During this election season fraught with lying liars who lie to gain power, I find myself contemplating the goodness of God, his might and power, and his eternal plan. While I look at the current candidates for office, I remember that God is in control and I can look to him. Not in complaisance, but…
I finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix the other night and enjoyed it pretty well. I still need to write my review, but I thought I’d share this quote that – as an educator – I found intriguing dealing with the mind: I know the image I found is unsupportive of the…
If you have been reading my blog for a while, you might remember that my friend Heather and I were reading through Sally Clarkson’s Own You Life a while ago – a year? two years? (she’s since moved her blog!) I don’t really remember. It’s been a while. I keep looking at Own Your Life…
All of us struggle. Sometimes its with our emotions, sometimes with our worries, sometimes with our family members, sometimes with our own expectations – even ones we pile upon ourselves. We were coming up on two weeks until the end of the term and I was struggling. Oh, not with anything in particular, just in…
With Uncle Sandor and the sheperds to help him, there was very little for Father to do. One morning he brought in his woodworking tools. “We need some new chairs, Mother,” he said. Jancsi helped him find well-seasoned, dry maple planks in the woodshed. Uncle Sandor shook his head and smiled. “So you still make…
I started this blog a long time ago and one of the first things I included was my favorite Bible passage which is still on the header today, 2 Samuel 14:14: Like water poured on the ground which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life, instead He devises…
When I was a teen, I had my Bible sitting open in my room one day and I came home to find a sticker in the midle of it that said “Miracles Happen for those who Believe.” I assume my mom put it there, but to this day, I’m not certain who did. I’m pretty…
Another quote from A Delectable Education. This time from Episode 42 the second with John Muir Laws. For me [nature journaling] just forces my brain to lock in on a totally different level, so that’s why I’m using it. I’m not using it ’cause I want to make pretty pictures, I’m making the pictures because…
I listen to a lot of podcast and had gotten behind this spring, so this summer, while many are on either hiatus or slower schedule, I’ve been catching up. One of the ones I’ve caught up on is A Delectable Education. This summer they’re publishing a little more slowly, which makes the catching up easier….
I read Cindy Rollins’ new book, Mere Motherhood: Morning Times, Nursery Rhymes, & My Journey Toward Sanctification on Sunday and wrote my review on Monday. I’m still thinking about the Zucchini and Larkspur quote. It may have stood out for me because when I was nine, my favorite book was The Password to Larkspur Lane – a…