Posts Tagged With: God

Today’s find: Glory, fading

Posted on April 13, 2025 by John Schroeder

At last arrives the time for a personal “hosana” or two. Fortunately, it comes with a lesson.

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Today’s find: Deluge

Posted on April 6, 2025 by John Schroeder

It’s a good 400 paces, maybe 450, heading north from the Visitor’s parking lot to the Gatehouse at Menard Correctional Center. Once inside, you retrace almost every one of those steps, heading south along Front Street, in order to reach the Chapel.

No big deal on a nice day. But when nasty weather rears, the walk can be brutal.

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Today’s find: Cookie diplomacy

Posted on March 30, 2025 by John Schroeder

I go this week.

We go.

And we do not go alone.

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Today’s find: ‘attenchen.’

Posted on March 16, 2025 by John Schroeder

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

Posted on February 23, 2025 by John Schroeder

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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