Ads! – “YOU NEED THIS!”

Ads! – “YOU NEED THIS!”

Do you ever get annoyed at advertisements being continually shoved in your face  …  blasting at twice the volume: “You need this!!”   It drives me crazy!  I attempt to watch something interesting on YouTube  …  and right in…
December 3, 2024Posted inWhat is God like?
This is not the end …

This is not the end …

Here you can see the tree on our property which was recently blown down in the windstorm.   You might look at this photo and think:  That’s the end of that tree.   But no!   This is not the end.  …
December 2, 2024Posted inLessons from the forest
Gratitude … for Thanksgiving joys!

Gratitude … for Thanksgiving joys!

Sunlight filtering through the fog! Thank you God for Thanksgiving joys! An enormous bald eagle swooped low and slow directly overhead right at the moment I snapped the above photo. Whoa! That's amazing! Thank you God for Thanksgiving…
November 28, 2024Posted inGratitude
Gratitude … for hugs! And pie!

Gratitude … for hugs! And pie!

I had made a gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free pumpkin pie for our Thanksgiving celebrations.  But in a last-minute moment of great worry that it might not actually be tasty, I decided perhaps we should have an apple pie on…
November 27, 2024Posted inGratitude
Gratitude … for an ash bucket!

Gratitude … for an ash bucket!

I was cleaning the ashes out of the firebox yesterday.    As I was doing so, it occurred to me that the ashes are a lot like what is left over from our past.   The ashes are literally what…
November 26, 2024Posted inGratitude
Gratitude … for sounds.

Gratitude … for sounds.

Have you ever thought to be grateful for sounds?   To be honest, I haven’t really.   I usually don’t even stop to think about the sounds I’m hearing as I go throughout my day.   I just now got back…
November 24, 2024Posted inGratitude