Easter comes early this year; so, then, does the season of Lent.
In my growing up years, I didn’t know what Lent was—had never even heard of it. I don’t think the word even entered my consciousness until late high school, when an old, out-of-town friend of mine (my godmother’s daughter, who was Lutheran) told [...]
Archive for January, 2008
31 Jan
Thinking About Lent
28 Jan
What Should I Be When I Grow Up?
You Should Be an Artist
You are incredibly creative, spontaneous, and unique.
No one can guess what you’re going to do next, but it’s usually something amazing.
You can’t deal with routine, rules, or structure. You’re easily bored.
As long as you are able to innovate and break the rules, you are extremely successful.You do best when you:
- Can [...]
24 Jan
Journal Guilt
With the exception of a brief foray into diary-writing in 9th grade, I never kept a journal until college. I started one the second semester of my freshman year at Michigan, and I’ve been journaling ever since…..though not so faithfully, I’m afraid.
This afternoon I was feeling restless. I’d just finished a really good [...]
24 Jan
Recipe: My Favorite Salsa
My mom got the original version of this recipe at Publix, and we were going to make it for our New Year’s hang-out in St. Pete.
The original recipe used black-eyed peas (which we couldn’t find at the grocery store we actually shopped at for the ingredients), so we used black beans instead. Also, we [...]
23 Jan
Waiting on a Change in the Weather
Seasons in the South are so weird.
Summer, of course, is long and hot.
Then autumn slowly makes its way onto the scene, starting in October. The leaves blaze gorgeous color for a week or two, right around Thanksgiving; and then in December they fall and fall and fall—you look out the window and find it [...]
16 Jan
A Few Fine Things
Last year, I had strep throat three times. Since my last bout, I’ve had to deal with tonsillitis on a couple of occasions, but it was never “bad enough” that I felt I needed to rush in to see the doctor. This time, the sore throat is aggravating, and I think I may [...]
12 Jan
The Baby Bug
Everybody’s pregnant these days.
Well, it seems like it anyway.
Just off the top of my head, I can think of no less than 8 friends/family/acquaintances who are expecting—three I just found out about this week. And I imagine there are others who are newly pregnant and simply haven’t shared the news yet.
I remember the first [...]
9 Jan
A Few Pics from New Year’s (no champagne involved here)
I said I’d share a few photos from our time in St. Pete at New Year’s.
Here is the beach at Fort DeSoto in St. Pete. I couldn’t believe that here it was the beginning of January and we were walking around in our shorts, with the sun shining on our faces. A far [...]
8 Jan
To Tell the Truth…
I’ve not felt much like blogging lately. Just a post-holiday slump, I suppose. And I’ve had a lot on my mind—not all of it fit to share with all and sundry.
But I’m okay.
In the interest of keeping in touch, however, I will give you a list of random happenings/thoughts/whatnots, to tide you over [...]
