P.S. to Buzzed Tree
I’ve been asked to show you a picture of the tree that got the buzz cut. Here it is.
Time for a Haircut
The tree trimmers came out from under the rocks with the turn of the year. I agreed to “having the dead limbs trimmed out.” Then I went to my dentist appointment. When I came home I was surprised my one and only tree had a buzz cut. The picture above is what had been trimmed! I think I’ll not live long enough to have to pay for another trim! My books are available at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B007F5H0H4
Christmas Left-overs
After the celebrations are over and you have some portions of food left, why not take ham slices and make this yummy dish? It’s from the Stephenson’s Apple Orchard Cookbook. Mine is so stained and dog-eared I can barely read it, but It’s a great way to use ham that wasn’t eaten at Christmas. Ham Roulades- From Stephenson’s Apple Orchard Sauce: 2 tablespoons butter¼ cup flour¼ teaspoon salt1 cup hot milk ½ cup grated Swiss cheese (or Mozzarella) Melt butter…
A Christmas Poem
CHRISTMAS REVERE Behold with new awethe babe laid on straw who knew you before earth’s foundationand gives heavenly revelation to all who seek with diligenceHis face with reverence. Draw aside from Christmas rush.Be still; hear the hush. Ponder the One who paid the priceto offer eternal life to all who would humbly bow.Invite Him into your life now.
Watch This Before Christmas
The air is filled with Christmas music. The ads pop up on the computer screens advertising potential gifts. The mail is filled with tantalizing invitations to spend money. All of this is to get us into the swing of the season. Supposedly to bring Christmas joy. The real reason for the season often takes a back seat to all the frenetic frenzy. There is a series called The Chosen that will soon come out with its third season. You can…
Here Comes Christmas!
Someone ought to show this Christmas Cactus a calendar. This isn’t supposed to happen for another three weeks. By that time, this dear plant will be over and done for another year. Hope you all are not overwhelmed by a calendar that seems to run on high speed through this holiday season. Stop and consider the reason for the season and all that wonderful person is to you through your day-to-day lives. My books are available at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B007F5H0H4
Thanksgivings
One of the many things I’m thankful for is great neighbors. I began to blow the leaves into a pile the other day so I could suck them up with my Worx Leaf Sucker. My neighbor interrupted me with, “I’m going to blow leaves in my back yard. How about I blow yours in a pile first. You go in the house for an hour or so and then you can finish this job.” Who could refuse a deal like…
God, The Supreme Court, and Roe v. Wade
For the past 60 years we have turned our back increasingly on God, beginning with the Supreme Court decision to take prayer out of schools in ’62. The other day I ran across Numbers 14:11-12a which reads: And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst? I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them ….
Interactive Gratitude Praying
This past weekend we had a women’s retreat at church. One of the break-out sessions was on interactive praying. They featured the book The Joyful Journey: Listening to Immanuel. This book explains Immanuel Journaling. Beginning with His name, write to Jesus something for which you feel grateful. Then express to Him WHY you are grateful for the things you have listed. Then, beginning with your name, sit quietly before Him and write what you hear is His response to your gratitude….
A Found Poem-A Warning
A Found Poem-Sally Jadlow Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them by making changes in spacing and lines, or by adding or deleting text, thus imparting new meaning. In an article by Larry Tomczak, a board member for Intercessors for America recently titled Do You Know You’re Being Set Up? This is his warning to America. I’ve taken the quote from the Nuremberg Trials and…