Though we’ve been back for almost three weeks, I’ll write about most of our trip in present tense. It’s more lively that way. Pretend I was sending back postcards and letters that got lost in the mail and arrive long after we’ve returned home. Before we left on this trip, our friend "Helen's" eyes lit up when we described our itinerary. She and her husband had visited … [Read more...]
RV Trip West: Route 66
Though we’ve been back for almost two weeks, I’ll write about most of our trip in present tense. It’s more lively that way. Pretend I was sending back postcards and letters that got lost in the mail and arrive long after we’ve returned home. Late at night, after negotiating an awkward turn onto a quiet side road in Oklahoma City, a police officer pulls us over. … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Glutino Crackers
For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes. When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the button to include with your post. It ties us together visually. Then … [Read more...]
RV Trip West: Convergences
Though we've been back for almost two weeks, I'll write about our trip in present tense. It's more lively that way. Pretend I was sending back postcards and letters that got lost in the mail and arrive long after we've returned home. "Bugs and rainbows," my husband observes as I lean across the RV dashboard to get the shot. "That's life right there, isn't … [Read more...]
RV Trip West: Heading into the Unknown
A few months ago, I dreamed that I was driving our family's 32-foot Class A RV off-road, down a rugged mountain, bumping and thumping until I steered it across the road that curved along the edge of the mountain. I held onto the big black steering wheel as the RV shot straight out past the sheer drop-off and hung in the air a second, Wile E. Coyote style. Before we … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Frommer’s Gluten-Free Granola Bars (and a trip across the U.S.A.)
For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes. When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the button to include with your post. It ties us together visually. Then … [Read more...]
Angel of the Resurrection
Last year I visited the Indianapolis Museum of Art where "Angel of the Resurrection," a Tiffany stained glass window, hangs as part of its permanent collection. Captivated, I snapped several pictures, including closeups of the inscription. Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (Ephesians 5:14, KJV). … [Read more...]
Needing to Remember
Today I needed this poem, to remember that God knew that very moment...and this one, too. Remembering Crawdads Sixteen miles from my home, the White River curves slightly to the south. In the fall, we sat near its edge, as my friend’s two boys caught crawdads that scrambled under stones in a puddle formed by the roots of a sycamore. The … [Read more...]
Risk is Relative
In college I took an acting class. Just one. I wasn't much of an actress, and I was terribly overwhelmed and shy—a conservative misfit at a liberal Big 10 university. One week, the instructor said we had to take a risk and then return to class and report on it. My self-imposed risk was to introduce myself to someone sitting next to me in one of the giant lecture … [Read more...]
Island of Refuge
One spring break in college, my boyfriend and I traveled with our moms to Treasure Island, Florida, where his parents owned a condo. As soon as we walked in, my eyes landed directly on a poster of a shore bird in flight and though that photo could have been snapped at a thousand different locations, the caption read: Sanibel-Captiva. "Where's that?" I asked, pointing to … [Read more...]
A Lively Faith
On our trip to South Carolina a few weeks ago, we visited the Chapel of Ease, built circa 1740 as a place of worship for planters on St. Helena Island who lived too far to participate regularly in services at the parish church in Beaufort. On the grounds stands a mausoleum where some members of the Fripp family were laid to rest. This place of ruins, tombs and … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Creamy Grits
For the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes. When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the button to include with your post. It ties us together visually. Then … [Read more...]
Fragile
This morning, I cradled empty eggshells in the palm of my hand where they rested: smooth fragile broken. I touched one of the points of their jagged edges and then lay them gently on a soft white kitchen towel. Midwinter sun filtered through clouds— through windowpanes streaked by rain— shed muted light on silent mourning. * * * * * Image and poem by … [Read more...]
The Play Project
When I wrote of the paucity of play in my life, Diana left the following exhortation in the comments: Make a short list of things that make you feel as though you’re taking a break – maybe even things you fight feeling guilty about. Taking a walk, taking pictures, reading a good book, maybe for the 2nd or 3rd time, seeing a movie, getting a manicure, taking a bubble bath, … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: October 3, 2012
Each Wednesday (or thereabouts) I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. Sometimes I mix up the order, just to keep you on your toes. Care to join me? [simplylinked list=7f9eaed0-0254-4043-b9bc-20c8377ec9a3] Reading A few months ago, a representative for an author … [Read more...]
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