This bears repeating over and over, loudly.

Need a Lenten devotional to follow? Here’s one created by women clergy, that you can download. I’m honored to have participated in this project, and I hope it adds meaning to your Lenten journey. Here’s the post from Julia Styles’ website: www.spiritualdirectionwithjulia.com/blog?fbclid=...

There’s this book l was really excited about, so I put it on my Christmas wish list. 25 pages into it, I realize I am not the target audience for this book. Now I don’t know what to do with it, because the person who gave it to me is sitting right next to me, anticipating my joy. There is no joy.

What does the thrift store do with all the donated items they can’t sell?

I couldn’t find my Bach Christmas Oratorio recording until I was putting away all the other Christmas music this week. So we’ve been listening to it in installments over the past few days. Didn’t realize how much I had missed having this ear worm!

This is how we celebrated NYE - how was yours?

Happy fifth day of Christmas!

I guess a few of you still need this reminder from Lady Mary…

I’m not preaching anywhere this Christmas, but if I were, this is the message I would bring. If you are a preacher struggling to get it all done this week, accept this as my gift to you. pastorsings.com/2018/12/24/a...

Beware the Ghost of Christmas Future Imperfect Conditional, friends.

I need your best pimiento cheese recipe stat. Especially if it has a secret ingredient!

Someone commented on a sermon I posted 3 years ago on YouTube “God repents!? Where does it say that in the Bible? God doesn’t repent!” Um, check Genesis 6, 1 Chronicles 21, and Jonah 3. God can change God’s mind if she wants to.

Yesterday was peanut butter fudge and Christmas jam-making day. Today it’s apricot chutney and sending Christmas cards day. How are your holiday preparations going?

We just took a trailer load of yard waste to the city compost site, and brought back a trailer load of finished compost. The garden is going to be so happy in March, and I am so grateful our little community has this FREE resource!

Happy St. Nicholas Day!

My good friend and former colleague wrote a beautiful song for children to sing. Choral directors, I think it is published by Sweet Pipes. Recently performed at the American Orff-Schulwerk convention. I am so proud of her, but mostly I want you to hear this. And have hope. youtu.be/h15JefxmRgk?...

We’ve achieved the Answer to the great question of life, the universe, and everything: 42 years of wedded bliss! Happy Anniversary to the love of my life!

I need a polite answer to the often-asked question, “so what are you doing now that you are retired?” Because my first impulse is to say, “I’m retired - why do you assume I have to be doing anything?” Suggestions?

Evensong was lovely.

We leave for the UK tomorrow afternoon, and my bag is packed and ready to go! I don’t think I’ve ever been packed this early before. And yes, it all fit in a carry-on and personal item.

Our tech-savvy kids call us “not quite Luddites” but we successfully installed a new Ring doorbell and rear deck Ring camera today. Please clap.

John Wesley meme for the day.

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Passport renewal application is in the mail! Looking forward to England in April.

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@sacwriter.bsky.social I need rose bush advice. Do you cut yours back for the winter, or when/how do you prune them?

Just put down our deposit for a trip to England next April. Itinerary includes not one, But TWO evensongs!

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@brianalto.bsky.social ah, there you are!

Me to spouse: I realized today that I resist being scheduled because I resent being told what to do or when to do it. Spouse: You just now figured this out?

Fall is in the air, so white chicken chili is on the menu tonight. It smells so good!

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Me: 280 bulbs planted. Spouse: 30 Hostas divided and distributed to new homes around the yard; new raised bed for next spring constructed and filled. We need showers, but the yard looks great.

My last Saturday Prayer for the RevWrites group for a while... pastorsings.com/2023/09/30/s...

There is no better spaghetti sauce on earth than that made with produce picked from the garden moments before it went in the pan. Tomatoes, green peppers, garlic, basil, oregano, thyme… next year I’m growing onions to make it complete.

I’ve been waiting for this golden moment when the leeks are still fresh and the weather is cool, so I can make cock-a-leekie with produce from my own garden. Tonight is the night!

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Siblings. Sheesh. This post is intentionally vague. Thanks for letting me vent.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=X-2e... RIP David McCallum

Going to a gala tonight for the women’s shelter I helped found. Haven’t been involved for 3 years, so I’m reminding myself to have fun and just admire all the things they’ve changed since I left!

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14 years ago today I was apparently canning tomato sauce. Guess what I’m doing today?

I see that my chronological Bible plan finally gets to the New Testament tomorrow, coinciding with the equinox and the latest prediction of the Rapture. Coincidence? I don’t think so!

Today would have been my brother's 78th birthday. Happy birthday, Chosen One.