rev·e·la·tion – noun \ˌre-və-ˈlā-shən\ : a usually secret or surprising fact that is made known : an act of making something known : an act of revealing something in usually a surprising way : something that surprises you __________ Recently, I’ve been intrigued by birds. It started when my dad gave me two birdhouse gourds that I […] Read more
growth – noun \ˈgrōth\ : a stage in the process of growing, “full growth” : the process of growing : progressive development : increase, expansion, “growth of the oil industry” On Saturday, Steve and I built our garden. I could have said “planted” our garden, and that would have been true. Eventually, we dug holes in dirt and buried […] Read more
For weeks I haven’t had to worry about mowing my yard or trimming the bushes or pulling weeds from the flower beds. The drought here in the Midwest has all but taken care of the yard work for the season. Even the watering became almost futile a couple of weeks back. Now I just take […] Read more
I’ve been feeling sorry for myself the past couple of days. Yesterday at church I saw my name in the bulletin for prayer, and though I love that people care about me and pray for me, it made me sad that it’s my name there. It was selfish and self serving. I certainly don’t want […] Read more
On Holy Saturday, I mowed my lawn. While I was thinking of Jesus, dead in the tomb, I was making laps around my yard behind the mower, tripping over mole tunnels and sloshing through the wet patches left behind by the recent spring showers. But it was the dandelions scattered throughout my quarter acre plot […] Read more
Is there any wonder That a woman like me, or a man like you, Would want to pen the words of a poem, Or stroke the pigment of a portrait, Or glide graceful to the triune beat of the waltz, If on a regular weekday, timecards punched and dinner waiting, A woman like me, or […] Read more
Saturday, as I was pruning a bush in the back yard, the little stems that fell to the ground were loaded with bunches of tiny little white berries. They were simple and pretty, so I decided to take them inside and fill a couple of vases with them as center pieces for my birthday party. […] Read more
Yesterday, I spent the evening outside.
I haven’t been outside much the past several weeks, mostly because it’s been so hot and dry here that the garden stopped producing and the grass stopped growing and outside became a whole lot less appealing. Read more
My sister and her husband had been doing some improvement projects around their yard — planting hostas, digging out an old retainer wall, filling in gaps in the yard — when they found a hidden treasure. A burial ground of old bottles. There were soda bottles, medicine bottles, lotion bottles. Some of the bottles were […] Read more
It’s an awkward time of year for gardeners. My eggplant has reached its stride, and in addition to the two fruits that hang from its branches, there also is the promise of a couple more blooms. The basil has gone from a rather unpromising shoot that I started from seed, to a full, aromatic bush, […] Read more
