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Stray Thoughts on Gandhi, Saints and Trees.
“If you don’t find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.”- Mahatma Gandhi I missed sending you a Sunday’s Thought (and a blog of the rest of the week’s thoughts too) for all kinds of good reasons. Facetime with one daughter,...
It Was a Really Big Day.
Christian proposed to Ella and she said yes, and it all happened rather early, before our regular dog walk at 9:30 and we heard about it in the mud room just as we were heading out and they were coming in. Of course we all cried and hugged and you can only imagine the...
Sunday’s Thought
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Washington Thurman
Bees Knees
This morning, while I was watching the little kids so their parents could get out, I had a note from a friend: "I can picture you in a state of perpetual bliss surrounded by all of the grandkids." Well, I am smiling a lot, that is true, and feel like I am on my best...
8 Days ’til Christmas?
Is that right? I need help counting napkins and plates in order to set the table, and exactly how many need a seat for dinner. And we aren't even all here yet.Our oldest daughter and her family won't arrive until Christmas Eve on the ferry from Juneau -and yes,...
Paper Chains and Snowflakes
Today we made paper chains for the tree and snowflakes for the windows. Life may creep along hour to hour, day to day-- but mostly it's made up of those crystal clear scenes -- some hard-- some happy -- the ones that move our hearts. That make us who we are. An entire...
We Trimmed the Tree
Of course , it is a work in progress. The ornaments move around, in clumps mostly. I hung the fragile ones up high, but after that it's a free for all. And honestly, there are only a few of the hand-blown Austrian glass icicles left. The big kids ( that would be my...