It Rains
Some days like this one the sky is so kind It rains on for hours, like she’s made up her mind There’s hay getting wet and my bees in a bind But she’s doing what she’s doing, and I really don’t mind.
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Just a Bunch of Grass
There’s literally tons of grass rolled up and sitting in the field across from my house right now. I don’t have a job, a college education, or even a perfectly tidy house really. But I see grass and sky and cows and critters, all day long every day. Yesterday morning I sat in bed early and read in Luke 19- What had the servants done with the minas their master had given them to hang onto while he was … Continue readingJust a Bunch of Grass
The Hard Won Moments
You know the times you catch that wild kid of yours laying down on the front porch with a bug in his hand that he’s watching, engrossed, and being still, your teenager walking up through the front yard in some sparkling light , off in her own thoughts somewhere, completely unaware of how pretty she is? You think about a really good night with your husband and the kids’ birthdays coming up and how you craned your neck trying to … Continue readingThe Hard Won Moments
Short Hair During Quarantine….
Looks like… I’ve given up, every day. I mean from that perspective it’s a good thing we are more or less homebound right now. There is no pulling this mop back! Anyone?!
The Rest That We Need
I read this morning with the curtains open and facing a newly mown field, early morning shadows laid across the rows as if to hold them gently in place. Psalm 23- “You make me lie down in green pastures…” Acceptance of our humanity, of the rest that we need from time to time. The back of my neck still aches and all down my spine, my stomach reminds me it’s still not ready for a full meal, … Continue readingThe Rest That We Need
Moving Day
Something else I am so thankful for today? That moving day happened before this crappy sickness struck our house! Ans is home from the hospital but now I have it and let me tell you, I haven’t been this sick since we got influenza several years ago. So I am typing this post into my phone, sitting up in the bed where I’ve been for the last 36 hours. Moving day for the plants happened about a week ago. I … Continue readingMoving Day
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
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!
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
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The respective sides of our bed- His: Hers: Anybody?