Blog Journal

“Time is… too slow for those who wait too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve too short for those who rejoice but for those who love Time is eternity” Henry Van Dyke Have you ever marked time as you watched puff-ball clouds march across azure skies? I have always been…
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Last night there was a terrible storm… Wind swirling leaf and branch aloft… hard rain beating window glass… and visions of Texas-Oklahoma tornado’s dropping down from the churning heavens clouded my vision. Bustling about the kitchen, I threw this and that in the pot fearing the wind would knock out the power and I would…
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This has been a tough week for many people… and as a friend, I hurt with them. Actually June has been a tough month. Four co-workers unexpectedly died, an old friend lost her son in a very tragic and shocking manner. While at work, I care for families whose babies have died or will die…
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There are a lot of baby birds flying about outside the house and the bird feeder this year. The little fledglings that we have seen or more poignantly, heard are robins, field sparrows and cardinals, mostly. They fly about, despite feathers not quite put together and in that icky-chickie stage, but still insisting… no demanding,…
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I am not exactly sure how I got here… I mean, the intent in the beginning was to post a series about God and clouds… clouds and God and how God uses clouds to demonstrate his love for us… but I would be remise if I didn’t mention how man i.e. humans fit into this…
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As children, we grow up hearing stories about God. Our families tell us the story about God and the rainbow… that God watches over children, maybe as a means for behavior modification or to get them to sleep at night… that God created the world… God’s promises come true and I think that’s the way…
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Who is God? If you were asked this question, what would you say? I would imagine most of us without any hesitation and by rote, respond… God is the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe. Hmmm… but what if you were asked this question… Who does God say he is? The…
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“Rows and flows of angel hair, ice cream castles in the air and, feather canyons everywhere… I’ve looked at clouds that way… “ As a little girl, I used to love that song! Both Sides Now was written by a folk singer from Canada by the name of Roberta Joan Anderson aka Joni Mitchell. I…
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Don’t you love to watch clouds… Yesterday was absolutely perfect for cloud watching… it really was. My favorite clouds are the ones you see on bright sunny days that look like fluffy cotton… brilliantly-white, so bright that it hurts to look sometimes… floating leisurely in the currents of a heavenly sea. Maybe, some of the…
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    At long last, it’s here! Summer has come to the eastern seaboard. It’s about time too. I have been anxiously watching and waiting and looking and hoping for that telltale sign of the beginning of summer. Summer is the best season after all. There are so many things to do, it is hard…
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