Wondrous Works Blog

It covers  70.9% of the Earth’s surface, and is vital for all known forms of life It is a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain. It is a basic molecule made up of two hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom. It is a liquid, but can also be [...]

Meeting Mary Holmes was quite a blessing, tangibly and intangibly.   I first met Mary via a Facebook post regarding Coconut Oil.  Since I had recently written an article on Coconut Oil titled “The Tree of Life” , Mary’s post about it intrigued me.   One post led to another and when I learned Mary [.

“Free Trees”  the sign said.   During this time of year, especially in a bad economy, that sign should be a welcome sight.  However, it’s posting on the day before Christmas Eve might not attract too great a crowd.   Here in the Pacific Northwest evergreen trees are abundant and around Christmas tim

This is such a beautiful day I thought as I drove towards home after dropping my grandson off at school.  The sun was shining brightly. The clouds were putting on a wondrous display in the blue sky and the vibrant colors of fall shone all around me  What a wonderful day to be alive!   [...]

I held the book in my hands.  There it was, my creation in print!  Two years ago it was just a thought.  Now, after many days and nights of hard work it was a reality.  I was excited.!           I wanted to show and tell everyone.   I emailed  my closest friends.  “It’s here !  The [...]

“…an everlasting monument to the sacrificing devotion of a woman and of her capacity for that higher education from which she has been too long disbarred.”   –Abram Stevens Hewitt (“Father of the New York City Subway System”) When Abram Stevens Hewitt spoke those words at the dedication of the Brook

A recent visit to the local zoo renewed my interest in the giraffe.  Upon seeing that long necked, uniquely patterned animal walking gracefully around its habitat, I was awed by its beauty.  It stopped and looked at me.  I snapped its picture. For a moment in time this creature and I connected.   Wh

Wandering through a thrift store the other day I came upon an unusual looking TY Beanie Baby named “Beak”.    It was a plump bird, with a very long beak that had nostrils on the end of it, three toed feet, no tail, tiny wings and an almost camouflaged looking brown color.  What a strange [...]

“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time,  like to have a friend takes time.”   –Georgia O’Keeffe The wisdom of Georgia O’Keeffe lives on through her many quotes, even though it has been twenty five years since she passed [...]

The Tree of Life? While I was getting my hair cut the other day I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation going on next to me.  A man, getting his hair cut, was chatting with the hairstylist about a party he had recently attended where he was being honored for some achievement.  “Of all the [...]