But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. ~James 1:5 I’ve been thinking about wisdom. I heard it said that wisdom is the only specific thing the bible guarantees we’ll get if we pray for it. […]
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It’s April, Fools
I pity the fool! If you think I’m being mean by calling people fools, you need to research the cultural phenomenon known as Mr. T or else we can’t be friends. I pity the fool who thinks April 1 is too late for it to snow in central Ohio. It’s been flurrying on and off […]
Something Stinky This Way Comes
I was greeted the other morning by a stink bug on the bathroom mirror. (I killed it before trying to get a photo.) And today I learned the stink bug is native to southeast Asia and likely was accidentally introduced to the US from China or Japan. No reports on whether it was from Wuhan. […]
Free Free Free Free
Soooo … what’s the latest crisis I’m supposed to be indignant about? I’m having trouble keeping up. Earlier this week The Washington Post issued a pretty major correction to a January 9 news story about then-President Trump’s December phone call to Georgia state election officials. Here’s some commentary (i.e. opinion), including video, on the implications. […]
Potato Nation
PBS cooking shows were on the tv. After watching Julia Child make a tarte de pomme classique in black and white, we moved on to Scandanavian cooking. I lost track of how many times the host, standing in a luscious green field overlooking a fjord or something, uttered the word potato. “Norway is a potato […]
March Forth
This is how much I want to get out of bed today. How much I want to March forth on March fourth. I’m just over here waiting to duck and cover from the next crazy controversy. Potayto, potahto. Felines with headwear. Streets named for trees. “Judge not” twisted to serve one’s own whims. Say something […]
Beautiful
“Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.” ~Acts 3:2 NIV How many times have I read and heard that verse, but this time it hit me in a different way. […]
Creeps and Creepers
Brown creeper update Day 5,347. Sing it with me … I still feel like … a creeper’s creeping on me. The newest resident of the house adapted quickly to the absence of a couple limbs and is still flying regularly into the window. I have approximately 5,347 pics on my phone of birds. The majority […]
Nuthatch
Bird is still the word. And it might just drive me to the nuthatch. When last we spoke, a little bird was making a noisy nuisance of itself at my bedroom window. Over the last few days my new best friend has become bolder, allowing a better and more frequent view. Definitely not a wren. […]
Bird’s the Word
I don’t know if it’s the way the light hits the glass in the morning … Or if there’s a nest in the bushes just outside the window … Or both … But this bird likes to make a noisy racket in the morning just a few feet from where my head is trying to […]