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Happy New Year!
My big kids were old enough to stay up until midnight to greet the new year with us this year, so we found a countdown clock on youtube and made new year’s resolutions. There were a lot of reading related goals. For me, along with my reading goals, I would really like to continue growing…
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Down By the Creek
Down by the creek, down by the creek Where the grass is high and the water is sweet Ripple, babble, babble, bubble, down by the creek With a stick and a rock and a skip and a walk Scramble down the bank, kick off your shoes and socks Straight from the spring, water cold and…
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Transcendence
Clouds, light, wonderous world Delicate vines, trees twisting toward the sky Bright yellow osage circles dot the ground Chubby hands and cheeks cling The weight of love on my shoulder Cathedral halls, artistry coiling up to heaven Dusty books, the smell of wisdom Hinting at something beyond my senses
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Writ & Whimsy
In the archaic usage “writ” can refer to anything written down, although most people will not have heard it used this way except for the occasional use when referring to “the holy writ” which, of course is one of the most enduring and widespread literary works in history. Whimsy is perhaps more readily recognized as…
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Wrestling With God
Coffee and egg on toast makes mornings so much more bearable. After a week of various children with various sicknesses and a very long day in which I discovered I’ve lost my wedding rings (insert crying rivers of tears emoji here), I’ve decided to grace you with my presence again. The last couple of days…
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Prayer and Little Ears
It is with the sense that I am doing something slightly illicit that I have begun the exercise of praying the daily office via the book of common prayer. The book is beautiful and that is one of the reasons it appeals to me. It stands in contrast with my upbringing in the slightly austere…
Writ & Whimsy
Old fashioned thoughts about writing, humor, faith and life.
Writ & Whimsy 