“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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The Beauty of Hope
A well-tended garden is a beautiful thing, even a vegetable garden. I am an undeniably bad gardener. I’m also an undeniably hopeful gardener. Every year, I enter the battle (and yes, gardening is war) with great hopes of victory and harvest. There’s something about seeds and plants in rich garden soil that inspires hope in me […]
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100 Word Challenge: See
“What do you see?” “I see a house.” “Anyone with eyes can see a house,” the creaky voice huffed. “You are trained and gifted to see better. What do you see?” Trepidatiously, the apprentice tried again. “I see … patterns? Geometrical patterns!” “Of all the — What use is it to see patterns? What […]
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Books I’ve Finally Finished in February
This post may contain affiliated links. I’m back with books I’ve finally finished in February! This may be a thing! (I also survived February, which is almost a miracle. February is a jerk.) This first book I finished was Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry. This was actually a reread, and I was reading along with […]
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First Blooms of Spring
I love redbuds. They are the first trees to bloom in my area, so they’re this beautiful pop of color in the dying days of winter. I also love them because they are very easy to identify, and as a wannabe naturalist, my identification skills are not very good. Actually, they’re miserable. After “oaks have […]
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Beauty in My Own Front Yard
I am an ever-hopeful, ever-failing gardener. In fact, I don’t so much garden as fight a losing battle with nature. Despite my perennial failure, one plant I have been successful at growing is rosemary. Tiny victories! The name rosemary comes from the Latin rosmarinus through the French rosemarine, meaning dew of the sea, probably because it’s native to coastal […]
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100 Word Challenge: Holding History
The researcher gingerly lifted the diminutive disc from the crate of Minoan artifacts. He was holding a link to a world 5,000 years removed. Perhaps it had been used to seal treaties or declarations of war or negotiations for alliances. Think of all the history he held in his hand! . . . “You cheat!” […]
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Astronomical Trifecta!
A full moon, a penumbral lunar eclipse, and a comet! Exciting! From Space.com: February’s full moon — the “snow moon” — will pass through the edge of the Earth’s shadow, which is called the penumbra. During this “full snow moon eclipse,” the moon will be completely shaded, making the change easier to see, although it […]
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Avoiding Disaster in the Church Nursery
I came across this classic Stuff Christians Like post in my Facebook memories: Not Knowing How to Drop Your Kid Off at Sunday School. Can something from 2009 be considered a classic? Anyway, he has great advice that all parents should know. The childcare drop-off is NOT a simple affair, and too often parents are uninformed […]
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I’m Exhausted and Everything is Hilarious
Have you ever been so tired that everything seems like the funniest thing ever? I’m there. For example, this keeps sending me into fits of giggles. When I first told my oldest child this joke, she started explaining the biological differences between alligators or crocodiles. We’re really going to have to work on her […]
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The Big Day in the Big Woods!
This post contains affiliated links. And on the Prairie and by the Banks of Plum Creek and on Silver Lake, etc. It’s Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 150th birthday, and to celebrate Audible is finally released the audio books of the Little House on the Prairie Series. Party! Cherry Jones narrates these, and she is perfect. We’ve listened to the […]
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