reflecting on various topics
I am experimenting with making a post on Wednesdays involving drinking a hot beverage with the intent to think about positive things for a while and nothing about politics. Harumph and good morning to you. The freak-outs in me acknowledge the freak-outs in you. Let’s see. The roses are blooming in my backyard! I picked …
there is a bird war happening on the top of the neighbor’s roof there was a bird war happening on top of the neighbor’s roof there is a victorious seagull on top of the neighbor’s roof a kingly perch, surveying his spoils he walks around, keeping a careful lookout but for what, I ask? There …
I’ve tried writing this a few times. It feels scary because… well. I’m just sharing what’s helped me; that doesn’t mean it’s “good” or “best” or “enough” or anything. Things are so bad right now… I don’t even know where to start, even writing about it, is the truth. Attacks on basic human rights everywhere …
Yesterday we celebrated my oldest’s birthday 🙂 The kids had brought home some flowers from school, which I thought were so pretty! Alex made pizza. I made pound cake, which was had with vanilla ice cream and berries. Both kids whooped us at Go Fish! I’m so grateful right now. Treasuring small memories and moments. …
Hi. Yes, we still have our Christmas Tree up. It’s a Biblically Accurate Christmas Tree ™ because did anyone take the star from the sky after the wise men followed it? No, it stayed in the sky. So. I hope you’re doing ok. I thought I’d share a quote I found by Pope Francis. “We …
ok. Hi! I am planning an experiment. The experiment is this: for me to make a weekly post that has the purpose of 1) centering me on positive things and 2) connecting us, while hopefully 3) providing respite from **the horrors that persist**, especially the political horrors that persist. I have considered re-naming my blog …
We celebrated my precious dad’s birthday the next day, which was delightful, and provided another reason to bake cake, which is fun. I tried a new recipe for vanilla cake, and then made strawberry buttercream for the inside, and raspberry buttercream for the outside. I’m so glad we could be together. ♥️
🐇 The kids and A went to church in the morning, then we had an egg hunt. My parents and brother came over :). Made a turkey. It turkied. I tried out a new recipe for vanilla pound cake. I managed to bake it, at least part of the time, with the oven off, so …
I was reading in the news yesterday about the way that the current administration is leaning into a lot of “Christianny” things in the White House itself. Here is the NYTimes article- “Christianity in the White House,” by Ruth Graham. There’s also a video down at the end of it. It’s really quite interesting. The …
I’ve been using Qubes OS daily for over a year now, and just thought I’d talk about it. In case you haven’t heard of it, (here is its website), it’s a linux operating system that lets you separate your activities into different virtual machines (VMs), to increase security. (A virtual machine is like a computer …
