Christmastime is Here

Finally!
Yay for Christmas music and decorations and peppermint mochas from Starbucks!
Yay for Christmas shopping and parties and lights on houses!
Yay for snow, sort of, today! (It didn’t stick but it sure looked pretty coming down.)
Yay for the beginning of Advent and Advent Vespers services on Wednesday nights.
Just yay!

Joke Time: Political Campaign Time*

While walking down the street one day a politician is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the  entrance.  ‘Welcome to heaven,’ says St. Peter.  ‘Before you settle in,  it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these [...]

Another Sign of the Season

I wrote earlier this week about things that signify autumn is on it’s way. The weather still hasn’t really shown it but I don’t expect that around here. No, this was in the form of one of my favorite beverages.
Ahh…the Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks! I had my first one of the season on Tuesday [...]

Here’s Your Sign

It seems to me that the best “sign” that an able-minded person can receive from God is the simple fact that God saw fit to endow you with a working brain. If you are of rational mind and reasonable intelligence, I don’t think it’s necessary to try and find “signs” that you are doing the [...]

Anticipating Summer

School is almost out. And I’m simultaneously looking forward to and dreading summer. Summer can be fun. There are lots of things we get to do during summer that don’t happen at other times. Like: spending hours and hours at the pool; not having to get up early to get ready for school (though GMan [...]

Peaceful

Edgy

I set out to write something provocative and edgy this morning.
Somewhere along the way it turned to mush.
I’ve never had an edge, so it’s not like I lost it.
Instead, I need to find one.
Wanted: the edge I never had.
Assuming: it comes with the courage to use it.

How Arthur Changed My Life

Yes, Arthur, originally created by Marc Brown as a book series and now a popular children’s television program on PBS. Here’s how it happened. I’m sitting in the living room with GMan sipping my coffee and trying to wake-up (I’ve a bit of allergy/head cold thing going on). GMan’s watching Arthur and today’s episode is [...]

Answers for “Not a Meme”

First, I’ll address some of the answers that were said about me. Tanya & Lisa not only got my middle name right but they spelled it correctly, too! (I can’t even spell right sometimes!) Tanya was the only one to get my eye color right. Sheryl & Brenda both hit the nail on the head [...]

Enough is enough

  This is one of those subjects that I don’t know what to write because I have no business talking about it.  So, I am just going to start writing out my thoughts because I need them all in one place so that maybe I can draw some conclusion from them. 
I have been doing a lot of thinking about the [...]