Posted in Just thinking ..., writing on Sep 25th, 2009
My mind is full of information, and I have little trouble finding it when I want it. My desk at school always looked like a mess, but (as I kept telling the principal), “Leave my piles alone! I know where everything is!”
But I’m up against a couple of organizational challenges right now that feel overwhelming. […]
Posted in God thoughts, writing on Sep 20th, 2009
Several years ago I met a young lady at the Oregon Christian Writers summer conference. Shannie—Shannon van Roekel—is from Canada (southwestern British Columbia), homeschools her kids, and has a delightful personality. It was one of those “God-thing” meetings, and we kept in touch via email and Christmas gifts until the next summer, when I crossed […]
Posted in Travels on Sep 13th, 2009
Yesterday we drove 45 minutes into Illinois, to Eckerts Apple Farm. There the firm of Senniger, Powers was having a family picnic. Our part of the family was four of the grandchildren (Hannah, Darby, Sydney, and Aubrey). And me, of course—my father was senior partner at Senniger, Powers, lo these […]
Posted in Just thinking ..., Travels on Sep 11th, 2009
“Hey, do you want to drive into Webster and see your old house?” my friend Anne suggested.
So, this afternoon, we did.
We started with Daddy’s house, 469 Algonquin Place, the one we built when I was in junior high school. It’s looking good—loved, nicely landscaped, quite nice. My […]
Posted in from the furry side, God thoughts on Sep 6th, 2009
Oh, my! Almost every time I take Sallie outdoors, Dolphin tries to come, too. I let him out on his harness and leash sometimes, but generally he is supposed to stay in. Occasionally he slips out before I can stop him—then I scoop him up quickly and toss him back inside. He’s easy to notice, […]
Posted in God thoughts, Travels on Sep 5th, 2009
This may be where God first touched my heart—
not father-craving, father-fear,
Sunday school tales of fish and giants,
Christmas stories: Rudolph, Jesus, Santa.
But birches ghostly in the woods,
flowers, beetles, ferns, and birds,
lake waves flashing, rocking, splashing
pebbles and shells stirred in beach sand,
sparks lifting skyward […]
Posted in from the furry side, Travels on Sep 3rd, 2009
with apologies to Ogden Nash
Elsi drives in a long RV
With a moose on the side for all to see,
And a happy little beagle, either pullin’ or laggin’,
And a realio-trulio little pet dragon!
Dolphin the dragon has big, sharp teeth,
And fur all over him, and claws underneath,
Tail tip twitching a warning, you see,
And a realio-trulio little goatee!
Dolphin […]
Posted in Travels on Sep 2nd, 2009
And here I am in Minnesota, having visited Plum Creek this afternoon! I saw the big rock where Mary and Laura played, and the spring where Laura got water. I saw the site of the dugout, far away and across the creek, because the path to the ruins of the dugout is up a steep […]