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Happy July 4th! Yesterday in church we sang Hymn 83 in the Christian Science Hymnal and I was struck with the appropriateness of it for this holiday. Let’s cherish the freedom of all of God’s children today in every way, and not only those special privileges we exercise as fortunate citizens of the Unites States! … Read more
We are a very bookish family. But for the first time ever, none of us received any fiction for Christmas! See in this post the wonderful non-fiction our household got instead… quite a diverse harvest.
Christmas is: about family a profound gift the promise of peace about the reign of harmony about how completely loved each and every one of us are sweet and humble everyday I felt this more today than ever before. I hope you did too.
Wishing you a blessed Christmas! I made the Swedish star above and my thirteen year old daughter wrote the poem below… Emmanuel The essence of the wind The kindness of humanity The relationships we have All are, Emmanuel The enlightened faces The rejoicing voices The smiles all around The love of, Emmanuel The thoughts of … Read more
My sister-in-law invited us over today to make gingerbread houses. These are my family’s creations. My sweet “love cottage” is in the top four photos. We had a good time!
Happy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for you! Here is one of many hymns of gratitude from the Christian Science Hymnal… Hymn 249 O, when we see God’s mercy Widespread in every place And know how flows the fountain Of His unbounded grace, Can we withhold a tribute, Forbear a psalm to raise, Or leave unsung … 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
Independence Day. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom of choice. Instead of celebrating with fireworks and watermelon, we went
First of all, watch this. (Click here) You’ll cry. I did. Thank God for our troops. What made you cry? Empathy and gratitude. 11337
We had a good time dying Easter eggs and frosting egg-shaped sugar cookies today. It was balmy and lovely outside. We worked part of the time outdoors at the picnic table.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Not being a corned beef and cabbage person, I saved our favorite Green Soup recipe to share with you today for some festive food! We eat it all year long, but since it is uncooked fruits and veggies, it is especially great in spring and summer. It is a fresh, light … Read more
Above and below see what my Valentine’s cards look like this year.
(I was intrigued with the idea of hearts woven…)
Anyway, I made this one for all of you!
I hope you have a great day full of LOVE!
Immaculate One Self (innocent, perfect, pure) conscious (cognizant, alert, attentive, sentient) communion (trustingly at one) with God (inseparable omniscient ever-presence) contemplating… mediator way of salvation manifested in glory connecting transparent; comprehending conception (origin, existence) of being (life eternal) unconfined, unencumbered… Messiah (promised deliverer) hope, full-orbed complete fulfillment – encompassing perpetual peace – astonishing but true … Read more
These three pages of jottings in my journal were done in church as the celebration of Jesus’ birth approached… May we all focus on the reason for the season!
The indulgence of these pears at Christmastime is a family tradition for us. They are amazingly succulent, tantalizingly sweet and lusciously perfect. You can see we lit into this and ate one before I realized I should photograph it for this blog. They come from Harry and David (see here) and are called Royal Riviera … Read more
This is not where we usually shop. We come here twice a year, once to get our Christmas tree and again in the spring to get annual bedding plants. They were weird about me taking photographs; the security guard told me I couldn’t unless I asked at the courtesy desk; the courtesy desk said it … Read more
