Month: April 2020

Categories: Kids, Spring Posted on

Just a Few Little Mercies

The youngest kid home from the hospital and back to being the boss…. Radishes coming in, letting the world know that spring is here for real…. Wild poppies in the bottom field…. Little February geranium seeds spreading out into the late April sunshine…. A complete acceptance, love, and forgiveness from the God who the entire universe can’t contain is such a big thought, my brain can’t hold it. So he sends these little bite-sized mercies along. A quiet urging toward … Continue readingJust a Few Little Mercies

Categories: Quarantine Posted on

I Photographed a Small Miracle

He’s sitting still!!! How to keep a six year old boy in one spot for two minutes flat, you may be asking? It takes a good teacher like this six year old’s beloved Miss A. She loves him as much as he loves her, and he knows it. (I think that’s the secret.) Thank you to our wonderful teachers out there, making school work from a distance!

Categories: Books, Freedom, Red Birds Posted on

A Few Degrees Freer Today

“Am I, or am I not, a free agent?” “A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer”, replied the Raven From Lilith: A Romance by George Macdonald The bird in the foreground isn’t quite in focus. That’s the fault of me, the photographer, also slightly of the off-brand zoom lens; but mainly of the fact that it was leaning against the glass of the front door that hasn’t been cleaned in recent memory. … Continue readingA Few Degrees Freer Today

Categories: Home, Quarantine Posted on

When Your Hours Get Changed

We traded income for hours over here, how about you? Texting with an old friend in the quiet of the early morning just now, we talked about the blessings of it all. New ways of doing things borne more out of necessity than fear are the ones I want to hang onto after the Covid-19 virus has swept through and petered out. What are those things borne out of necessity that you want to hang onto?

Categories: Griz, Poems, Quarantine Posted on

A Quarantine Sunday Poem

I went for a walk Left the house, took the dog. We walked past the truck Past the mare, through the barn. For just a few minutes There was no one along. But just me and the dog And the birds and their songs. The family’s together All the week long. So I went for a walk Just me and the dog.

Categories: Birds, Spring Posted on

Testing Out the First Post!

Spring is for the birds! No, literally! I’m watching goldfinches, house finches, cardinals, sparrows, and those ugly brown starlings out my window right now. The chicks are growing fast like chicks do. Welcome to spring on the farm! I’m excited to get posting!