2008
I’m home again. I’ve been reminded that the most peaceful, glorious place to be is with a baby and/or toddler asleep in your arms. The world is right; the universe is right; God is present. It creates the sense of resting in God – or perhaps God resting with you.
I have a new granddaughter! Ella was born about 1 am Saturday morning. That was joyful news to cap off a week of good news. New babies are so totally unaware of the hope and joy they bear. They just exist, right there in the moment. A new little one, in this strange world of [...]
Posted in main on Aug 9th, 2008
My youngest child graduates from college this afternoon. He’ll be moving on to another city, probably on Sunday. The last chick to leave the nest – well, he’s not lived under our roof for several years, but he’s been right here in town. Change. My oldest child is within the 2 week window of expecting [...]
Posted in main on Jun 1st, 2008
I love my deck. When we rebuilt the house after a fire 8 years ago, we changed a window in our bedroom into a door to the backyard and added the deck. It’s a good size – 20×20 or so, with benches on two sides, and a sort of table in the corner where St. [...]
