Yarn and Wood Grain
Tonight, I’d like to just sit and knit. I’m tired out from a whole basket full of church work over the weekend which is now […]
Tonight, I’d like to just sit and knit. I’m tired out from a whole basket full of church work over the weekend which is now […]
I’m writing this from the public library, a grand 19th century French Renaissance-styled building in the middle of the city. As I walked in, I […]
It’s interesting to live in a city with a zoo. I hadn’t really noticed that until today. It has been a day off school for […]
Spring brings the new stories, the newest newborn church stories. The Mary stories, Thomas stories and Emmaus stories. Stories of turning and knowing. And not […]
I wish you could see him. In the flesh preferably so that you could really see his joy. But a photo would do, too, if […]
“Now on that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus.” Another road story. Another reminder that we are a pilgrim […]
I always worried as a child that it wouldn’t be warm enough to wear socks to church on Easter Sunday and that my mum would […]
She’s been at the market all day Tuesday and much of Wednesday morning, too. So many things were needed for the meal. And she wanted […]
This wasn’t how she had imagined it. She had imagined this day or a day like today. A day of arrival. A procession. Acclaim. He […]
Let’s start with the good news, shall we? The Spouse’s PhD is now bound and definitively submitted. He’s done. No more edits or corrections or […]
Yesterday was the third Sunday in Lent so I took a photo of a plate of colourful macarons. I’m still living with the practice of […]
Plum is telling stories. Arms thrown wide, shiny eyes looking to see who will hear and with a loud voice, he calls out. House! Castle! […]
I love this photo of Beangirl. Because she didn’t know I was taking it. Because she’s so focused on her steps and on how the […]
I’ve been dithering on this one. A couple of friends have suggested participating in an online photo-a-day project during Lent, and I’m not sure what […]
This morning, I dropped the kids off at school (late) and headed into the church (early) to get some reading done before a mid-morning meeting. […]
So it worked. Plum slept. Is there some magic to posting something here on the Record site. Does the writing make it true? Must remember […]
We’re still in the season of light, aren’t we? Yesterday, the church calendar said Epiphany Three, so it’s still the time of bright revelations, callings […]
We spent yesterday afternoon on the beach. A friend had gone away for the weekend and left her car with us, so we were looking […]
Sometimes, you need to do something to make the world better. It’s been a week like that, hasn’t it? But that something can be hard to […]
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from […]