Droopy … but still singing!
The entrance into the new year of 2024 brought with it sickness which took hold of my home with vengeance! 2024 has been a dumpster-fire of a year so far! Not just for us, but for everyone whom…
Lessons from the ER – What love looks like.
One of the awkward things about being in the ER is that each small claustrophobic bed-space is separated only by a thin fabric curtain from the adjacent space. Hence … the occupant in the adjacent bed (only a…
Lessons from the ER – Feeding the hungry.
In Matthew 25:34-40 Jesus gives a picture of what love looks like: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and…
Lessons from the ER – Love is sacrifice.
What is love? Is love a festive heart-shaped pillow? Is love a sparkly box of delicious chocolates? Is love a sentimental greeting card? What does love look like? Love is taking the only free day that you have…
Lessons from the ER – Love in the waiting.
Throughout my life I have had practically no experience going to the ER. My only perspective of what the ER is like has been based on what I have seen in movies and TV shows. In my mind,…
Hidden, inner “song”
As I have been “connecting” to my different plants, in order to listen to their hidden, inner “song”, it has occurred to me how strikingly similar it is to the way we each “connect” to each other in…
Pondering penguins … and the purpose of life.
Over Christmas break, hubby and I watched a fascinating documentary about the first Triathlete ever to complete an Iron Man challenge in Antarctica! The title of the documentary is: Project Iceman (you can watch it here if you would…
Ringing in the New Year!
For Christmas my son gave me the coolest gift … a small device called a PlantWave, by which I can listen to my plants “sing.” I’m not scientific, but as best as I understand it, all plants have…
Time to purge
I just noticed this container of heavy whipping cream in my fridge … leftover from when I made Cranberry Salad back at Thanksgiving. I purchased this container of whipping cream in mid-November … therefore, the small leftover amount…
Looking down the road into 2024
We each stand here at the beginning of a brand-new year – 2024. What will this year hold?? We look down the road into 2024 and it is a lot like the road pictured in today’s background photo …