Living on St Croix
Sticks and stones
I took down our Christmas decorations on Saturday. The act of packing away the baubles: the jing tinglers and flu floopers (thanks Dr. Seuss for the proper and official names of all the stuff I hang about the house!) always makes me thoughtful. Lost in reverie as I was un-decorating a metal tree on the … Continue reading
Christmas Movies
It’s Christmas time! I love Christmas. I love knowing that my Savior took on human form. I love that He died to take my sins and He lived so that I can be assured that He understands my hurts and aches and trials. I love Christmas for many reasons, and some of them are that … Continue reading
Do it. Period
You may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging very regularly lately. I have a confession to make. I’m not lazy, and I certainly haven’t stopped having opinions. Nope. What happened is this: I began listening to the voices in our society and the really mean voice inside my head, and perhaps there was another … Continue reading
Cats and Deer
I love our mornings here on island, they start slowly. Since our house is tucked safely on the west side of a big hill, the actual sun doesn’t show itself to us until about 10 or so. The result is that mornings seem to linger and relax. Unfortunately, we don’t get to do the same. … Continue reading
Hope
Gardening is a lesson in hope. What we had on our property, before the hurricanes precipitated our horrid landslide, was a verdant green slope of rainforest. Thanks to Maria and what we had to do afterwards, much of that expanse of property was converted into an ugly slash of rock, debris, and concrete. It has … Continue reading
Defining Joy
Joy is an interesting hmmm…not sure what noun to use here…endeavor? gift? emotion? Really, maybe I should scrap this topic and choose something else, because now that I’m thinking about it, I’m not at all sure what joy is. My Merriam-Webster says it is “happiness that comes from success, good fortune, or a sense of … Continue reading
Anoles and the Art of House Painting
Anoles, the tiny lizards who live at my house, are small little guys. The largest, most formidable ones are maybe five inches long nose to tail-tip. The fattest one I’ve ever seen was less stout than my index finger. I’ve talked about these creatures before, and I hope you aren’t tired of them, but they … Continue reading
Sufficient Grace
I’ve been thinking this week a lot about the verse in 2 Corinthians 12:9 where God says to Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” It seems to me that there are a lot of ways to absorb this verse, and from where I’m sitting this moment, … Continue reading
Froggy Friends
I found a new painting project last week, and I’m happy (and proud) to say that I got started on Monday and finished on Friday. Karl was a bit worried about this project, I think he had doubts about whether I had the patience and skills to do it well (that isn’t unfair, my track … Continue reading
