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]
The longing to travel
I love to travel, and I love to travel to strange mysterious countries, with pristine, old misty towering forests; semi-abandoned wayside stone churches; remote, lonely. What country am I thinking of, Switzerland, Scotland, or somewhere I … [Continue reading]
Francois Mauriac and Elie Wiesel
The Mentoring of Elie Wiesel by Francois MauriacOur small group is going through Philip Yancey's DVD series What is so Amazing about Grace? He recounted a lovely story about a meeting between Mauriac and Elie Wiesel. Mauriac was at that time France's … [Continue reading]
THE LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO BY GIOVANNI GUARESCHI
THE LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO BY GIOVANNI GUARESCHICharles Darwin said that as he aged fewer and fewer things gave him delight. That's a melancholy reflection which I hope will not be true of me. However, it's perhaps becoming a rarer experience … [Continue reading]
Scripture–The Psalms as therapy
A day of minor distraction, and perhaps a faint sense of not all being right with the world, and, of course, it isn't! Sometimes, I feel very aware of the presence of evil. Felt jangled and distracted inside. So, instead of writing, I settled down … [Continue reading]
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