pink on a tuesday

by | Apr 12, 2010 | Tuesdays Unwrapped

I didn’t plant this tulip. It came up from the dirt beside our backdoor the first spring we lived here. It appeared from strong, green, leafy stems. I remember wondering what color it would turn out to be. Sometimes the best gifts are the ones we didn’t...

a book writing update

by | Apr 12, 2010 | writing

My biggest fear in writing this book is that it will be too much: too cheesy, too serious, too silly, too theological, too personal, too generic, too much. And also not enough. And oh, by the way, poorly written. And also irrelevant. So I guess you add up all those...

to breathe

by | Apr 9, 2010 | breathe, inspiration

Mentally, I’ve been fighting for stillness, slowness and space. But Reality keeps barging in with her big ways and her long lists. It takes work to create a new reality, as the old one is ever so stubborn. I desperately want this to be a space where I am...

for the love of the mantel

by | Apr 8, 2010 | Home

I haven’t posted much in the house-lover category lately. In a way I feel like there isn’t an inch of this house you haven’t already seen. Still, when I heard my sister was doing a mantel linky at her place today, it felt like a great springy thing...

change always comes bearing gifts

by | Apr 7, 2010 | Uncategorized

“Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything has changed.” -Irene Peter Remember that post I did on change a few weeks ago? This might be a good time to read it again. {wink}. It was simply time for a change. What you saw on the former...