This year, we did Thanksgiving differently. Like everyone else, in the ninth month of this pandemic, we just weren’t enthusiastic about shouldering one more disappointment delivered by the coronavirus. We had already cancelled our summer vacation in Maine, missed our grandson’s first birthday, missed meeting our other grandson for the first time (that was to happen […]
update: as of this posting on Thursday night, Nov 5th, still no settled presidential election. Hope. I am writing this on the morning of All Saints, sitting in front of the fire with a cup of coffee at my side and a cat at my feet. It’s pretty idyllic. I am writing this on […]
At 7:30 on most nights in our house, my husband and I gather ‘round and turn on the game show Jeopardy! (exclamation point, theirs) to test our wits and memories. Between us, we make one decent Jeopardy contestant. I answer religion, bible, some literature, some music, some gardening, and all cooking and food related questions. He covers […]
Preface The “Season of Creation” is marked each year from September 1 to October 4, and is observed in many church traditions, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Roman Catholics, Methodists and many others. Prayer in the Season of Creation. Loving God, we thank you for the gift of life in all its diversity and beauty. Lord Jesus […]
My brother has been without power for four days now since the storm Isaias ripped through the narrow valley in Northwestern CT in which he lives, leaving a mess of downed power lines, uprooted trees and verdant debris everywhere. My brother is a “tree guy” (fancy term: arborist) which means that in addition to living without lights, […]
16 weeks since the diocesan “shut down” 108 days at home 2 trips to Williamsport 1 trip to Hawk Run 2 Saturday afternoon drives to get out of the house 10 loaves of sourdough bread 320 miles of running in our neighborhood 132 miles of walking in our town 72.38 miles on the AT 15% […]
Each morning as the sun is beginning its climb to the center of the sky, I make my way around “the block” of our neighborhood. Some days I walk, but most days I do something that, for someone in their 7th decade, almost counts as running. It’s really more of a saunter, but in the end, I am sweaty- so […]
A few words in the time of COVID-19 when more words won’t do. Some Days, Everything’s Hard I can’t even grow sourdough starter. The instructions are simple. I’ve followed them to a tee. Flour, water, clean jar, room temp. Cover loosely, watch it happen. But each morning, as I ‘round the corner into the kitchen, […]
Easter in our house is different, now. When our children were little, the Easter Bunny would show up in the wee hours (usually after the Easter Vigil with a glass of wine in hand) and leave a trail of jelly beans for each child from the top of the stairs down to the living room […]
Holy Saturday is the one day in Holy Week in which I feel awkwardly immobile. Not at-rest immobile, or incapacitated immobile, but just… paused.. halted… in a spiritual way. There is a tradition in the Christian church that tells us that on Holy Saturday, Jesus was very busy- seeking our first ancestors, eternity’s lost sheep […]
