(We picked out Summer, our next golden retriever, on Sunday. More on that later. Today here is my remembrance of how Willow got her name.) CRASH! Cj and I jumped. Again. We were in a bar on a Saturday afternoon not too far from where we lived. We thought we’d try it out, have someContinue reading “Naming Willow”
Category Archives: gratitude
All the words!
All the words I’ve stored on shelves all around! There must be millions. Surely the books in this house alone number in the thousands: There are 37 just on my Ray Bradbury shelf (36 Bradbury books and A Christmas Carol), one of eight bookshelves on the walls of this room and not counting the bookcasesContinue reading “All the words!”
This most amazing dawn
Part 5 of 5. Thank you, Lord, for this most amazing week. Sunday morning brings a new start, another round of seven days. Thank you, Lord, for this most amazing year. Jan. 1 brings another cycle of days and weeks and months. We are a rare set of generations, who are able to have saidContinue reading “This most amazing dawn”
This most amazing memory
Part 4 of 5. Thank you, Lord, for this most amazing day. This most amazing day does not begin with a trumpet fanfare proclaiming itself to the universe, unless you count a slow, steady emerging light defeating darkness as a fanfare — although you have to admit, wiping darkness off the landscape is a prettyContinue reading “This most amazing memory”
This most amazing existence
Part 3 of 5. It is a most amazing day, thank you, Lord. I slept in longer than yesterday, but the dog did, too, and the cat did not caterwaul for her morning meal as much as usual. The winds are calm, and the sky looks like it will allow the sunshine through — notContinue reading “This most amazing existence”
This most amazing hunt
Part 2 of 5. When the words flow, they flow, they race to come out, tumbling over one another. It helps to set the table with gratitude, I think, or I suspect. Call it invoking the Muse, praying to God, whatever helps, but a dose of gratitude, a dollop of awe, a recognition of miracles,Continue reading “This most amazing hunt”
This most amazing day
Part 1 of 5. Moments before I drifted off to sleep the other night, as I reveled in a chance to rest after a hectic but productive day, I thought, “Thank you, Lord, for this most amazing day.” For some reason I thought that would be a great thought to write about in the morningContinue reading “This most amazing day”
