I’ve been bursting with projects lately and ought not have waited so long to share. I suppose this would all go faster if I took pictures with something connected to the internet, but I don’t so I’m finally getting to it now (and not without a tussle every now and then with my toddler son!).Continue reading “Projects! Projects! Projects!”
Unfriending the Stranger: on the need more stratification in relationships
Have we lost the distinction between friend, stranger and acquaintance? It seems like it goes without saying, yet I wonder if the value of boundaries is becoming more and more lost in our culture. Real Simple panelists proposed five “old-timey” traditions they would like to see brought back. One panelist while proposing the return ofContinue reading “Unfriending the Stranger: on the need more stratification in relationships”
Reflections on Gift from the Sea: The final sections (6, 7, and 8)
When I was in 8th grade, I fell in love with Christ. Every year following that was romance, beauty and yearning for his battlefields. When I married, my world became smaller. The trials we experienced were pressing and though a part of me still looked out to the larger world, planetal awareness, as Mrs. LindberghContinue reading “Reflections on Gift from the Sea: The final sections (6, 7, and 8)”
THE END OF THE ARENA
It was quiet and the sun was setting for the day. What a long day and yet, as she saw the colors change in the sky, the laughter and love among companions, she thought to herself, “we have been blessed.” It was a good battle. The last fight was carried by their king’s strength. NotContinue reading “THE END OF THE ARENA”
Reflections on Gift from the Sea: Part Six
Argonauta Continuing on with the reading of Gift from the Sea. I should start every reflection post with this explanation. Quotes from the book are in plain font and my thoughts are in italics. I believe there is, after the oyster bed, an opportunity for the best relationship of all: not a limited, mutually exclusiveContinue reading “Reflections on Gift from the Sea: Part Six”
Black Friday: A look ahead
Black Friday. That ominous day for some, a thrilling adventure for others. Every Thanksgiving we made the eternal long drive to my aunt’s house in Redding. In reality the drive took three hours. We spent several days there. Thanksgiving was spent cooking, sitting around, eating, watching professional and college football. That evening, individuals waded throughContinue reading “Black Friday: A look ahead”
Reflections on Gift from the Sea: Part Five
It looks rather like the house of a big family, pushing out one addition after another to hold its teeming life… I have questioned myself on this. We have so much stuff. I used to feel guilty when I would pack so many things to travel. Why do I take so much? Everyone seemed toContinue reading “Reflections on Gift from the Sea: Part Five”
Reflection on Gift From the Sea: Part Four
I began reading this book as an exciting venture into the world of book clubs with a good friend of mine. I did not know what to expect. When I last posted my reflections I ended with an acknowledgment of the need and will to build, refresh and restore the relationship with my little four-yearContinue reading “Reflection on Gift From the Sea: Part Four”
PROPOSAL
During a moment of respite, the girl looked up at the king. She recalled his invitation and heard those words again in her heart, “do you want this?” She answered him, “yes, yes, I do want to marry you.” The king smiled at her. It was her first real “yes” to his call. The girlContinue reading “PROPOSAL”
Questions on suffering: why do we suffer?
We need it all. This is part of gradualism. Presentation of the Church as a haven. Heaven with angels and harps. But to some whose hearts have had to harden to survive, this is distasteful. They want reality. What is reality? Reality is a cross. Good Friday is reality. Mass is reality. If we goContinue reading “Questions on suffering: why do we suffer?”