>Part of the reason I find it difficult to blog is that I don't have time, but a big factor is my fractured focus.I have so many different projects and responsibilities that I can't concentrate on anything for an extended period of time. My mind flits from one thing to another like a butterfly fluttering … Continue reading >Fractured Focus

>This morning I was lying awake in bed after the alarm went off about 4:35, when I felt myself rocking. I thought my husband had come quietly into the room and was bumping the mattress to wake me without making noise that might disturb our sleeping puppy. But when I looked up, he wasn't there. … Continue reading >Earthquake

>There's an item on Yahoo News this morning about earth's mysterious hum. It seems that the earth itself emits a low frequency sound that humans cannot hear and only special equipment can detect.Scientists are puzzled. They should read the Bible.What we think of as inanimate objects are described as "singing" for joy before the Lord. … Continue reading >The Earth Sings for Joy

>In mid-February, I blogged about winter soon being past and hearing the voice of the dove in the land. Yesterday was the first day of spring. It was also the first day I heard the peeping of the tree frogs in our swamp.During the long frozen winter, I had forgotten all about tree frogs. But … Continue reading >Voice of the … Tree Frog?

>Every Secret Thing by Ann Tatlock Bethany House Publishers; paperback; 367 pages; © 2007Reviewed by Glenda MathesAs a church librarian, I am always looking for quality fiction that combines talented storytelling with literary excellence. Ann Tatlock never disappoints. She is one of few superb writers in the Christian fiction genre.Her sixth novel, Every Secret Thing, … Continue reading >Every Secret Thing: A Book Review

>This first day of March, I think of that old saying about the month coming, "in like a lion, out like a lamb."I take the maxim to mean that if March begins with a blustery day, it may end with a calm day. The opposite seems implied; if March begins with mild weather, it may … Continue reading >The Lion and the Lamb

>I finally snuck up on a mourning dove on our deck and got some pictures, these two of which are the best.

>Yesterday I expressed my hope that the voice of the turtledove would soon be heard in the land.Later in the day, I realized that I was actually hearing the voice of the turtledove--or at least the voice of the mourning dove--which is as close as you can get in North America!This winter several mourning doves … Continue reading >Voice of the dove

> ...and never Christmas.Those words from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe have been sticking in my mind, especially today as the softly falling snowflakes glint in the pale light and stick in clumps to bare gray branches and bowing green junipers.The little girl and boy perpetually reading on the bench beside our walk … Continue reading >Always Winter…

>We recently returned from a cruise in the eastern Caribbean with my husband's siblings. What was supposed to be a seven-night cruise turned into a five-night cruise when we missed our connection to Miami due to fog in Memphis. The quickest possible alternate connection brought us to Miami about a half hour after the ship's … Continue reading >Cruise News