A trip down memory lane…

It’s going to be a busy week — ladies’ meeting tonight, Jesse’s birthday Wednesday, then he’s having guys over to celebrate his birthday Friday. So I am going today with this  survey I saw on Facebook. I adapted it a little to use here. Feel free to borrow the format. Who was your first “best [...]

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Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways; Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise. Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy [...]

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Culturally speaking…

I saw this meme at Melli‘s, who saw it at Dr. John‘s, who saw it who knows where. In the past week have you done any high cultural activities like see theatre, opera or visit a museum? I haven’t gone anywhere to do so, but I heard a Chopin piece on the radio yesterday (I [...]

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Remembering…

I was going to just post a link back to this post, but as I read over it, I felt I wanted to post the whole things again. (Originally posted 9/11/06) I used to volunteer at my sons’ school every Tuesday. On that particular Tuesday morning in September, a little after 9 a.m., I turned [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites or to join in. I’m running behind today!! Here [...]

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Book Review: Fatal Illusions

Fatal Illusions is the first novel of Adam Blumer. Gillian Thayer is a pastor’s wife in Chicago grieving the loss of stillborn twins, trying to keep busy with a calligraphy business and her teen-age daughter, Crystal. When her husband, Marc, is attacked and accused by an out-of-control counselee, Gillian doesn’t know what to think. Reluctantly [...]

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Another random dozen

Hosted by Linda at 2nd Cup of Coffee. 1. What is something that you have changed your mind about either recently or over a number of years? Although I hate this word because it has been so over-used, I used to be pretty legalistic about a number of issues that I’ve since discovered after studying [...]

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A Thousand Words In Idioms: The Rosy Version

Jientje at Heaven Is In Belgium hosts A  Thousand Words In Idioms on Wednesdays wherein she asks participants to illustrate an idiom with a photo. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. This is a line taken from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and means that it doesn’t matter what you call a [...]

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Well, I never…!

I’m having a leisurely, decidedly non-laborious Labor Day so far, though I need to do laundry and some catching-up from last week’s busyness. The guys are all over at Jason and Mittu’s doing some yard work as they have some overgrown areas out behind them and they don’t have any of their own lawn equipment [...]

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Turn your eyes upon Jesus…

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. ~ John 1:29 O soul, are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see? There’s light for a look at the Savior, And life more abundant and free! Refrain: Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful [...]

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