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Attending parent’s weekend, we spent the day tagging along with our oldest daughter to all her classes. She’s a sophomore at St. John’s College in Annapolis, which has a strong Great Books program. (You can read more about it in the archive on this blog.) Above you can see the text on her bedside table … Read more
Considering what this book could have been, I found it disappointing, and only give it three stars. Maya Angelou is an amazing woman and you do glean from this memoir what she was up against, and that her personal struggles made her strong. This book was written to the daughter she never had (all of … Read more
I enjoy what I call “improving moments.” One of the ways I’ve been doing this lately is creating art on my 2” x 3” iPhone screen at in between moments that would have been otherwise squandered. I find this process very meditative. Enjoy!
Now I really don’t like this stuff. I’m including this recipe here in deference to the rest of you. Many people rave about this! Including my husband who simply loves it on a turkey or tuna fish sandwich. He has sparkling, fond memories of making it with his Aunt Ruth. My husband thrills to … Read more
I love how the more spiritually minded one is the more one is open to embrace all the good around them. This fish graced the space that held the conference on spirituality I attended, and set me to musing about how when we subjugate materiality in favor of spirituality, we see more of the radiance … Read more
I enjoyed two gorgeous sunsets from the same spot Harborside while in Boston! Enjoy the photos…
God is your Life. Literally. Life is God. God is Life. God, Life, should be front and center and not merely a dull backdrop against which we pass our days. God as Life is Infinite and all-encompassing; we can never get away from it, nor can it end, even if it might seem to. Jesus … Read more
This weekend I am in Boston for a yearly conference on spirituality. I’m staying on Harvard Square in the beautiful lace bedroom of friends I hadn’t met yet. Blog readers (thank you Erwin and Anne!) set me up to meet Helen Eddy (yes, a distant relative of Asa Eddy’s) who has been in the handmade … Read more
Ridgefield Guild of Artists (click here) has a fundraiser each year where artists create work around a common stencil, and then these are contributed as a fundraiser. Last year the theme was coffee cups, and this year it is the town fountain. Here are the two mixed media works I made yesterday for this purpose. … Read more
This page represents October 22, 2010 to November 2, 2010. See close-ups of recent entries below. Enjoy!
This page represents October 10, 2010 to October 21, 2010. See close-ups of recent entries below. Enjoy!
I have to say I am blessed with some wonderful ecumenical friends. I’ve had the privilege of representing my church on our town’s clergy association for many years now, even serving two years as president. All eighteen of these people are excellent. I love this photo which I took yesterday of our local Rabbi and … Read more
Happy Halloween. Today my thirteen year old daughter was a skunk, my sixteen year old son was Jesus, and my eighteen year old daughter for the first time did not dress up, surprised to find it repugnant to be anything other than herself. Me? I wore the beloved orange. All but the top two of … Read more
This version of Psalm 23 is from Walter Wangerin’s The Book of God: The Bible As a Novel, page 255: I am not lonely. God is here. Hand at my shoulder. Word in my ear. The Lord is the shepherd who leads me down to quiet pools and a soft green ground. He feeds, restores, … Read more
I made this felted bag for my mother a few years ago, and this summer when I helped downsize their belongings and move them to smaller accommodations, I inherited it back. It is perfect for carrying in the months of October and November, and probably only then. Astute friends and blog readers have noticed it … Read more
I live in a beautiful area. You can get a whiff of it here, enhanced by the golden season around us.
Well, I’ve been back for a month and the promises I made here have not come to fruition. I thought I’d catch up quickly on my return and that just hasn’t happened. It was taking me so long to edit my pictures from my month away that I then got behind on current content. So … Read more