So did you survive the great Facebook outage of 2021? The platform went down for several hours the other day. Wiped from the internet as if it didn’t exist. It likely was due to a boneheaded IT glitch, but theories about hacking and conspiracies – both internal and external – abounded. We’re so addicted to […]
Author Archives: jennifergrashel
Dazed and Confused
Yeah, last week I was pulled in too many directions to get anything written. This week … a thing I thought wasn’t starting until October 1 … started Monday. Pray for me. If you don’t hear from me next week, assume I’m busy doing the things. Much of the time I’m wandering around in a […]
Wet Logs and Dry Kindling
“You know that blog you wrote the other day? It’s doing it again.” “Doing what again?” Which blog? What did I write? I don’t remember these things. There are so many things to remember. I was expecting some tech issue. “It’s raining walls of water.” “Okay, then I’m going to wrap up quickly here so […]
And the World Keeps Spinning
A funny thing happened on the way to the cake shop. I mean, at least I got cake out of the deal. Mini bundts, to be exact. I headed to the city in the early afternoon to pick up two online orders – one a birthday cake surprise, one the usual groceries. Traffic seemed a […]
Heavy Lifting
I exhaled and we sighed collectively. “There are a lot of heavy things going on right now.” We shared our individual heavy things. The usual stuff of life. Work, family, friends with tough medical diagnoses. And then there’s Afghanistan. I barely have words for the humanitarian crisis that’s going on. A crisis that perhaps could […]
Keep On Keeping On
Have you ever paused in this whirlwind of a life and wondered, “What was it I did in the last week again?” Or month, year, etc. That’s me today. Well, there was a funeral for a friend’s dad … and calling hours … and lots of laundry … and an overnight trip … and oh […]
I Know Nothing
Some of my faith in humanity was restored this week. A nice lady told me to go in front of her at the self-checkout at Wally World. I had two items and she had half a cart full. We had a lovely conversation while I scanned my things and went on my way. Later that […]
Whiteness and Toxic Masculinity
“I need more white paint chips to choose from.” “Okay, I’ll stop by the store soon and get a bunch. How white are you wanting the cabinets?” “Very white.” Have you ever looked at paint color names and wondered how they come up with them? Or thought you could do so much better? I mean, […]
Prophetic Words
A friend asked for a “prophetic word”. I don’t think I’ve ever been asked for a prophetic word before. But then I didn’t grow up in a charismatic tradition. I paused, took a breath, and repeated the first thought that popped into my head. “It’s all okay. It’s all going to be okay.” “How do […]
Pool Day
Today’s musings brought to you by oh-my-gosh-the-weather-actually-looks-like-a-pool-day. So we’ll keep it short and sweet. Also happy belated Bastille Day. The weather around here has been a mixed bag of beautiful summer days and uncharacteristically mild, sometimes even cold, rainy days. While I don’t do great with temperature extremes, some hot weather sans thunderstorms would be […]