So, I am venturing forth, yet I might still freak. We have attended church in person, had dinner with family; Doug actually went into a restaurant a with a friend! Plus, I went to IN-PERSON Bible study! (Reading aloud 1 Timothy and Titus with friends, I see how I can...
Is it over yet? This really should be over. Seriously. I am almost two weeks past my second shot, and I need to be getting on with my life! Wait -- Did someone say "FOURTH surge"? Researchers NPR spoke to all cautioned that public policy and Americans' behavior can...
There we were, in our first traffic jam in over a year. We hadn't factored traffic into our ETA ! For a year Rt. 2 was always almost empty! Weird was how it felt. Well, the whole day was weird . . . we both felt under so much pressure! We had three simple chores to...
Last week I occupied myself with three small paintings. Two were disasters, requiring immediate Gesso interventions. One was worth keeping, the first one. Looking at it, though, I can see the proportions aren’t right: too much container compared to the tulips. Well,...
Readers who write me after reading my blog often point me to answers to prayers I hadn’t realized I prayed. Case in point: This morning a friend read of my tension and described how another friend was able to sign her up in person at the M&T Ravens Stadium in...
Tension builds and wanes daily as I chase down shots – COVID Vaccine shots, specifically. The luck of the draw is not with me: No appointments available in my area . . . for days. Trusting, I am then that God’s providence is with me. It’s tempting to freak;, imagining...
Don’t Look Back my owl meme counsels: You aren’t going that way. But I still look back over last year’s journal entries. I am looking for any premonition of the trouble that defined 2020. Nada. Unaware I was; totally. But, I noted some advice that now seems...
What in the World Happened? When you look at my unbreakable glass, you have to wonder what happened to shatter it so. How many times did I drop it before its innards splintered? In some ways, there is a kind of beauty – and symmetry. Doug thinks with the cracks it...
Looking back over last year’s journal entries and blog posts, I was blissfully UNAWARE of what was barreling our way.* Doug wasn’t. He bought the last gallon of hand sanitizer in the drug store, and ordered masks and gloves by the end of January February 2020 Then,...
A Tea Rose and Where It Took Me Awhile back, a small painting by Linda Jacobus tickled my fancy. The beautiful tea rose alongside a used tea bag amused me. Here’s my take: The rose reminded me of one that touched my heart the morning we left Dallas to come home to...
Why are we so horrified our duly elected President undoes what his predecessor did? That’s the platform on which he – or, one day SHE – ran! Now some of my friends are absolutely horrified that Mr. Biden is doing what he said he would do if he were elected President....
Fairy tales are full of inconvenient truths, like pride and arrogance bring unexpected consequences. It’s time to start reading them again! Fairy tales convey many scary truths. For example, The Little Mermaid learned a hard lesson; so did the Fisherman and His Wife. ...
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