Today is our first day of ‘summer’ (though living in a place where it feels like summer all year long tends to change our notions of what summer means). It won’t mean luscious berries. It won’t mean vacation to the ocean or swimming at the lake. It won’t mean VBS Read more…
Well if it is the thought that counts, then you should know that I have written invisible posts to you many times these past few silent weeks. After months of ongoing tummy trouble, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I may be ‘on the mend’ with Read more…
So while Kent was gone this past week, I decided it might be a good use of my ‘extra’ time (ha!) to watch the three versions of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice that we own. It would keep me from sitting around feeling sorry for myself, it would be appropriate Read more…
FYI, we had a wonderful Easter staycation, had good friends over, gorged ourselves on homemade French fries and cinnamon rolls, watched much of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, sang ‘A Toi la Gloire’ at church and came home for ‘Up From the Grave’ and ‘Nothing but the Blood’ (two of Read more…
Right now I’m studying the Word with a group of friends, working through the book of Daniel. The study was written specifically to women in the US with a call to be set-apart like Daniel, who refused the richer foods of the king’s table for grains and vegetables. If you Read more…
I have keenly felt my lack of storytelling and family news here on the blog. There are such great things to share, and so little energy for sharing them at the end of a day. Especially a day like today. So I will subject you to the tidbits of our Read more…
NOTE: Now I know, I often write light-hearted fun looks at our family life or travels. Those wonderful things are still very much a part of everyday life here. But so are difficult things. It’s just not true for me to only share the fun and easy. That’s not reality. Read more…
Our adventure to solve Daisy’s Dilemma (see previous post)began by 4×4 driving 90 minutes south of here to a small grass airstrip. (One of our tires rolled off into the bush part-way through the trip, but I’ll write about that another day!) We flew out into the jungle in a Read more…
. Meet Daisy. Don’t take that personally.She’s really quite sweet once you get to know her.She always tries to make the tourists feel they are importantby continually licking and kissing them. Here’s Daisy hard at work: All her hard work has paid off and brought her a certain amount of Read more…
