A Thanksgiving Devotional on November’s Sage Forum
This Thanksgiving Devotional of mine posted to The Sage Forum last Friday. Here I include pictures of my uncle making himself useful, my father with my uncle in professional clothes but obviously busy with another work project, and my uncle and dear aunt. Fond,...
Nature Abhors a Void, as in the beginning, now, and forevermore
I’ve tried to void leaves from the ditches along our driveway and down the mountain road, blowing them clean twice so far this year. But on our way to church on Sunday morning, I noticed more leaves had fallen into the ditches and culverts— “as if I hadn’t done...
Toward: actions in the direction of; feelings in relation to
Early yesterday morning, I sat at my desk, feeling fatigued after a restless night, and looked out the window toward the Three Ridges Wilderness Area. Oh, my goodness! I grabbed my phone, ran outside onto the deck, and pointed the camera at this scene. The eastern...
Preparing for unexpected events, even when expected
This morning, we woke to unexpected overcast skies, muting the expected change of leaves. Red maples, pink oak-leaf hydrangeas, yellow sassafras leaves shaped like mittens and gloves. Sheer delight, but this year, an unexpected trial: it’s dry, bone dry. Unexpected...
Don’t use dishonest standards to measure length, weight or quantity
“Oh dear, Carole, just pile on the weight,” I muttered while helping myself to a small thin slice of cheese pizza. Which led to a small thin slice of veggie pizza, which led to small thin slice of pepperoni pizza. Last Saturday was the last outdoor Farmers...
How I hate my undecided, double-minded, whiny ambivalence!
I had made the decision to serve as secretary-treasurer of our neighborhood association for one more year, but in truth I was undecided. I thought I should shepherd the neighborhood through the difficult discussions we were facing, challenges to “the way we’ve...