After Christmas, things slow down, and when things slow down, I often think that maybe I’ll find time to write. So it was in the latter part of December, in a moment of grand enthusiasm that in retrospect can likely … Continue reading Christmas Cooking Redux
Some of these photos were part of larger photo collections I wanted to share in December, but didn’t get to it. Some of our December went un-photographed. I know. Hard to believe. A great deal of December I’ve covered in … Continue reading December looked like this…
Everyone likes to eat. God wired us to enjoy food, and to connect important concepts and good memories to feasting, and the contentment that comes with good food and refreshing drink. Think Passover and Communion; manna in the wilderness; milk … Continue reading As with the richest of foods
Starving for fresh air, wide open sky, a hike and some quality time enfolded by creation, I pretty much pushed my family out the door today. We drove to nearby First Landing State Park and took a long slow walk … Continue reading A Blessing and a Prayer
Passing Away by Christina Rossetti Passing away, saith the World, passing away: Changes, beauty, and youth, sapped day by day: Thy life never continueth in one stay. Is the eye waxen dim, is the dark hair changing to grey That … Continue reading Passing Away…
For about 3 or 4 days before Christmas, my dining room becomes Gift Wrap Central because that is where my mother’s table is, and it’s big. It is broader than the average table by a few inches, and there are … Continue reading The Art of (Hidden) Gift Giving
