>My husband and I wish that all the people who mindlessly say "Turkey Day" instead of "Thanksgiving" would change their tune.Perhaps they haven't thought it through, but calling Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" is just another way of focusing on food rather than on God.Contrary to modern popular opinion, Thanksgiving isn't about getting together with family and … Continue reading >Gratitude, not Gluttony

>It was my birthday yesterday. The number shall remain unmentioned. Last year may very well have been the last birthday on which I openly acknowledge my age. If that old adage about being only as old as you feel is true, there are frequently days that I feel about 86! I'm still a few decades … Continue reading >Birthday Excitement

>Three and a half years ago, on May 30, 2006, Dave and I saw a Pileated Woodpecker on a tree in our backyard. I ran to get my camera, but it flew away just as I held it up to take a picture.Today we saw one again. And this time I got pictures! This is … Continue reading >Pileated Woodpecker

>Our little Yorky-poo, Libby, had a long-awaited groom on Tuesday. She got her hair cut very short around her face and neck, but left longer on her ears and body. When the groomer brought her to me with two tiny pink bows at the base of her ears, I thought she looked like a Hollywood … Continue reading >Libby’s New Look

>For the last few months, I've felt--as Thomas Aquinas is reported to have said three months before his death--that all I write is "so much straw."Aquinas, a Medieval Catholic scholar best known for his Summa Theologica, was a prolific author who apparently experienced a vision or mystical revelation and suddenly ceased writing. When asked by … Continue reading >So Much Straw

>Two months ago today we moved my sister to a nursing home about a half hour away. Tommorrow we must move her to another nursing home about an hour away.She keeps trying to exit the building and since it is not a locked facility, this created a lot of problems for the staff. We hope … Continue reading >Two Months Later

>Am I the only one who gets annoyed at advertisements on email accounts?My Gmail account picks up random phrases or words from the contents of messages and slaps what its cybermind views as related advertisements on the side of my work space. So while I'm discussing "belief systems" in the context of writing a Christian … Continue reading >Geeking Beeke

>Today is a happy day!Today I was able to send away Lesson 13 in the Grade 5 catechism curriculum I am writing. Since the volume will have 25 lessons, this means I am just over halfway—an attained goal that makes me ecstatic!I was asked in July if I would be willing and able to write … Continue reading >Halfway! Yea!

>On this soggy morning, I'm working hard on mind control.Which is to say, I'm trying to control my mind's view of routine things in my life. I'm thinking about things I like: getting work accomplished, spending time with family, and spending time with God. And I'm thinking about things I don't like: spinning my wheels … Continue reading >Mind Control

>On most days, I take our little Yorkypoo Layla outside five or six times. She is very good about doing her business quickly and it generally only takes about five minutes, so it takes very little time from my work. And it is good for my mind and my body to take an occasional break … Continue reading >Looking Up