There are elephants of varying sizes in almost every room I enter—but not at home, thank goodness not at home. Here we speak openly and disagree respectfully, but out there there are things I dare not speak of lest I face judgment or attack by one faction or another (by “out there” I mean the…
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Ten Things Saving My Life Right Now
I read a post this morning on Christy Woolum’s blog, Gathering Around the Table, called Ten Things Savimg My Life Right Now, where she shared 10 things helping her through the bleak mid-winter. Her post was in response to Anne Vogel’s post on her blog, Modern Mrs. Darcy, and invitation to others to do make…
Is The End Drawing Near?
It’s Monday—the last one in January and my birthday week. After a slow and gloomy weekend, our granddaughter is in good health and rose early to make her own healthy breakfast and lunch to kick off a good day. Gerry’s happy to have the opportunity to return to the gym after recent closures, so he…
Looking For Light On A Gray Saturday
It’s a gray Saturday. Our granddaughter is sick so we’re hunkered down at home. It’s not serious and she is feeling somewhat better today, and getting bored. That’s a good sign. I just took a loaf of bread out of the oven and we all enjoyed a warm slice—Makiya’s and mine slathered with butter. Gerry…
How Will It End?
I wonder how it will end? Will we wake one day to the news announcing it’s over? Or will the word “pandemic” have to be pried from the cold clutching hands of the news media? Maybe it will quietly fade from the headlines, replaced by the word “endemic” and, one fine day, other things will…