The hummingbirds buzz around our porch making it hazardous to step outside. I have to remember, they’re like bats. They swoop and hover and do their thing. Rarely do they hit you. However, they have bravado. Our cats, Allora and Ciao, love to watch them. They sit at the open window and study the birds. One …[ read more ]

Jack Pine. Pine cone. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Years ago, I fell in love–my first love as a Christian, so I let down every self-preserving defense I had put in place against heartache. I had prayed. Fleeces had been place. God gave me two thumbs up. This love was a go. Unfortunately, six weeks after our …[ read more ]

Heb 12:15 See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.   Crawling on hands and knees, I curse (quite Christianly) the ground cover I once thought innocuous. The former owner of my home had planted it in the garden, …[ read more ]

I will climb out on the proverbial limb and utter an obscene word: intolerance. Sometimes it’s good. Take for example smoking. When I first began teaching, smoke swirled around my classroom. I asked for an air purifier and got this teeny little machine that had minimal effect on my air quality. My room abutted the …[ read more ]