Welcome.

I write from my home in Saskatchewan where I returned after a fifty-year absence. I left a piece of myself behind when our family left the prairie province and prayed I’d return to reclaim it one day. I was almost ready to give up on my dream when circumstances changed and here we are.

I am a wife, mom, grandma, adoptee, writer, reader, photographer, gardener, and unapologetic homebody. I believe grace abounds, joy-sparkers show up when I am open to seeing them, and God calls me beloved even when I feel like I’m not worthy of that kind of love.

I started blogging in 2007. The look and flavour of my internet home has changed over the years. These days, I write about ordinary days and the sometimes extraordinary things that happen in them. I’m about contentment, quiet, and a simple faith that keeps me afloat in a world where storms show up without warning.

I like . . .

Frothed milk in strong coffee. Caramel drizzle. “You can’t always get what you want.” Britbox / Masterpiece. Solitude. The Imitation of Christ. Smooth stones / Prayer beads. Pineapple on pizza / podcasts on road trips. Stephen King. Madeleine L’Engle. Pedicures and painted toes. Floats. The Velvet Room. “Early to bed and early to rise.” Hot tea / ice water. Yorkshire Terriers. Desiderata. Black licorice. Potato chips. Christ Pantocrator. Handel’s Messiah. Blue. My Kindle. Tulips / Hyacinths / Lilacs. Cream cheese. Goats. Libraries / Coffeeshops. Macro photography.  Testator silens / Silencium. Wide open prairie. Warm wind. Combines. Survivor. M. Scott Peck / Stephen Covey. Eucharist. Liturgy. Mystery. It’s a Wonderful Life. Butter tarts / butter buns. “All may, some should, none must.” Sunrise. Nessum Dorma. The first tomato of the season. The Lord’s Prayer / Prayer of Saint Francis. Cotyledons. Chess. Lisa Jewel / Shari Lapena. Grace. Black and white photographs. Early mornings. The written word. Orzo. “The only way out is through.” Bare walls. A new bar of soap. Ludovico Einaudi / Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. The Shack. Henri Nouwen. Moleskine notebooks. Nulla dies sine linea. Plain pasta. Deep conversation. Contemplation / Meditation.