Beauty out of chaos

Beauty out of chaos

Today’s blog post and accompanying background photo is from my daughter. Here is what she shared:   This falls (Deception Falls) I visited yesterday.   Deception Falls is usually rather docile, but when the snow melts in the mountains, it becomes…
May 18, 2023Posted inLife Lessons
Where does my help come from?

Where does my help come from?

I am processing grief today.    I just heard from my two kids that the father of their very closest friends has just been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.    The news is really heavy!  As the…
May 17, 2023Posted inGrief
Blessings in the dirt – Bug photobombs

Blessings in the dirt – Bug photobombs

Last week I was taking photos of wildflowers for the blog when, as I was getting ready to use them for verse-art posts, I realized that bugs had been photobombing my flower photos!   So … for today’s post,…
May 16, 2023Posted inGratitude
Blessings in the dirt – 2.0

Blessings in the dirt – 2.0

I went on my morning walk of loops around my front drive this morning ...  and look what I came across!  …  mushrooms!    Yes, I know  …  I’ve already shared a photo of mushrooms like these before.    But…
May 15, 2023Posted inGratitude
Blessings in the dirt – Motherhood

Blessings in the dirt – Motherhood

I headed across the gravel path on my morning walk.   Suddenly my attention was caught by teeny-tiny flowering “weeds” which had just recently sprung up all along the bark-chip flowerbed.    You can see them here.    Just a mass…
May 14, 2023Posted inGratitude
What will remain?

What will remain?

This past week Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge in Olympic National Park burned to the ground.  This is so sad!  My family and I have many happy memories at the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge!    In fact, we were just…
May 13, 2023Posted inLife Lessons
Life’s Barkley Marathon

Life’s Barkley Marathon

In 2017 I watched a fascinating documentary entitled:   “The Barkley Marathons:  The Race That Eats Its Young.”   The Barkley Marathon is an endurance race held in March of each year.    The race was the idea of “Lazarus Lake”…
May 12, 2023Posted inLife Lessons, Poems
God will reward my faithfulness.

God will reward my faithfulness.

“Jesus said:  ‘A nobleman was called away to a distant empire to be crowned king and then return.  Before he left, he called together ten of his servants and divided among them ten pounds of silver, saying, “Invest…
May 10, 2023Posted inWhat is God like?