Get right up again. Show some pluck like Donald Duck..." https://www.youtube.com/embed/3D1SesjvpIA Lent, Day 6 I've been questioning whether Donald Duck's example is the right one to follow. He doesn't always seem to get the better of the situation that way... In the personal introspection encouraged by Lent, I have come to the conclusion, that my … Continue reading “When Someone Knocks You Down …
Category: RED — The PRISM
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Lent, Day 3 Are tears supposed to be a part of Lent? I spent much of today, unexpectedly, in tears. I was pondering some recent predicaments, both personal and political, and thought of comparison's to The Emperor's New Clothes. When I looked up the story, I found it was by Hans Christian Andersen. Knowing that … Continue reading The Emperor’s New Clothes
A Lenten Sacrifice
Lent, Day 2 Growing up in a non-liturgical church tradition, Lent was only known as a season before Easter when people gave up certain items for self-sacrifice. It took going to college at a Wesleyan school, Houghton College, to learn that lent was more about freeing up time and resources for other spiritual disciplines; you … Continue reading A Lenten Sacrifice
No, You DON’T Love Me
Sometimes there are patterns in our lives that seem to have always been, but have to have started somehow. Jasini and I have one of those that confuses many of the people that know us. When one of us is speaking, who is actually speaking, that is the confusion. We speak as a couple: we … Continue reading No, You DON’T Love Me
So You Feel Attacked …
You are finding how well the shoe fits when you were never even meant to wear it. NoLynch Atlas, Old S;ayings Reconsidered, Hammerspace Publishers, 2024 Ed. In writing my Christmas letter for the blog last year, I am told I offended some of the people at the church I was attending: they felt attacked. But were … Continue reading So You Feel Attacked …
Greenhouse Tomatos
The greenhouse has an abundant supply of tomato plants; I am trying to make that an abundant supply of tomatoes. Back in the spring we started this year’s experiment with tomatoes by purchasing 12 tomato plants. Ten of them are still alive with green tomatoes still turning white to orange to red in the greenhouse … Continue reading Greenhouse Tomatos
The Greenhouse
As the picture shows, we have a eclectic collections of plants in the greenhouse. While far from full, the greenhouse has a sense of crowding, as one growing plant gets close to or invades the space of another, and has to be tamed or trained to stay within its spot. I got the greenhouse two … Continue reading The Greenhouse
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What’s Black and White and Smelled All Over?
It certainly isn't the skunks at Worlds of Fun. Tonight I saw two of the more than 10 skunks verified to be at the park, and have seen several of them over the course of the past several weeks, but I have yet to smell one of them (phew!) The skunks are in several places … Continue reading What’s Black and White and Smelled All Over?
Gracious Dental Care
I haven't had very good success with dentists recently, until now. Of my previous two dentists, the furthest back I got kicked out of by the receptionist when my cell phone dropped her call and I showed up at the office thinking I had given her my number and wondering why she hadn't called me … Continue reading Gracious Dental Care
At The Rainbow 