It took a good ten minutes of wandering through the weeds and brushing blades of brown grass off grave markers sunk down deep in the dirt to uncover her name again: Zantippie Dunlavey. Long ago, my six year old cousin led me through our church cemetery, past the iron fence, over near the tree line to proudly proclaim this grave… Continue reading How to Find our Way Back to Worship
Stop. Right now where you are and take a deep breath. Deeper. Hold it. Ok now exhale sloooowly... There isn't that better? Whew... I think sometimes I forget to breathe. {You too?} It's not that my body doesn't do it on autopilot, which is quite astonishing and I'm grateful for, but it's more like I realize after a… Continue reading Something to Help You Catch Your Breath
Scheduling has always been my downfall. Every year I stand in the planner aisle of the office supply store and flip through cute flowered blank books of time waiting to be appointed. There's something exciting and alluring in the colors and fresh pages showing monthly, weekly and hourly lined clean slates ready for events and goals to be penciled in. Armed… Continue reading On Schedules, Stories and Stones
My fascination with trees is ongoing. When I pondered my first post title idea, "On Being a Tree" I found that I had a short memory... So one good tree story deserves another I suppose. Last week I heard a fact about redwood trees that stuck with me. As old (think several centuries to a… Continue reading Reach for the Sky and a Good Friend
Because it is now officially December, I shall finally speak of Christmas. That's just how I like to roll- you know letting my holidays have their due in their respective months. Love and hugs to you all who have had your tree up since Halloween though- no judgement here- I just get overwhelmed way too… Continue reading Keeping Company With Christmas
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