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That whole NoBlogMo write-a-post-a-day for a month thing? Or whatever it’s called? Yep, I probably need to do that and get my act together a bit and start writing more. So, since I can’t remember the whole actual name, I’m going to go with starting today. I’ve noticed lately that I have the urge to [...]
My alma mater has announced that they will begin charging for tickets to the annual Christmas Festival. Now, I get full well that this is an expensive festival. The cost of crowd and traffic control, production, broadcasts, etc etc etc has got to astronomical. And I agree completely that foisting this cost off onto the [...]
Little pricks and prods, day long irritation, the buzzing and swarming around while I try to reach back into the mangled, fruit heavy mess that are my tomatoes…because there are beautiful cherry tomatoes, earthy red and a fine yellow, buried back there in the leaves. To walk in this garden before the heat of the [...]
Even though we’d all be getting wet anyway, due to the weather we’ve decided to postpone the pool party until tomorrow (Sunday), 2-5 p.m. Pray for better weather tomorrow!
While I know this does not make me unique, I am loving the TV show Glee. For those not already addicted, it’s about a high school show choir. And, of course, they burst into song several times a show. While it is slick, and much prettier-looking than high school really truly was (especially in the [...]
One of Zora’s favorite games, and one she came up with completely on her own, is “Raise Your Hand If You Love…” It works like this: Zora says, “Raise your hand if you love (fill-in-the-blank).” And then, everyone within earshot is supposed to raise their hand if they love the named thing. Here’s the list [...]
Series of text messages from last night: From my sister Emily: I always find interesting little surprises around after Zora visits. For example, I just got into bed and found a curious tiny orange cubic ‘something’ near my pillow. What could that be?? Cheese, of course. Me: Well honestly what is bedtime without cheese? Emily: Unfortunately, [...]
In part, for the sake of my own records, a few Zora moments that I want to remember for awhile. She is really, at 3, a very interesting person. And I am learning that interesting persons are not necessarily the easiest ones to raise. Although she seems to enjoy being the water over the summer, [...]
Words taken from sermons on Martin Luther King, Jr. are in italics. (With some adaptation, mostly for gender inclusiveness.) Holy God, sometimes we look around and it seems the world is crumbling… …war after war, division after division, injustice after injustice, violence upon violence, and sin upon sin, we are surrounded by a world where [...]
What a powerful editorial…the first paragraphs really stick with me. I have family in Southern California. When there’s a big earthquake there, I worry a little, but not too much (the biggest disruption one of the last big one’s caused my relatives was my cousin’s disappointment that school was cancelled that day because there was [...]