I told someone this week that we are busier post 2020 than we were before and I wonder if that busy-ness was in reaction to the lack of activity in 2020. It could also be just because my kids are older, too. I was spoiled by that time of being able to plan a menu…
For Today… Looking out my window … it’s been rainy and now will just be hot and humid. I am thinking … about some upcoming blog posts – adding to my scaffolding series and one on the “riches.” I am thankful … for the Set Your Feet Retreat and how well it went last week…
This past week was Break Week at the Garrett Academy. We worked hard for six weeks and were ready for something different. I kept telling my kids that Break Week does not equal vacation, and it doesn’t. Break week is still work – it’s just different work … and this week proved it. There’s a proverb…
For Today… Looking out my window … it’s still dark, although the navy sky is starting to overtake the darkness. The shining lights on the deck are dispelling gloom. I am thinking … about Mansfield Park which I read over the weekend. It is a re-read for me – my favorite Austen novel – and…
It was our first week back! [phew] We had a very productive week. A few struggles here and there, but when people are together all the time, you have to think they’ll rub each other wrongly from time to time. You just hope they don’t do so on purpose. Which, sadly, they do. So we…
For Today… Looking out my window … it’s sunny and bright and I hear a bird chirping. I am thinking … about all the things I’d like to get done this week while my kids go to camp!! I am thankful … for our Presbytery’s Church Camp where the children have so much fun and…
Doubtless, it will come as no surprise that I like words. I like clever words. I like words used in creative ways, in clever combinations. I like words used in old ways. I love finding definitions in the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary. The first definition in the 1828 for the word attend is “To go with, or…
For Today… Monday August 31, 2015 Outside my window….is that royal blue sky that indicates that it’s morning but the sun hasn’t quite risen, yet. I am thinking… about Adam and Jesus. Adam was made to have dominion, Jesus has it. Adam was sent out – his face was turned away from God, Jesus was abandoned…
M-girl has asked if on occasion she can write some posts for the blog. Who am I to say no? (Oh, her mommy and the owner of ladydusk) I won’t say no because I think it’s a grand idea! She’s 10 years old, loves to read, is excited about cooking once a week, loves words…