A lot has transpired since my last post. I believe at some point I was determined to blog about every day of my trip. I think I still have a few days to go on that. . .maybe I'll get around to it. My daughter got married last weekend. It was spectacular and I enjoyed it......Read More
Posted on: 2008-05-15 22:56:16 |
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catching up
Several years ago I gave up talking to people online. Still it astounds me how I've allowed one person to totally absorb my thinking and why I've kept seeking that person's counsel and attention. The time I've spent online "talking" to this person has had......Read More
I gotta tell you that sometimes I go to church just because that's what I was raised to think was the right thing to do. Yesterday I was really glad that I am in the habit of going to church because I believe that I have received some valuable food for thought. Lately I've been......Read More
A few years ago, I was watching the winter olympics and Michelle Kwan skated to the most beautiful version of Fields of Gold that I'd ever heard. This young woman's voice was so clear and the guitar so perfect--simple and beautiful. I began to seek out the artist and found quite a bit......Read More
Posted on: 2008-05-26 12:14:03 |
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Eva Cassidy
I was looking through some pictures of my trip to Italy and found a card with this prayer printed on it that I received while in Assisi. It's beautiful and bears repeating again and again. . .
The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis
"O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!......Read More
Posted on: 2008-05-26 19:58:17 |
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st. francis
I have a new mantra and it goes something like this: I will keep my mouth closed about me and become a better listener because nobody really cares to hear about my stuff anyway.
While this sounds good in theory, if everyone followed my mantra then who would speak? ......Read More
I live in a podunk kinda town with a town square and a big courthouse smackdab in the middle. We still have hokey things happening around here like Saturday farmers market, the gingerbread tour, quilting bees, etc. I ventured out tonight to a little place that I've passed thousands of......Read More
Posted on: 2008-05-28 23:12:50 |
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College Street Pub
Today we honored the 8th graders with a party at my school. The 325 of them that could pay (and wanted to pay) $15 were taken to a local venue for a day outdoors. The other 125 were left at the school with some of us who had activities for them. I did arts and crafts, another......Read More
Posted on: 2008-05-30 18:16:22 |
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kids parties teachers fun