I was having one of those gloomy, grumpy weeks when everyone I encountered was annoying. Mama always said when everyone else rubs you the wrong way, you must be the one bristling in the wrong direction. So yeah, I knew the problem lay with the gal in the mirror, but I couldn’t pinpoint why. Hormones? ...
Laying it On Thick
Ewww. Now I’m not complaining about aging (or maybe I am) but who amongst us of a certain age takes a daily calcium supplement (besides me)? If you do, would you mind answering a few questions? Is your supplemental calcium in liquid, pill, or bugspray form? (Do I ever wish it came as an aerosol!) ...
Meeting the Mayor
I was walking down a tree-lined sidewalk the other day, enjoying a slight respite from the 900 degree summer heat. A flash of gray caught the corner of my eye. A squirrel was zooming down from the upper branches of a tree I was about to pass, as if on a mission. He flew down ...
It’s Your Serve
My friend Amy told me about a man in her apartment complex who greets her from his wheelchair whenever she comes or goes. Joe recently shared with her how the desire of his heart was to serve the Lord in some way, but because of his disability, he didn’t feel that he had anything to ...
Waiting Time Isn’t Wasted Time
I’ve been studying the Old Testament again (love all those amazing stories!) and noticed something in 2 Samuel chapter 5 that caught my eye. Now at first glance, it seems to hold no special meaning, so hang tight until I explain its significance. “David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned ...
I Get By With a Little Help …
Are you humming a familiar Beatles tune right now? I’ve been belting it out since I got the idea for this post yesterday: “I get by with a little help from my friends! Oooh, I can fly with a little help from my friends!” Okay, I’ll admit I made up that last line (don’t you ...
How Do You Fly?
Now, I’m not really a birder. Isn’t that what they call diehard bird-watchers? The ones who swat mosquitos for hours on end in the woods, staring at a hole in a tree, hoping to spot a rare avian treasure? No, I’m not patient enough. But I do enjoy a bit of serendipitous bird-glimpsing (not nearly on ...
Sticky Hairnets
If you’ve ever been around woodsy folk for any length of time, you’ve probably wondered why a seemingly perfectly sane gal in other respects walks around holding a stick vertically out in front of her face, pointed toward the sky. I had someone ask me once if I expected to do battle with a dragon ...
Need a Little Awww with that Awe
I recently read about a scientific study proving that for we humans to survive, we need a little awe in our lives. Hey, I’ll take that a step further and declare that to thrive (the step beyond survive), we need a heaping helping of awww with that awe. Okay, let’s pause for clarification. Awe: to ...
Rolling in Dead Things
I’d just finished bathing him. He was clean, fluffy to the point of being poufy, and smelled oh-so pretty. Lavender with a hint of gardenia. I clipped on his leash and started down the road for our morning walk. I stopped momentarily to respond to some phone messages. The decaying odor of roadkill suddenly assaulted ...
