Pondering and Pinochle

Fire!!

fasting and praying

Jeesh
I just spent two hours writing a new post about how enlightened I have become in the last 12 months. I hit the publish button and my post vanished, never to be seen again. Sooo… I am re-thinking just how much I have my act together. Laughing hysterically. Maybe a bit too hysterically. I have to go rant on Facebook, my latest addiction. See ya’ll later. Posted in brain dump

It is October 3rd!!
Today is my birthday! That’s all. I just wanted to say it! In case some one missed it. I love my birthday! Posted in Uncategorized

Prayer of a dreamer
Dear Lord, I have allowed too many doubts to arise and cloud my vision. The voices around me have overwhelmed Your quiet, sure voice and I have lost my way. Where my heart used to ache to spend another moment with You, it now vaguely wonders what today will bring. Ambivalent. Bored. Far in the distance I hear a familiar calling but I can not quite make it out. I can not discern my way to the Voice. Gentle Shepherd, please, lead me back to the path that leads me to You and to my destiny. Amen Posted in Uncategorized

Around the corner….
I believe that we have turned a corner. Friends that see us out keep commenting on how good Ed looks. I have to agree as I have seen some color come back into his face and some weight come back onto his bones. When he first got home from the hospital he was very weak and his face was absolutely grey. The struggle he has with his breathing was taking a huge toll on him while his body worked very hard to mend from a broken hip, two surgeries and blood transfusions. He couldn’t seem to stay awake for more than a couple of hours at a time and when he was awake he didn’t have a lot of energy to do much. Most of his energy was spent on physical therapy which, as i

Spiders and Moles!
So, my garden is alive with spiders. I have to be really aware of where I am walking because banana spiders love to take up a whole path by running their webs right across the whole thing. For reference to that fact see my post entitled “Ah, Nature.” Here is a different banana spider in a higher part of the garden. I had to snap this shot because I was enamored with the way the sun illuminated the intricate work of the web. All my life, I have been really creepe