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Monday, 02 November 2009

  • Seasons

    For the record, I love when we turn back to original time. YES! Let it be light earlier in the morning... it vastly improves the morning to see light and get started with the day. (not to mention seeing light really helps motivation to get out of that warm cozy bed)
     I'd rather live according to the clues the seasons give us. In the evening shut the curtains, light the candles and wind down early. In the summer delight in the late light. Tune in to the seasons God gave us.

Sunday, 01 November 2009

  • Sunday musings

    I haven't been keeping up with my Sunday musings and I regret it now because last Sunday and some other Sundays I wanted to record some of the thoughts and now those thoughts are gone. Some Sundays just don't work out for writing and by Monday I'm caught up in the week.

    This weekend I felt like I received  about 3 months spiritual refreshment in going to hear Ray Vander Laan (http://www.followtherabbi.com/) in Sugarcreek Thurs & Fri eve and all day Saturday. It is a milestone in my year. I've been feeling some turning this week and the words I heard this weekend definitely moved it along. Turning as in renewal, commitment and trust.  There were definite times during his talks when I connected specifically to what was being said and I don't want to forget them. Once I noticed my right ear was almost tingling itching at a part that really struck me and maybe God was specifically urging me to really hear this! It's easy to go on into the next day, the next week and not reflect on and chew on what was given. I want to *hagah! God's Word and also hagah! the specific parts that He illumined to me this weekend.  Hide them in my heart and not forget. Remember.  Which reminds me of Marcus' sermon last Sunday of Remember, Life, Covenant.
    *hagah = Hebrew word often translated "meditate" but is the word for the roar/growl of a lion after a kill, as in-- it's mine, I want it, all of it!

    One way to remember is to attempt to write what feels half formed in your mind. That's how I feel about what I heard. If I would try to tell you what impacted me in what R.V.L. said, I could try, but it would be slow and halting because I haven't processed the ideas and words enough to string it together in a precise way. It's in the mixer stage, not the finished cookie. So if I make myself take time to try to write it down it would help me process it so I could express it in words quicker. Just spending time thinking about it works too, but I think writing forces you to work harder, speeding up the process.

    Anyway. Tis a nice Sunday. The family all cheered over the sauerkraut & lil smokies with mashed potatoes part of lunch (with green salad & applesauce). Sam's Highlander grog coffee (which Kristin bought for him) tasted great.
    Not sure what to think about this: twice during lunch I unintentionally called God Dad, as in "Well, Dad says.."(and then paused as I realize what I've said)  Sam said it must mean something if it happened twice. Is that a turning change too, that my heart really believes in Father relationship at a deeper level than before?
    Isaac was a regular growly bear coming home and at the table so I finally stuck him in bed. Then after he woke up (right after the dishes were done,) he and I went on a long walk. Partly through the sunlight wooded area along our property line, he absolutely loved it! and partly through the far back end of our yard.
    "Through the leaves
    and sassafras trees"
    And now 3 bodies are bouncing up and down on the trampoline right outside the gathering room door and I hear someone playing lilting tunes on the keyboard...
    The rest of the evening I will be home with only lil boy noises

Friday, 30 October 2009

  • Lost in wonder...
    moving back to reality
    the seen and unseen
    mingle
    and pull.

    The sun shines
    the dishes sit in cold
     water
    "This world is NoT
    my home
    I'm just passing
    through."


Tuesday, 27 October 2009

  • second wind

    TTThought maybe i should jot down a few notes and thoughts on things lately...

    ++
     Ted got an 8-point buck tonight with his bow!! They're still out doing whatever to it...

    /^O^\
      I'm a regular leaf raking fanatic lately. Yest. here with Rose and today 4 hrs solo at Jim's

    F-
     The computer is slow.. should i just quit now while I'm ahead????

    8%
    I'm  reading the Chemistry chapter aloud to Rose and Ted, bit by bit every day. Whew. Well even if we only get a percentage of it, it's till more than we ever understood before. And hey, matter, mass, atoms, quarks, atomic numbers all matter-- in their own way.

    C. I. B.
    Mr. Charles Isaac turned 2 on Sunday!! I was very proud of him. He received his gifts in the most pleased way and properly contemplated each burning candle before blowing a short little puff of air to puff it out.

    A+++
    Grandma Mabel and Grandpa Vilas got to be at the lil boy's birthday supper. It's a bit staggering to think of the age gap---how they are 85 with a 2 yr old Grandson..... -->>  I was a bit sad to see them leave after having several days together... at their age, will they ever be back? They drove away in the bright sunny colors of Fall.

    &&
     The Book of Proverbs on my mind... been mulling and studying it off and on for a yr thinking would volunteer to teach the book sometime... majorly on my mind today. Raking leaves provides wonderful think time.

    Food.
    Crunchy fresh tostadas brushed with a juicy lime half and sprinkled with salt and chili powder... mellow apple slices... the robustness of coffee.. beef and barley soup with big chucks of potatoes... angel food cake smothered with white icing

    craziness
    too much in the world news to list...!

Thursday, 22 October 2009

  • Indian Summer

    Hooray- it's actually here. Indian Summer and I'm loving it. We turned school days into work-outside days yesterday and today. I'm loving that too. The outside looks so much better and I finished transplanting a serious amount of aloe veras! Yeah!!!!

    Indian Summer is generally defined as "when the weather is sunny and clear and above 21°C (70°F), and all of the leaves of the trees have turned but before the first snow has fallen; a period normally associated with mid-October to late-November in the northern states of the U.S. Traditionally, Indian summer can only be a true Indian summer after the first frost, generally a killing frost, of the season "   Similar usages in Europe are quite interesting

    Now just neeed some pictures... something that takes way too long now because i have to resize every photo i put on here... not to mention Ihave a monke
    y on my lap,
    barechested bc he played with the bowl of water with flower heads floating in it
    getting his sleeves all wet
    and now he is on my lap playing with a basket of chestnuts R harvested yesterday
    yes real chestnuts

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Monday, 19 October 2009

  • Home

    I'm actually HOME right now instead of being in town (did I just call that city a town?) Kristin took Rose to her weekly drama class today so I get to keep working on the homemaker duties. I'll take it! Laundry, dishes, bread making, sewing...

    Sam is still home, he's trying to finish up Kristin's closet and hang her door so she can move in her room soon! Good progress in there. And he is itchin to get started on those downstairs hall bookshelves. Whoa that makes my eyes sparkle in anticipation. uh huh. Nothing close to what Kristin feels however...

    This week might be our chance at Indian Summer-- who knows. But it's supposed to be sunny and 60's for at least a couple days now. Time to get all that fall clean-up done! The leaves here are "near peak" color according to the weather.com fall foliage map.
    Reds, yellows, orange blending with greens and browns. Yeah, pictures are better than words. (gottta hunt down that other rechargeable battery for the camera so I can take pics again)

    Anyone have some recipes or suggestions for using potatoes?




  • Sunday musings

    An unexpected side benefit of singing in an octet this weekend are the words that continue to swirl through my consciousness, popping up like full grown flowers in my mind when I least expect it.
    "I don't want to move from this holy, holy place!
    For too many times I've resisted your grace..."
    hmmhuh

    This Sunday service included baptism for Mike Miller and Julie Byler. Our little building got prepped to seat 175 people! All had room to sit and we provided a meal for everyone too, thanks to a great food committee and the rest of us who made food.

Saturday, 17 October 2009

  • Like a light dawning

    Strange-- how you can be totally oblivious to something you did and then wake up the next morning and it's perfectly clear what was done and that it isn't a good pattern to continue. Strange how the light comes on and I didn't even know I should be examining it.. Comforting too because then I can change it next time and follow a different pattern.  These were just little things but doable choices. I like that!!
    (Oh if everything were that easy to change. There are plenty things I dispair about in me that feels like only radical "heart and soul" surgery will ever change. Somethings not even willpower can touch and prayer doesn't always seem to make much difference either.)
    I find it astounding the power of our 1,000 choices (how long does it take to make that many choices?) and our 40,000 thoughts a day. Many of which we probably totally miss their significance.
    I hope I get more light dawning moments in the future... those quiet moments when half sleep half awake, the mind suddenly wide awake and surprised.


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