In recent days, I’ve noticed a common refrain among friends and acquaintances when I mention that we’re hosting a 97th birthday party for my Mom.
“Wow!!” they say. “Wow!”
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Today’s find: Widow’s mite
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Tags: G-G-G, Great-Grandma Georgia, Widow of Zarephath, Widow's Mite
Today’s find: Gathering gourds
Grandson #1 disappeared into the thicket of the crabapple tree. And so, yesterday’s gourd harvest had begun.
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Tags: 29th Sunday In Ordinary Time, Climbing Vines, Crabapple tree, Gathering gourds, Gourd, Gourd harvest, Suffering Servant
Today’s find: Net-net
Spent a few hours yesterday helping set up for Sausage Supper.
Continue readingToday’s find: Champs
The Cup is coming home again, at last.
Continue readingToday’s find: Sushi
I took a trip to Tokyo the other day, and came away unimpressed.
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Tags: Joshua, Moses, Nigiri, Sushi, Tokyo Sushi, Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Today’s find: Golden
It’s the oddest feeling, celebrating one’s 50th anniversary of high school graduation. There’s a part of my brain that’s still 18 years-old, and it protests vociferously: “No…it can’t be 50! Twenty-five years…or 30, maybe. But half-a-century? That simply cannot be.”
Continue readingToday’s find: Going low-(ish)
“Well, that’s going to leave a mark…” I muttered disgustedly, after yanking my very first shot into the weeds at Golf League the other day.
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Tags: Going Low, Going low(ish), Psalm 116, Salvation, Suffering, Transformation, Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s find: PGA Champions
More than once yesterday, I found my patience being tested out on the course. “Man, these guys are playing SLOW…” I thought to myself. (And maybe I even griped about it out loud.)
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