Seeking to be CONTENT in all things, JOYFUL in HOPE, PATIENT in affliction.
Today, I took a moment. Sitting in a mottled patch of sun, I tilted my head back and watched the breeze run its fingers through the top of a tree. I listened to birds twitter. Were they arguing? Maybe, since the pair tore past me at top speed a moment later. I felt the sun …
It is possible to grow and even thrive where we get tossed. After all, God knows where we are.
One of my favorite gifts this Christmas was a new planner. I just love calendars in January. Empty pages of potential lay before me. In the early days of the year, all things are possible. I realized today that January gardening feels much the same. There was a break in the rain and mild temperatures, so I decided last Sunday was the day for my neglected garden. Late summer’s growth, once lush and inviting, was now drooping and half-dead. Hydrangea …
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Anyone who knows me, knows I love fall. I can’t wait for pumpkins, falling leaves, crisp mornings and crunchy apples, mulled cider, roasted pumpkin seeds, and the silly fun of Halloween. In the waning days of August, I made an impulse buy of a ceramic Jack-a-lantern luminary and a masked hedgehog (named Nutmeg) whose legs dangle over the edge of the mantel. I will try to restrain myself and not display these until October. It will be challenging. As I was helping our …
Who knew that growing potatoes in flower pots could be so satisfying? This is something that I discovered during my pandemic gardening adventures. It was such an odd summer. Now summer is ending, but not the odd. Many of us have tried things that we would never attempt in the Before Times - pandemic projects like baking sourdough bread, sewing masks, and painting. Home improvement stores have experienced a surge in sales as …
SMALL MOMENTS FULL OF GRACE 