We have fireflies and hummingbirds.The woods at night are filled with tiny flickers of light that are the fireflies. Tom stands and leans out over the railing of the high back deck above the woods and watches them before he comes to bed. Night lights of the best kind.By day, hummingbirds come to gather sweet [...]
I'm tired of thinking about and even writing about plumbing, so I won't. As of yesterday, it's presumably (do I sound a bit skeptical here in my cynical years?) fixed. So, an element of calm has descended upon the land.I say element of calm because that elusive peace is still to be completely captured, [...]
Lo after these many days a bright light was seen in the east - or west - or south, all depending on what direction you live from me, as Dee Ann once again sat at her big old government surplus desk at her computer, which was set just the way she wanted it, and started [...]
We're off this afternoon for the rest of the week to the Beau Rivage in Biloxi where the Mississippi Press Association is holding its big Summer Convention. We are really excited about it this year for a lot of reasons, one being that Tom is going to be installed as the new President of the [...]
Authentic religion is not a theology
test. It's a love test.
Oliver Thomas Here's yet another good quote I got the other morning in my daily devotional email I get from "This Day's Thought." I really like this one a lot and agree with it wholeheartedly. Don't you? Or do you? If you don't, go back [...]
Here I sit, Dee Ann Davidson O'Neil Andrews, Esq. (see My Profile for the explanation for all of that and My Resume for the rest - it's a long complicated story), the one who is always cheery and upbeat encouraging everyone around the blogging world, moping around in a terribly despondent state of mind.If you've [...]
Hi! Sorry to be so late, but our fruits of the Spirit word to work on this week is "quiet." Be quiet, or to lead a quiet life.This one you would think would be easy to do, but I'm finding of late, what with all of the stresses of trying to finish our new house [...]
One is given strength to bear what
happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.
C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis is one of my most favorite authors. ("Most" favorite, Dee Ann? What's with this "most" favorite?!) Anyway . . . I really like this quote and would like to comment on it [...]
Hi, friends. Sorry I've been absent the past two or three days. We're getting close to moving into our house (two more weeks!) and things have gotten really busy, as you might expect. But I wanted to take the time to give you our fruits of the Spirit word for this week for us all [...]
Ironing is an humble task. I learned to iron from my mother.I used to do it all of the time. I ironed at least once a week for a long time starching and pressing Tom's white dress shirts for work because he wears a suit every day to work most of the time. He needs [...]