Diggin’ It

Many of you have followed our house building adventure for the past year plus.  You’ve heard me mention, ok, complain about the piles of dirt outside our windows.  Read here and Here  After almost a year of waiting, we realized that our original excavator wasn’t going to be able to come back.  I had been telling the…

The Little Things

        “Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things . . . I am tempted to think . . . there are no little things.”  author and advertising executive Bruce Barton “Little hinges swing big doors.”  W. Clement Stone       Eight years ago we were sitting at…

5 Ways to Kick a Bad Mood

Lately, I’ve had to do battle with a sour mood.  You know the feeling.  Little and big things just aren’t going as well as expected.  Discouragement raises its nasty head, doubts take a bite out of your resolve, that technology you need to master eludes your old brain, so many things to be done, but…

Reunion

Have you ever been doing something when time freezes and you sense a spiritual dimension?  I had that experience the day before yesterday.  Husband and I had driven to a large city in another state to meet with several dear friends we hadn’t seen in a year and a half.  We had met them eight…

She’s Gone

We were visiting some dear, lifetime friends on Saturday when another old friend knocked on their door.  After greetings and hugs, he got a serious look on his face and asked, “Have you heard about Jan?”  The four of us stared at him.  “No,” one of us answered.  He had our full attention as he…

Savoring Beauty

Stop for a minute.  Look around you right now.  What is beautiful?  What can you see that makes your eye linger in delight?  What makes you take a deep breath of appreciation?  A sigh of contentment? As I sit at my desk in our office/playroom, I can look out one of our living room windows…