Lovely run today with my collie Jake bounding beside me, his tail wagging with joy. We have much to learn from dogs: joy, love, forgiveness, living in the present, revelling in movement. I love seeing dogs leap & fly over the fields … [Continue reading]
Life is short & we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those we love
"Oh, do not let us wait to be just or pitiful or demonstrative toward those we love until they or we are struck down by illness or threatened with death! Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are … [Continue reading]
I didn’t marry you for cleverer or stupider.
I (successfully) tried to get the lean, muscular Roy to go to the gym with me. Exasperated, he said, "Anita, I married you for better or for worse, richer or poorer. I did not say "for stupider or cleverer." Irene listened with furrowed … [Continue reading]
Prayer Revises the Plot
Revising the plot! When our lives seems to have run into the desert sands of barrenness, and we wonder if we've lost our way, constant prayer can bring a surprising plot reversal--beauty from ashes, streams in the desert--rescuing one from … [Continue reading]
Irene’s antics
That hilarious little Irene sometimes follows Roy and me around with her laptop, recording our conversations, then playing them back to us. "Could some gift the giftie give us/ To hear ourselves as others hear us!" … [Continue reading]
Magical beauty from a few seeds!
Last summer, the little patch of nasturtiums and sunflowers that Irene planted on a whim on Easter Sunday around our purple buddleia became the brightest spot in the garden. The sunflowers were huge and glorious. It's amazing how much beauty … [Continue reading]
The Wisdom of Irene
A relative gave us a surprise, a generous cash gift. I was very pleased, but once we safely invested it, I observed to Irene, "See, I told you money does not make one happy. We now have XX pounds, and are no happier than we were before." Irene, … [Continue reading]
Irene and salad
Tried a salad recipe from a book I am reading with much interest and enjoyment--Helen Nearing's "Simple Food for the Good Life." It was lettuce and fresh dandelion leaves salad. Irene said, "MUM, I am so HUMILIATED! I am not a RABBIT. … [Continue reading]
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