Apr 30, 2019 | god & grace
SO MUCH feels uncertain. Economies teetering, the world shaky. Lives changed in the blink of an eye. Which makes anything of routine all the more welcome. The hummingbirds returned to our mountain this week. One, then two, then three, then four. Timid at first, just a...
Apr 23, 2019 | god & grace
It has been a difficult season, dear ones, precious friends facing difficult news and unimaginable struggles. And my own mornings have been shadowed with the recent loss of our sweet, sweet dog. I will write more of that later, when I feel better able to tell the...
Jan 29, 2019 | god & grace
We have a nearly perfect east to west view at the top of our beloved mountain. Which means as the light moves–which it does every minute, of course–we can actually watch the world around us change. It makes for some pretty spectacular photo ops. But I have...
Jan 15, 2019 | god & grace
WE SNUCK OFF to Nashville for a quick-turnaround trip, something I mentioned in my whirlwind-that-was-December post. A little thing happened there that’s hung in my head, tugged at my heart, that wants to get worked out and put away in a neat little...
Jan 1, 2019 | god & grace
I AM A PERSON of resolution. I love nothing more than a full list of prioritized intentions and a clean, white January slate on which to write them. I mean: What can be better than a fresh start? A new beginning? An opportunity to do it all better? It is a ridiculous...
Dec 30, 2018 | god & grace
It starts around…oh…October 25th, 26th, or thereabouts. A trio of birthdays, then Halloween and Eliza’s birthday, then Tim’s. Then Thanksgiving and the wild, wooly full-on race to Christmas. Every year I swear I will SLOW IT DOWN and sit for a minute,...
