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Archive for September, 2011

Gratitude is a very good thing. Every Friday we join Susanne at Living to Tell the Story in sharing 5 good things from our past week. Wow can you believe we are already saying goodbye to September?! A good friend died this past Sunday. Why would I share that in my 5 good things? I’m [...]

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…it’s O.K. to take liberties! After all here we are at the letter X in Alphabe-Thursday. I’m sure teacher Jenny would eXcuse us if we stray a bit on this letter. For my offering this week I went to Yarrow Bay, oh lookie a Y word for next week. I was hoping to find a [...]

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I’m getting ready for a special road trip on Saturday. If you live in Washington State come on up to the Bellingham Barnes and Noble on Guide-Meridian and join several of the Mennonite Girls at our book signing. The girls and I will be there from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. After that we are hopping in [...]

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Count It All Joy…

My friend Kathy B. from Count it all Joy Kathy B. began her last struggle with her illness on August 2nd. Since August 2nd many emails and texts have been  going back and forth among friends and family who could not stand watch at the hospital or be with her when she was released to [...]

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I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan Alone ~ Hymn

I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan Alone When I come to the river at the ending of day When the last winds of sorrow have blown There’ll be somebody waiting to show me the way I won’t have to cross Jordan alone I won’t have to cross Jordan alone Jesus died all my sins to [...]

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Not only is it Friday again but we are officially in our Fall Season. There are some things that do not change with the seasons and one of those things is the need to show our gratitude or to think on the good things in our lives. Thank you to Susanne for hosting Friday’s Fave [...]

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It’s time for Alphabe-Thursday with our great teacher Jenny! We are on the letter W. I live in the state of Washington so I’m surrounded by W. I’m just showing a little of the North end of Lake Washington today. There are two floating bridges that cross Lake Washington and lots of beautiful inlets and homes [...]

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What to do with your Bounty…

When trying to lose some extra pounds put on over the last year for different reasons what is the best approach to using produce from your own fruit trees? We have an apple tree, a pear tree, and blueberry bushes on our property. Property sounds big but truth be told we only have 1/3rd of an [...]

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Ruby Tuesday…

A fun pop of ruby from a wedding we attended at Kayak Point in Washington. Mary at Work of the Poet is the hostess for Ruby Tuesday! After a couple days of rain and clouds we’re enjoying a few more days of sunshine this week in the Great Northwest. I’m thinking as soon as I [...]

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This is the Peace Monument on the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington D.C. “At the top of the monument, facing west, stand two classically robed female figures. Grief holds her covered face against the shoulder of History and weeps in mourning. History holds a stylus and a tablet that was inscribed “They died that their [...]

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