I had the manual out this morning and read about an enduring relationship between committed partners. “Love and faithfulness meet together . . . Righteousness and peace kiss each other.” What a simple message it is that peace of heart and mind is intimately connected with the right, the pure, and the good. In the … Continue reading Sunday Psalm →

There is a certain expectation, you know. If you have a gift or a talent for a particular thing then at some point you’ll be expected to do something meaningful, useful or perhaps profitable with it. To share it or sell it or post it or teach it. To somehow shine a light on the … Continue reading YOU →

My view at the end of a mid-November work day. Sure, there were errandy things I needed to dash off to. Because there’s no greater rush than to find the right microwave oven replacement bulb at long last or perhaps to change out the water filter on the fridge (my current to-do list). But I … Continue reading Room with a View →

Early Thursday morning, up way before the sun as I love to do. I’m not a sleep-in-late type and I never was. But there isn’t much to see at 4:30am just staring out the window into the dark. This tea towel of a kitchen curtain was much more interesting than the black. And while I … Continue reading What We Saw →

Just an ordinary Tuesday, same old drill, same old me. A sweet smiling worker at the University motioned me to stop and then very humbly presented me with a tiny box containing something sparkly. It was a rosary made of faceted crystal beads, a tiny antiqued silver medallion and a crucifix. I instantly put it … Continue reading Just For You →

Do you see how the light doubles those four letters? It’s the light and not the dark that multiplies the best thing that ever was. The best thing that ever was, is, or evermore shall be. Its more than a feeling, more than a song of chemistry and compatibility. More than a four letter word … Continue reading Multiplied →

Sometimes, at the most unexpected moment, a solution I’ve been looking for suddenly crystallizes in my mind and I know what I need to do next. Sometimes it’s abundantly clear. Sometimes its just enough for a first step. Does it ever happen to you that way? It might be when I’m mindlessly driving along a … Continue reading It Is Time →

There was this flame-like glow coming from a stand of foxtail fountain grass I passed on my walk near the end of the day. It shone like a fire though not burning. No smoke, no heat, no crackle and yet glowing yellowy orange. It was stunning. Arresting. An attention getting sight to be sure. From … Continue reading Glow →

Ahhh, dinner last night at Wood Ranch with a good, good friend. Have you been yet? Even their patio lights are all-that good. The menu included a smoked brisket taco, kicked up with habanero sauce and a smidge of mashed potato, and THAT is precisely what I chose. So good! Prior to this night out … Continue reading Selected →

The leaves from a family walk last November. How has a year come and gone? We walked and we talked, we laughed and threw an acorn, a stick or a pine cone across the wooded path. We enjoyed the handiwork of autumn and one another. I picked these that day. Once brilliantly colored leaves that … Continue reading Tied →