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Monday’s Thought from Ernestine Hayes
"There are moments that keep themselves in our memories: unexpected flashpoints of meaning we don't even recognize until the years, loves, worries have tempered the cloudy chatter of everyday concerns and have left only the brightest flashes: permanent, unchanging...
Amazonville is the new Pottersville.
Good thing everyone around here will be too busy to fret about or participate in the worst holiday “promotion” since Mr. Potter stole Uncle Billy’s deposit from George Bailey’s crummy old savings and loan. Last night we had a great choir practice for tomorrow’s...
Give Twice, Shop Locally
I was in the bookstore yesterday, signing a stack of my books for Liz, who owns the place, when Debra said she liked my jacket. It is bright green and very visible. I apologized right away, I had not bought it locally, my daughter got it for me on a big on-line sale,...
The To-Do List
I have a few big things on my to-do list for today and tomorrow which may explain why I am up very early (with the moonlight on the snow it seems brighter, somehow, than many of the recent days.) 1. Write a Woman's Day column. 2. Write Jim Cox's obituary. 3. Write my...
Walking with Phoebe, a Postcard
When the rain quit and the wind died down Monday evening (well, afternoon, it was about 2:30) Phoebe, my 11-year old Haines terrier and I, decided to go for a walk and we figured you might like to come too.
People Look East (and Head South)
Yesterday in church we sang my favorite Advent Hymn, People Look East. (I like O Come Emmanuel, but this is more festive.) The first verse includes, "Make your house fair as you are able, trim the hearth and set the table, love the guest is on the way." That always...
Sunday’s Thought
"The amazing thing is that prayers are effective even when the person being prayed for is unaware of them." - Madeleine L'Engle