Category Archives: Musings
Stella
Forgive the Auto-Draft again! Stella We said good-bye to Stella this week. I’m not sure why I get attached to things and often I don’t even know it’s happening until the thing leaves our possession. I enjoyed Stella. I loved … Continue reading
Painting
How much do you know about paint? Maybe you will answer with a statement like, “It covers walls, choice of colour often reflects personality, it smells bad, is a relatively inexpensive way to clean up a surface and most people … Continue reading
Community
First off, let me just say that “Auto Draft” as you see in title is a default setting I am trying to fix. The title of this post (on the right side of your screen) is “Community”. Sorry for any … Continue reading
Decisions, Decisions
How do you make decisions? Choosing ice cream flavours is pretty easy. Deciding where to spend time and money is more difficult. Determining which of my children I will save from the gas chamber (Sophie’s Choice) is something I hope … Continue reading
Words from a Friend
“May my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, Like gentle rain upon the tender grass, And like showers upon the herb For I will proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God!” … Continue reading
People Places
Being with people is one of those things that I mostly love. Children and old people are some of my favourites. There’s something about the candidness of both that refreshes and invokes a freedom that, in my mind at least, … Continue reading
The Onus of Ownership
I’m not altogether comfortable with the label ‘land-owner’. It’s what I am in legal terms, however, the whole concept of owning land feels weighty and undeserved and on the other hand, commonplace and expected. I came into this world without … Continue reading
Book Bound
Part of the joy of holidays is leaving a busy schedule behind and doing something different. “A change is as good as a rest,” they say. I happen to agree and so here we are in Hawaii filling our days … Continue reading
Vacation Anticipation
Everyone loves a holiday. Some of us organize our lives around the next ‘get-away’ and that projection of bliss gets us through whatever tough stuff is right in front of us, or behind us, for that matter. I have heard … Continue reading
Hope Well Placed
When I was in high school, and a new Christian, I remember a lot of hype around something called the “4 Spiritual Laws”. It was a formulaic program for “evangelizing effectively” and the brain child of Campus Crusade for Christ. … Continue reading