A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

As I look out, this morning, at colorful, soggy leaves scattered across the wet lawn, I think what a beautiful season autumn is. This may be my favorite time of year, nature tucking in God’s creation for the sleep of winter. Each season has its purpose; there is a time for everything, King Solomon said, […]

A Cozy Conversation

Yesterday was one of those “Put it in your pocket to be enjoyed all year” kind of days. Matt, Dawn, Sara, and Nathan and I had lunch seated around my mother’s hundred-year-old table. Then the children went off to play. We adults had a good conversation about things that are important to us, sort of […]

Thoughts on God’s World

Thoughts on God’s World

A cup of hot caramel drizzle coffee sits on my desk and my dog sits at my feet. The morning is quiet and dark. A few solar lights across the street and in my container garden are exclamation points of brightness, and I am reminded on this first day of November, of how blessed I […]

A Blessing for Writers and Readers

A Blessing for Writers and Readers

May our tongues always be the pens of ready writers, never running out of a wellspring of words and the most engaging way of saying them. May our thoughts be open to inspiration and divine guidance and our fingers able to translate those thoughts into words on paper. A never-ending stream of eager followers, encouraging, […]

Little Things

Little Things

Little Things Mean a Lot is the name of a wonderful 1950s song by Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz. Even though it is a love song, the phrase, “little things mean a lot” can be applied to many situations. To moths, for example, and roses. Yesterday I went out on my back deck and almost sat […]

Monday Morning Meanderings

Monday Morning Meanderings

This morning my thoughts are like the leaves that are beginning to fall here and there in my yard: one thought here, two or three over there, and when a wind blows through, scattering them in all different directions. It is dark this morning, of course, because I’ve gotten up before the sun yet again […]