Random thoughts on being me
Graduation Gift
One of the perks that I enjoyed as a teacher was the definite beginning and ending of each school year. I loved the new promise of setting up my classroom in the fall and I adored the ability on the last days of the year to look back and see what the students and I … Continue reading
Awaken Sleeping Beauty (Not A-Woken) please.
I read in the news this weekend that with Disneyland’s reopening they have premiered a new ride featuring the story of Sleeping Beauty. According to Disney, the intent was to celebrate the ‘rich history’ of the story and ‘beautiful scenic work’ of the old Sleeping Beauty movie. Good for them. But wait! A San Francisco … Continue reading
Can we make God’s creations more beautiful?
The other day at a store I saw a man who made me sad. He was covered in clothing from head to foot, only his hands and his face were visible. That isn’t what saddened me. Every inch of his face and hands that I could see, except small circles at his eyes and his … Continue reading
Desert Friends
We’ve just returned from three months in Arizona. The last 10 days there, we ‘boondocked out’ in the desert. In Wyoming we always boondock, and we wanted the benefit of being out and away from everyone so that we could see the night sky and hear the silence of the desert. And it was wonderful. … Continue reading
Understanding the desert
We’ve taken three rides on the desert in this past week. Two were joyful, terrific and one was a bit of a trial, since we were in a wash filled with deep sand and gravel that made the going a bit hard, and we happened to get ourselves kinda-sorta lost for a little while (yes, … Continue reading
Out of My Grasp
Karl and I took an excursion to the Grand Canyon recently, and I just can’t get it off my mind. I know in my brain that I stood at the edge of the rim, and I know that what I was seeing was a canyon about ten miles across and about a mile or so … Continue reading
Colorado River Exploring
There are some days that stand out as lessons on the beauty and care that God provides us. Today was one of those days. We took a boat tour across Lake Havasu and up the Colorado River. I wasn’t sure what to expect or what we’d see, but there wasn’t anything disappointing in what we … Continue reading
Joy and Pain of Discovery
The desert has a formidable, cautionary kind of beauty. The mountains have strong, jagged angles with a hint of threat to them in shape and shadows, and the grey, powdery desert floor combines desolation, a lack of sympathy, and a surprise of shapes and colors. We took a 4-wheeler ride out to see a ghost … Continue reading
Desert Delight
Joy comes in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Here’s one example of my joy this week: Early Friday morning Karl and I drove out to the desert and found a spot on a ridge above a ‘wash’ to watch about a quarter of a mile section of a 425-mile race. The racers were souped-up … Continue reading
Visions of gingerbread
We are just a few days before Christmas and all through our house Christmas is glinting and chiming and sparkling, and making me merry. I hope you can say the same. I am an absolute stickler for not opening ANY present early, I love staring at the pile of presents under the tree in happy … Continue reading
