Daily Blessing

Gratitude Challenge: Simple things you are grateful for

Here you can see a photo of a fancy fizzy drink my son recently gave me. Costco has a new selection of Holiday-flavored fizzy drinks available … and since my son loves fizzy drinks, he picked up a…

November 18, 2022Gratitude

Gratitude Challenge: A risk you are grateful you took

In the Fall of 2020, when the churches in our area were just being allowed to gather together again in person, the need arose at our little church for an Admin. I had no interest whatsoever in this…

November 17, 2022Gratitude

Gratitude Challenge: A luxury item you are thankful for

Last weekend hubby and I cleaned up all the fallen leaves. Between the Big-Leaf-Maple in the back, and numerous other Big-Leaf-Maples on the side of the house and in the front, there are a lot of leaves to…

November 16, 2022Gratitude

Gratitude Challenge: What are you grateful for about where you live

One of the things I love about where I live is the vast diversity of nationalities and peoples in my city. For example, at the Costco where I shop it is normal to hear many different languages being…

November 15, 2022Gratitude

Keys to Mental Health

Last week, hubby’s work company sent out a Daily Mental Health Checklist as a tool to help the employees manage their mental health. Hubby found the list fascinating, and he shared it with me. I likewise found the…

November 14, 2022Christian Living, Gratitude

To have heat … you need to keep adding fuel

It is a new and novel experience to heat our home with wood. This past week the temps dropped down into the 30’s, so we fired up the wood-burning fireplace-insert to see how it would do heating the…

November 13, 2022Christian Living

Hiding the Evidence

It is 33 degrees this morning … brrrr! It’s officially sweater-weather. Last Sunday I pulled out one of my favorite fluffy comfy sweaters to wear to church. As I was getting ready, I noticed that the button on…

November 12, 2022Christian Living

Fan-Cam

At any large sporting event, in any large arena or stadium, there is a thing called the “Fan-Cam.” Throughout the sporting event, multiple giant big-screens are busy showing live-action footage, Replays, Special Highlight Features, etc. … But what…

November 11, 2022Christian Living

The Lord is my banner!

Recently hubby and I were given last-minute tickets to a Seahawks game. Whoo-hoo! I have never been to a Seahawks game before. It was an amazing experience to join in with thousands of fans all converging on the…

November 10, 2022Christian Living

Something to disdain? … or a blessing??

On the forested property where hubby and I live there is a wide variety of shrubby groundcover and undergrowth: sword ferns, deer ferns, bracken ferns, Oregon grape, salal … … salmonberry bushes (which I call “nasty prickle bushes”…

November 9, 2022Lessons in the Dirt