We are cleaning house today. My girls have informed me – several times – that the whole point of “Labor Day” is to REST from work.  And I sympathize with…

One of my favorite stories in scripture records Jesus’s successive interactions with two un-named females in desperate circumstances: a woman with a twelve-year hemorrhage, and a twelve-year old on the…

When my children were all young, I spent each spring elbow-deep in buttercream frosting. Seven youngsters with birthdays in a three-month span meant an almost nonstop party frenzy. The intensity…

This week we head to Kansas.  I’ve been doing research on what to expect, carefully re-watching “The Wizard of Oz” with notebook in hand.  I am prepared for twisters, dog-hating…

Ah, Teneriffe!Retreating Mountain!Purples of Ages – pause for you –Sunset – reviews her Sapphire Regiment –Day – drops you her Red Adieu!Still – Clad in your Mail of ices – Thigh…

Summer 2021 is a weird time, amen?  More than half the world is still grappling with successive waves of infection by Covid 19 and its aggressive mutations; millions of people…

Into every life, points from which there can be no turning back.  Yes, I am on this rollercoaster, I am feeling the “thunk” of the restraint that will hold me…

For the past several months, I have wrestled with my prayer list of names of folks who need physical healing. I believe in the power of prayer because scripture –…

Live Oaks... dead trees? We have a big Live Oak in our front yard that looked like a dead oak for a long while after the Big Freeze.  Live Oaks,…

Profitable... and potentially painful Mother’s Day reminds me of Valentine’s Day. On both these high-profile secular holidays, big corporations that peddle cards, candy, and flowers make a ton of money.…