The Breakfast Club (and this week’s winners)
Congratulations Pamela Edwards and Mary Ann Fuhs! As always, there's a new contest under way this minute, so if you didn't win, no worries. Just comment and you're entered for next week's round--names will be announced this coming Monday. The members of the...
This IS Tuesday–right?
If this is my blog, it must be Tuesday. (In real time, it’s actually Monday, but why quibble over details? We live in a virtual age.) So, in an effort to lessen any lingering confusion on the part of my loyal and very patient readers, here’s what started this whole...
Friday’s Blog on Monday
This week's winners are: Judy Coates and Ann Diener. Congratulations! A brand new go-round is underway as of now, so be sure to comment if you want to be entered for next Monday's prize. Now for the blog I actually wrote on Friday, and didn't get to post until...
In a good place
I woke up early this morning, even for me, so there is probably an afternoon nap in my future. 🙂 That said, I enjoyed my morning devotions and prayer time very much, and the ambience was wonderful--candles glowing, coffee brewing, pets still sound asleep. I...
A brief report
Down 1.2 pounds at Weight Watchers today--excellent meeting! If you're in WW, or thinking of joining, be sure to find a group you enjoy, because that makes all the difference. On one of my previous attempts, I didn't connect with the leader very well, and that...
A small retraction 🙂
Per my dear friend, Pastor Jean Barrington, who would certainly know, I goofed on my earlier entry, referring to January 6 (today) as the 12th Day of Christmas. Turns out, it's the day after the 12th--so I'm celebrating the 13th Day of Christmas, I guess. 🙂 ...
Epiphanies
Today, of course, is the 12th day of Christmas, also know as Epiphany. This morning, before sunrise, I read the last entry in my special Advent devotional and lit the four candles--almost time to put the holder and other accessories aside--for the next to the last...
Deep Breath, Part 2
So far, so good. 🙂 On New Year's Eve, I put twelve white votive candles on a circular mirrored plate, one for each month of 2015. A large center candle, also white, stood in the center, welcoming the coming year as a whole, and still another white candle...
Deep Breath….
OK, so I wrote this very chatty blog entry on New Year's Day, filling you in on my holidays (quiet and marvelous) and describing my personal N.Y's Eve ceremony in intricate detail--AND the whole works disappeared into the Black Hole that is cyberspace! I'm normally a...
Jing-jing-jingle!
Ah, yes. Christmas Eve. My very favorite day of the whole year! The tree is lit, the carols are set to play, the fireplace to crackle. We even got a little skiff of snow during the night, just to set the mood. 🙂 For me, this is a magical day, full of happy...
Greetings from the sunbelt
No, I'm not in Florida or California--I'm right at home in good ole Spokane, WA. (For those of you who care, one way or the other, 'Spokane' is pronounced SPO-CAN, not SPO-CANE. Just sayin'. :)) It's definitely chilly outside, but the sun is shining, the sky is...
Let’s try this again…Part 2
🙂 Maybe doing the blog in two parts will confuse the gremlins. Once Debbie was finished at the office, we drove back to her place, which, by the way, was decorated with no less than NINE Christmas trees and I don't know how many Nativity Scenes--she collects those. ...