Because our bedroom windows face the rising sun, the room can get extremely bright at five in the morning during the summer. Thus we have light blocking shades. No light pierces that barrier but it does slice through the cracks between the edges of the...
It all started days ago when I thoughtlessly put the mayonnaise jar back in the fridge with the lid unscrewed. It finished today when I lifted the jar out of the fridge holding only the lid. Fortunately the jar was plastic and not glass, but...
All of a sudden this afternoon I really wanted an apple turnover. I have no idea from where this came. I was driving, not by apple trees, not by a bakery, and soon I found myself swinging into a supermarket parking lot. I am puzzled...
Before taking my car for its annual state inspection today, I looked in the glove box for the registration. They will not inspect the car without it and it wasn’t there. Thus began the search. I looked and looked throughout the car and house to...
The evening’s news was headlined by the horror of the terrorist attack in the mall in Nairobi. One of the women who escaped reported that “Bullets were flying everywhere. God saved me.” Sixty-five plus people were killed. Obviously God did not save them. This supposed fickleness...
Our local high school band practices outside on October evenings. The traditional band sounds float up our hill. Even from a distance I can hear them getting better and better each night. When they start I can’t identify any particular song but after a couple...
I am a creature of habit. Almost every morning I have a bowl of cereal. So you can imagine my consternation this morning to discover we were milkless. I opened the fridge only to discover an empty shelf. How can one possibly eat cereal without...
Usually I enjoy talking about the more grace-filled statements of Jesus like John 3:17, “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him” but today I noted what has to be Jesus’ most...
Gray days - soothing days - the soft patter of rain washing the leaves one last time before their final descent displaying their true colors minus chlorophyll. Greens are replaced by reds, rusts and yellows. Soon the leaves will be a blanket protecting the fallen...
It's evening in October in Massachusetts. It is 63 degrees and the moon is full. We haven't had a frost yet so the Hydrangeas and the Black-Eyed Susans are in their full glory along with a host of late summer bloomers not yet touched with...