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I took our youngest to the airport early this morning to catch a flight to Colorado. She is going to the ranches at Adventure Unlimited where she will spend two weeks herding cattle from a horse. This is something she’s always wanted to do. It was downright splendid how excited she was. She has flown … Read more
Blog readers will remember that we lost two huge evergreens on our corner during hurricane Sandy. After some deliberation, we recently replaced them with a dogwood that has particularly large blossoms; they are bigger than my husband’s hand. Thank you to my oldest sister for the gift certificate to the nursery for this purpose!
Your Children Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. … Read more
A while back I rejoiced with demolition photos, celebrating that our local library would finally be finished. Well here it is! Saved from the old library is the great chair our daughter is sitting in below: I used to sit in it and read to her when she was in the itty bitty one beside … Read more
Our homeschooling group has held a Kid’s Forum presentation group every month of the school year for the last twelve years that we have routinely participated in, as we have been an active part of this group since the beginning. The most recent eleven years we’ve met at a church hall a block from my … Read more
I wrote an article about graduation titled Graduation – A Time of Renewal that was printed today in the Christian Science Monitor. You can read it online here, or below: Graduation – A Time of Renewal Looking out over the expansive green sward punctuated with chairs for both the graduates and proud parents, a hymn … Read more
Yesterday we packed this van to the gills, which seems like an apt phrase because when we got the side doors of the van squeezed closed (after multiple tries) we opened the windows and stuffed things in up to the ceiling through the sides. This van included fifteen boxes of books (like below) and some … Read more
Respect And I don’t mean just that easy respect that comes when everything is rosy: the influential job, and impeccable behavior with every word and deed done just right. I’m talking about that fundamental respect that everyone inherently deserves regardless of what they do or how they behave – the kind that treats everyone well, … Read more
We are so proud of our daughter Virginia who graduated today from St. John’s college in Annapolis. Out of 140 students in her class, 97 made it to graduation. This is a challenging place, and she has done very well. The college paper picks one senior each year to highlight in an article and this … Read more
Benign a happy word like being nine again the hop, skip and jump of it a relief a release from an unjust sentence uncondemned, safe Congratulations on the courage to find out. by Polly Castor
Yesterday we were out of pocket for 22 hours going to Maryland and back to attend our daughter’s Senior Oral at St. John’s College in Annapolis. We had a great day and she did an excellent job. Getting started at 4:30 am we saw dawn’s glow on the GW Bridge, as you can see in … Read more
This collection of anonymous photos have been sent to me by family, friends, and blog readers; I thought they were too wonderful not to share…
In January, I posted relief that all our daughter’s graduate school applications were complete. Since then, we found out that she was accepted at five excellent schools, and she set about visiting them for their admitted student days. Last week alone she was on a plane six days out of seven doing just that, and … Read more
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we…
I’ve been loving my side porch. It’s nothing fancy; it is small and a bit crowded, with hand-me-down furniture, and the ongoing collection of recycling, but…
– I thought the idea expressed in the video below was very encouraging and timely. It is about an economic paradigm shift towards a gratitude and gifting economy. After you watch the video, you can read the book here, online. –
How appropriate on leap year to be thinking about time. Since many blessings come from tithing, I’ve been thinking, do we donate ten percent of our time to God?