Good-bye, October!  Hello, November! Pumpkins forever! The Words:  50,000 of them, courtesy of NaNoWriMo, a.k.a. National Novel Writing Month.  Why?  For the joy of writing, of course!  So many words over there, so there will be pictures over here. The Pictures:  Lisa Clarke at Polka Dot Cottage is celebrating a Month of Gratitude by taking…

“Garments of Love”  by Christopher Grundy, Eden Seminary professor Therefore, as God’s chosen people,  holy and dearly loved,  clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.  Forgive as the Lord forgave you.  And over all these virtues put on love, which…

True story:  I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and was a little restless.  Normally, I would just go ahead and get fully awake and start the day.  Today is my day off, and I really wanted to do that thing that is so unlike me:  stay in bed past 5:00 in the morning!   So…

missing it, him, them gone from sight, no gratitude no record, erased gazing shifts up now summer’s gentle loving call “come and play again”