We have time on our hands now, of a different kind. Parents have their children at home, so maybe they don’t have so much. On the other hand the school children have quite a bit. We’re not driving around from … Continue reading →
Today marks 50 years of celebrating Earth Day. From space.com you can read where it started and about a challenge this year to build a planet with Lego. Fifty years after an astronaut’s photo of our home planet gave rise … Continue reading →
Only a few days ago I was in touch with best-selling author and speaker Nina Spencer after reading an article she recently sent out again. “Lessons from the Freeway and Beyond: Making Space for Grace” seemed fitting for the … Continue reading →
Income tax papers submitted, inventory counted, and a client’s work well on the way, I finally had time to read Nina Spencer’s well written article, “Lessons From the Freeway and Beyond: Making Space for Grace.” It seemed so fitting that … Continue reading →
I’ve been out for solitary walks, minding the social distance. I see the occasional couple walking together, a parent and child or an adult walking a dog. We all still need exercise in some way. I hear birds singing, … Continue reading →
Friends and I have been talking on social media about the social distancing. A fellow storyteller, John, came up with a better term, physical distancing. I replied that the people who invented the term “social distancing” should have hired … Continue reading →
Just over a week ago, friends through Toastmasters gathered at my home, by invitation, for a craft afternoon. We’d talked about it at our Christmas gathering, set a date and now here we were, ready for it. We’d also discussed, … Continue reading →
When the snow begins to melt and the temperature edges into a bit milder state, I begin to dream of spring, of taking down winter wreaths and eventually putting away winter coats and boots. But it’s alternately cold and wintry … Continue reading →
February is Black History month. Members of the former Maranatha congregation have joined Mount Zion Lutheran Church in Waterloo. That church hosted the celebration this year. Maranatha Lutheran, a small Lutheran Caribbean mission congregation, once shared our building so I … Continue reading →
In January fellow writer Helena Smrcek offered a challenge to anyone who wished to join her, and that was decluttering one’s home. I chose to jump in, and as I had already started the process on my own during … Continue reading →
