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A Picture Story

Soon and very soon I will be getting on this: to go here: While I'm there I will go here: to see Did you get that last bit? Just in case you didn't ---- I'm going to see I will see my two sisters and one…
Fine Art Friday - Delft Pottery

This small Delft vase was a wedding present by an elderly widow who gave it to us in memory of Margretta, my grandmother and her best friend. My two grandmas, as different as night and day, were both Dutch. The Delft…
The Most Satisfying Moment this Month

Yesterday morning I was watching my 18 month grandson Gavin. Gavin knows the ropes around our house, and knows where the two big baskets which are his own territory are kept. One is overflowing with toys, and t…
A Nice Bonus

Summer Reading Challenge....eeeyeahhh. I've gotten a little sidetracked, but in my mind the other books were always considered addendums not substitutions, and there were certainly good reasons to read them. This week…
A Small Victory

I just taught myself something new! Wahoo!!! Among other frustrations with Xanga, I've been unhappy with my sidebar. My booklog in the "Interests" category has limited space which has required many edits. I would pre…
Courtesy

We must choose to be courteous, and develop the discipline of courtesy each day. We do not stumble into being a gentleman or lady. The home that has no time for courtesy will always have time for rudeness. Th…
Fine Art Friday - Winslow Homer

The New Novel Homer captures a body perfectly still with a mind fully engaged. I would love to trade places with this subject today, if only I could wear cooler clothes. This picture reminds…
Relinquishment

This fancy word for letting go has been floating through my thoughts. There are times when we are called to let go of certain dreams, certain people, or certain substances. In my experience there has always been…
Book Quote

As you read a book word by word and page by page, you participate in its creation, just as a cellist playing a Bach suite participates, note by note, in the creation, the coming-to-be, the existence, of the music. An…
Fine Art Friday - Edward Hopper

Portland Head by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) Handprint This print is hanging over my file cabinets in the garage. When I visited my brother in Maine, we went to the Portland Head Light. One of the little out…
Pilgrim Discount

In Portland, Oregon, there are two bookstores where I spend hours and hours browsing and buying: Powells Books and Pilgrim Discount. I scored at Pilgrim this trip: 10 books - 2 new, but discounted, and 8 used in good sh…
Do ya want to have fun tonight?

Here's what you need: and................... (Just the socks, hehe, and many of them). Here's what you do: 1. Make the socks compact like a tennis ball. You can fold them and slip the elastic part over the rest…
Fine Art Friday

Baby's Feeding Time Giuseppe Magni (1869-1956) The Caldwell Gallery Gi…
Taking Suggestions

Blogging will be spotty for the next few days. Our church Family Camp is this weekend. My son and I shopped for food today, completely filling the Suburban with cases and boxes of edibles. Shoppers always approach us…
Please Pray

Dear friends of our close friends experienced a tragic loss yesterday. I'm not sure of all the details - their son was driving and the vehicle ran over/hit (?) his little sister, who died from the injuries. "Btolly", a…
Another Anniversary - 28!

1978, in the back of our little pickup earlier this year, 2006 I recently came across my wedding vows. We married in the seventies when creeds and traditions wer…