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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
Powered by God’s Light
This little sunflower in the window is solar powered. It is facing outside, and waving back and forth with the sun’s energy. So also, the light of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, empowers us … so that we, just…
Gratitude: Thankful for the flicker
Have you ever had one of those days where you got up in the morning and you just didn’t know how you were going to make it through the day? That was me this past week. So many…
Seeds for the future!
In today’s background photo you can see the 50 Pacific Dogwood trees hubby and I are planting this fall. Dogwood trees take a long time to grow! Years! According to Google, it takes 18 months (or more) just…
It’s ok to let go of the old … and embrace the new.
Yesterday I mentioned that our Compassion daughter has recently graduated from the program, and our contact with her has come to an end. This has been really hard. It is really hard to let go of the old. …