March Winds

(Photo taken by my son in Vancouver, British Columbia)
“The March wind roars
Like a lion in the sky,
And makes us shiver
As he passes by.
When winds are soft,
And the days are warm and clear,
Just like a gentle lamb,
Then spring is here.”
-   Author Unknown

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Good Read: March

I could hardly bear to turn the last page of the book March by Geraldine Brooks.  I have been a lifelong fan of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women series, with the movie and the sound track also high on my list of favorites.  While reading  another novel by Brooks, I noticed she had written this [...]

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Snow Covered Primroses

Last night a storm came through and the snow began to fall.  This morning we woke to giant fluffy flakes still falling from the grey sky with everything covered in a white blanket.  I couldn’t help but remember last week…the weather was as warm as spring.  I sat on the porch in short sleeves reading  [...]

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The Season of Lent

“The season of Lent re-echoes God’s call for us all to reorient & redirect our hearts toward God.”-author unknown
Today begins the season of Lent for many in the Christian faith. Despite being raised in the Christian faith, the Lenten season was something new to me several years ago when I started attending a liturgical church.  [...]

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The Blessing of Order

“Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body,
the peace of the city, the security of the state.
Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.”
Robert Southey

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately getting my house in order. Maybe it is the unstable economy, [...]

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Primrose Adorn

“The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn,
and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.”-Robert Burns

Welcome friends from Show and Tell Friday here is what I’ve been up to this Friday.
There is one sure medication for the winter blues and that is primroses.  They are such  perky sweet little flowers, that I can’t resist [...]

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Waiting For Spring

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?  ~Percy Bysshe Shelley

February is such an in-between month.  In December, I hope for snow and enjoy wearing sweaters.  But by the time  February comes, I am weary of the cold and the last thing I want is snow.  Today the sun shined, the sky was [...]

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Whole Wheat Banana Bread

I finally got around to baking bread with the ripe bananas at our house.  This recipe I got from All Recipes, but changed it a bit.  I added applesauce for the oil, and mini chocolate  chips just to make it wonderful!  This is a great recipe.  It is moist, uses whole wheat flour, and isn’t [...]

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Sacred Life Sunday: Healing Prayer

In the  name of God
our healer
we pray.
Receive Christ’s healing touch
to make you whole
in body,
mind,
and spirit.
May the power of God
strengthen you,
the love of God dwell in you
and give you peace.
(From the Ministry for Healing, The New Zealand Prayer Book)

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Happy Valentine’s Day

One of my favorite episodes of The Office was where Valentine’s Day came and cute Pam

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