The year was 1997. The place was Hong Kong. The scare was H5N1, better known as the Avian Bird Flu. Do you remember? You can read about it here. I like to remember 1997 as the year our first grandchild was born but alas the bird flu made the headlines! THAT was the year I… [Read More]
Giveaway
August 2017: L.I.S.T.
These are my August “things.” I never want to stop learning or being inspired and I long for soul-satisying things in my life. Here is my August L I S T: Loving: I have a love/hate relationship with The Beast – my non-electric treadmill; but I do love listening to podcasts while walking. My one… [Read More]
These Halcyon Days
adjective denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful. “the halcyon days of the mid-1980s, when profits were soaring” synonyms: happy, golden, idyllic, carefree, blissful, joyful, joyous, contented I have been a fiction hound this summer. I began with one of my all-time favorite authors, Rosamunde Pilcher: Voices in… [Read More]
The Language of Love
I’d venture to say that Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages, is familiar to most of you. If it isn’t and you want to understand your relationships better? READ IT! As most of you know I’ve been spending a lot of time in the red words of the Bible! The Gospels! The red words are… [Read More]
Are You Sleeping With The Enemy?
A few weeks ago I was sweeping the kitchen floor – just the simplicity of that task soothed my funky, post-vacation soul that morning. And as He does, He spoke to me – I told you about that here. As I swept this thought came to me: To know how to fight one must know who… [Read More]
housekeeping 101
Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old and was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. In God’s opinion he was a good king; he kept to the standards of his ancestor David. In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah, having first… [Read More]
the message – a give-away!
The Message – The Bible – In Contemporary Language – Peterson – NAVPRESS Genuine Black Leather Edition The Give-Away Rules: Today, Wednesday, August 10th, leave ONE comment on today’s post. Today, the comment can be “I’d love to win!” Every Wednesday in the month of August, leave ONE comment on that day’s post – Wednesday’s… [Read More]