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  • House or Home

    Home is the nicest word there is. Laura Ingalls Wilder Early this week, the man delivering groceries looked around and, as he set the bags on the counter, said, “Beautiful. Your home has serenity.” I admit to be taken back. First by his generous compliment , then by the acknowledgement that those few minutes touched…

  • Charity

    A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes Charles Spurgeon Over the past few weeks I’ve written about faith and hope. I think the virtue of charity is worth considering. By this I mean the theological virtue where by we not only love God, but love…

  • Past is Present

    You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice While cleaning out some files, I ran across a few old photos I hadn’t looked at in years. It sent me into a time portal. Once again seeing people and places…

  • Grace

    Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet Grace must still look so. Macbeth, William Shakespeare How things appear and how they actually are can vary greatly. During a recent luncheon, the subject of my blog came up. When I offered the title, the…

  • Art’s Influence

    Oh, some as soon would throw it all As soon a part away. And some will say all sorts of things, But some mean what they say. Robert Frost If you are looking for me on a Monday afternoon you will find me downtown at the Central Library. In the basement, surrounded by stacks of…

  • Faith

    “I am not dying,” Jack said. “I’ve simply come to the realization that the amount of sand in the top of my hourglass is far less than the sand in the bottom.” The Wishing Game, Meg Shaff Looking through photos to use for this post about faith my eye first went to places of worship.…

  • Moments

    Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments. Rose Kennedy I have always been a Jackie Kennedy fan and I still have a collection of books about her dating back to the 1970’s. I admire her intelligence, grace and style. Like all of us she was flawed and that made me like her even more.…

  • Hope

    This new day is too dear, with it’s hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays. Ralph Waldo Emerson The view from my window is desolate. January brought extremely cold weather. I looked forward to warmer temperatures this week. When I put on a lighter coat to take the dog for a walk the…

  • My Shadow

    I have a little shadow that comes and goes with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Lewis Stevenson’s shadow seems harmless enough. A shadow can be something more complex as in, The Shadows of the Past”, the second chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s, The…