Payne Family Christmas
I don’t normally watch “the House of Payne.” It isn’t something that crosses my radar and when I see it in the guide, I never…
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the one we are waiting for
A couple of weeks ago, our president spoke before the nation and an audience at West Point to announce a surge in military personnel in…
Butternut Squash Ravioli
This recipe is kind of thrown together out of various things that I found online… First, roast your butternut squash 1) preheat oven to 400…
focus.
Last night I watched Julie & Julia. And as an amateur blogger, I thought a lot about one of the key pieces of her success…
calls for justice in the midst of advent joy
This coming Sunday we will light the third candle on the Advent wreath – the candle for JOY. We hear in the midst of this…
kitchen sitting
One of my favorite holiday activities is sitting in the kitchen and hearing stories. I’m at my grandpas right now – our christmas house –…
Lost my religion… or my religion lost me
Francisco Viri, “The Agnostic Survivor”, Watercolor, 56 x 39 cms., 2002 As many of you know – my husband isn’t involved at all in church…
entering the fray: Psalm 109
For those of you who might have missed it, there has been a wave of t-shirts, bumper stickers and other such things that say “Pray…