I enjoy a garden view from my corner chair in my bedroom. I love to sit inside and view the garden unfold daily during the spring and summer. There are a few favorite flowers that I start by seed because they aren’t found at a nursery or they are costly in plant form. My favorite seeds to start are sunflowers and purple and green zinnias. These seeds are nearly impervious to the vagaries of planting.…
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Recently I had the opportunity to work with students in Southeast Asia. They traveled to their area to assemble for a five-day PREP experience. PREP stands for pursuing responsibility with excellence purposefully. My assignment was to share my thoughts on pursuing; I went to my go-to resources for understanding a word; the thesaurus, dictionary, and the Bible. As I was studying pursuing and the things we pursue or even what it means to be pursued,…
Leave a CommentYou are crazy, or so I have been told. People speak outright to me I’m crazy, or I hear them express my actions in reference to themselves. I could never do that, or I don’t know how you do that. My crazy has looked like this: having a large family traveling exorbitant distances to visit a group of people for a short time riding a long-distance Context matters, and the most significant factor in our…
3 CommentsBack in high school, I spent many hours enjoying handwork. I loved sewing and cross-stitching. Much of my needlework was of bible verses, proverbs, and maxims. I found this one cross-stitch design that had this hilarious saying. I made it and gave it to my mom. It was a joke and an antithesis to her way of moving in the world. My sweet mother hung that framed piece over the doorway in the kitchen. Whenever…
6 CommentsWhen I was five years old, I moved into my Ferry Farms’ neighborhood. I have lived here as an owner longer than I lived as a child. Indeed, the changes hit me as I reflect on the almost 40 years (separated by 20 years) of living in my neighborhood. Today more people walk their dogs than people walk children around the block. Today every sale of a house brings a wholesale teardown followed by a…
2 CommentsLet’s go fly a kite! For some of you, the invitation to fly a kite conjures up long ago memories. It may be true that you would need a GRAND reason to fly a kite. I had two GRAND reasons recently to fly a kite when I saw a kite festival announcement on my drive to my nearby gym. I thought, “That sounds like fun.” I had been thinking about and sensing a call to…
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