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Cabbages and Kings
The time has come,’ the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings — And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.’ Lewis Carroll I’m determined to complete 2 things this week. My art project for my…
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The Sow of Despond
“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.” Matthew 7:6 ESV In the allegorical “The Pilgrim’s Progress” there is a swamp called “the Slough of Despond” where Pilgrim gets hopelessly stuck. Well, we were stuck — two girls…
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My Midlife Non-Crisis
I’m going through a little bit of what I like to call a “midlife renaissance”. It started during the COVID yearsTM when my husband was complaining (justifiably, sorry, sorry) about me being on twitter too much and I got sick of politics. I passive aggressively decided to read some books and cut back on twitter,…
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Let His Blood Be On Us
One thing that fascinates me is how often God uses wicked people to reveal his will. They can’t get out of it. From wicked kings who mete out God’s judgement on his people for their sins to Baalam who’s hand is forced into blessing Israel when he would really, really just like to make a…
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Homesick
We once went to a local purveyor of southern cuisine and I was not fully prepared for the wave of homesickness it produced in me. Not for the home I’m raising my children in, nor the home I grew up in, but the home where my grandparents lived. The wood paneling, vinyl upholstery and eclectic…
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The Sea
Across the sea, across the sky where waves reach out to bathe the sun and light reflected paves the path for all the ships that go and come. The shadows roiling from beneath suggest the forms in depths below Whose solemn dances cross and crest the currents as they ebb and flow. The pull of…
Writ & Whimsy 