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From time to time, I’ve written posts that ask questions about prayer. I thought that for once I’d set aside my reflexively speculative turn of mind, and write an unabashedly affirmative and practical post about it. So without further ado, and from the heart, here goes: Prayer creates an opening for God [...] Yesterday, I looked out the window and saw a remarkable thing:
There in the bright sunlight were not one, but two, red foxes. I’ve only ever caught fleeting glimpses of foxes before. It’s part of their mystique. Guess the rabbits — and maybe cats? — in the neighborhood better watch out.
Of course it [...] I logged into my wordpress.com blog last night, was greeted by an announcement that the blog had been deactivated for not complying with their terms of service. It concluded with a stern warning against advertising. ??? I have no idea what’s going on. It was a personal blog, not a commercial one, and contained no advertising beyond [...] One of the ways I’ve been planning to celebrate Advent is to take a break from blogging. Some folks give things up for Lent; I’m doing it for Advent. I’ll be gone from this space for awhile, starting tonight. I’ll probably be back again after a bit. Have a blessed Christmas season.
Jeane at Dog Ear Diary has conferred the Superior Scribbler Award on me. She says it was hard to choose blogs to pass it on to, because she likes so many. I agree! I also think it’s too bad I can’t turn around and give the award to Jeane, because her blog would [...] This morning, the girls exclaimed that since it was Veteran’s Day we needed to be sure to remember to say the pledge of allegiance first thing. Then I dug out my sheet music for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” I played it several times for them, and we read the story of the song’s composition. I’ve heard (and [...] Earlier this week, I went looking for my grandfather’s obituary. I couldn’t remember the details of his military service. I never found the obituary, but I did end up sorting through my box full of old journals and throwing some of them away. There were just some things in there — old struggles, chapters now [...] I say this with fingers crossed, but… I think I just upgraded to a new version of Wordpress without my blog crashing, my computer exploding, or my blog (or myself) sinking into a puddle of indecipherable gibberish. I think. But… If you notice anything that seems to be wrong in how things are displaying or functioning [...] Sunflowers are the only flowers that seem to me like they have faces. This one with its dinner-plate-sized face was my favorite, the very picture of gracious good cheer:
But now it slumps in dejection.
Poor thing. Yet it’s pleasing to see (and hear) the goldfinches enjoying the sunflowers — finches [...] |
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