It doesn’t matter one whit how much we’d all hoped to be done with this by now, we have to accept it. The ‘stay-safe-at-home’ guidelines and government restrictions are tightening again, due to the unhappy spread of COVID.  They told us it would surge in the fall, and they were right. Thanksgiving and Christmas will … Continue reading Pep talk, Moxie, Rad and Temporary →

Last week Jake and I rented a cabin along that Virginia bike trail we found in September. Yay! We were going somewhere! The break I needed! The holiday I deserved! I anticipated great joy. Getting away. Riding my bike. Relishing the fall colors. Sleeping in. Reading a novel. Working a puzzle.  Sitting in rocking chairs … Continue reading His Word →

I saw a magnificent rainbow tonight. Rainbow sightings are rare for me because I live in forested mountains and I can’t see the open sky unless I am in town or on the highway. And this rainbow was extra-ordinary, magical and supernatural in its full arc, vivid colors in the eastern sky right at sunset: … Continue reading Finding Grace – Again →

Jake and I were sitting on a bench in a forest when we heard a loud cracking. Then: kaBOOM!  We’d been cycling some miles alongside the New River in Virginia, on a railroad track-turned-trail. About 100 yards away, a tree crashed down, completely blocking our return. It reminded me of a time in Ethiopia when … Continue reading God’s Weaning →