I go this week.
We go.
And we do not go alone.
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Today’s find: A time to tremble
I looked it up: a large round galvanized stock tank weighs about 175 pounds, empty.
So very odd then, I thought, to see just such a steel tank suspended 25 feet aloft and crumpled like foil against the trunk of a maple tree in the farmhouse yard.
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Today’s find: ‘attenchen.’
Odd, isn’t it? When you’re 6 or 8 it feels like liberation to no longer have a Designated Nap Time (DNT) as part of the daily routine. When you’re 68, you come to see the DNT as one of life’s most profound little blessings.
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Today’s find: Patterns
It was my Sweetie, the artist, who pointed it out – how the smooth blanket of snow on our deck had morphed into something new, something a bit more interesting.
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Today’s find: Hanging question
Puzzled we were, the 6:30 Daily Mass Coffee Boys. Bumfuzzled, and therefore apparently in good company.
Continue readingToday’s find: Excess
Heard there’s a big game today, so I think I’ll make a double-batch.
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Today’s find: Back-door welcome
The entrance didn’t exactly exude “fellowship.”
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Today’s find: Finished
You’re welcome, folks.
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Today’s find: Fog of family
Was Mary – the Blessed Mother – an irresponsible parent?
Such was the notion I heard expressed on Saturday morn, at our regular weekly scripture study.
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Today’s find: Silly songs
A pair of Energetic Elves stopped by on Christmas Eve-eve … to lend a hand with one last round of cookie-baking.
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With Us Still 