Post 40/2024. Goshen, Indiana. The state of being peaceful, calm and untroubled. Serenity. Tranquility. A sense of peace and quiet. How can that be in these storm-tossed, fevered, splintered October days, like similar onslaughts of September, August, July, ad infinitum? I do venture that a smile--and a spot of beauty--helps. The October Club The October …
Make mine a tranquil week ahead
Post 39/2024, Goshen, Indiana. I've reduced my diet of news reading, especially US election related. I have definite opinions and hopes related to the voting on November 5. I'm hopeful that what's better for the vast majority of people that make up the country will come to pass. I'm drawn to the First Testament book …
Moon, summer’s close, Cornwall, friendship
Post 38/2024. Goshen, Indiana. THE HARVEST MOON glowed softly as I peered at it from our driveway and snapped it handheld. Of late I've been testing my old, assumed no longer functional, point and shoot pocket camera, a Nikon Coolpix S7000. I retired the camera some years ago because of cloudy (moisture?) spots on the …
Briefly
Post 37/2024. Goshen, Indiana. Briefly, as in a text. Full, fun weekend with friend Marcia visiting. Food prepared. Plans in place. Loads to talk about. Oh, I have to water the flower pots outside. So it is. Anticipation! (Leaf on sidewalk from a year ago. I had trouble downloading all the shots from this week). …
Trite but true: time flies
Post 36/2024. Rome City, Indiana. If I've said it once, I've said it untold times: time flies. I bury my nose in a book, do various projects around home, take walks, go to appointments, nap, follow the news, get groceries, visit with folks--September has already had it all as the month sails on. Here's a …
A beautiful time
Post 35/2020 Goshen, Indiana. On Thursday we had a rare early morning fog that dissipated as we drove to Sturgis, Michigan for breakfast with Jan and John and then an overnight stay at their home on Perrin Lake. After breakfast I had my first visit to a Scrapbooking store. I needed adessive for a framed …
We, too, wax and wane
Post 34/2024 Goshen IN. The super blue moon appeared on Monday, August 19. Another blue super moon is forecast for May 2027. The moon's next first quarter waxing phase starts on September 2 at 9:55PM Eastern Standard Time (September 3 at 0155 Greenwich Mean Time). The blue moon on Tuesday, August 20. The moon takes …
The potato salad please
Post 33/2024. Goshen, Indiana. The barbeques we've enjoyed this summer have been nothing short of smashing. Something grilled, something in a dish, something among the many desserts. We've relished lovely up-tempo fiestas with friends and family away and with company at home. These gatherings offer food for body, mind and spirit. Soul food. One such …
Doom-and-gloom? Nah.
Post 32/2024. Goshen, Indiana. Catastrophic weather, political upheavals, Coronavirus mutations, stock market volatility, nations in war-like conflict, you'd be hard-pressed not to think life is pretty unmanageable right now. Apocalypse? Armageddon? Nah. Certainly, there are serious matters afoot. The globe is not in a happy place. Hope, peace, fearlessness, lands flowing with milk and honey, …
‘I see.’
Post 31/2020. Goshen, Indiana. I'm posting a short, personal note. I had cataract surgery on Monday and the wonder is that I can see in the distance like I've never been able to do without glasses. All those corrective lenses from the wire frame glasses I once left hanging on a garden fence while we …
It's About Now 