a thin line moment

such a thin narrow slippery little line

separating light from dark

good from evil

how many walk

carefully along this line

step by step

one foot

deliberately placed

directly in front of the other foot

toe to heel

toe to heel

doesn’t take much

just a little puff of the winds of life

to cause a stumble

a little slip

an off balance moment

with an immediate plunge deep into darkness

this thin narrow slippery little line

get off it!

don’t even try to walk it

move over

well over

miles over

into the light

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My favorite magazines

My two favorite magazines came in the mail today.  Ahh for simple pleasures and links to the outside world :)  I so enjoyed my time in the rocking chair, in the bay window, Christmas lights twinkling... scanning them!  Do you care which two magazines they are?  They reveal a little about me... they are Golf for Women and Sunset. 

Why did I not notice this before?

I was thinking, as L & J left this evening, how wonderful it is for these 20 yr old girls to have a DOG ! (Zink) .. and my next thought was yes, every girl needs a d-o-g, but first of all, and most of all, she needs g-o-d, GOD ! I guess I was fascinated by the spelling done front and backwards and how these are both such vital things in my life. It is a part of me I know I need to pass along. My prayer is for them to have a relationship and seek God, now - not when they are 30 like I was.

Holiday dilemma . . .

I have such a problem at Christmas, somewhere along the line in my adult life, I started dreading Christmas, dreading shopping, disliking the whole hoop-la. I haven't yet purchased any gifts or bought cards to send.  I love giving gifts to my children and loved ones, I guess I just want to do it on my own terms and not be forced.   In my mind I know it's all a matter of perspective.  Here's a line from my online devotional from today....

 

"There’s no law against sanctifying the secularization of Christmas in your own heart and mind. It’s what we make of all this in our hearts that counts. Every single light can represent another soul secured in eternity as the result of what Christ has accomplished."

 

So, I get it in my heart, but I still don't want to go shopping!

 

I made a wreath today :)

The frame is grapevine, the greenery Blue Spruce and Juniper and the red is dried peppers.

She renders me speechless

It really is rare that someone does "render me speechless" but my daughter has done it twice recently and as I was mopping the kitchen floor I realized that she loves doing it and, it is probably pre-meditated.  I guess being speechless is better than a blubbering idiot. :)

Winter Sunset

 

 

Simple Satisfaction...

I think "simple satisfaction" is a term something like the one I love for a golf swing, "effortless power"... I did a lot of little things today and the end result is that all my simple little tasks came together and I have crossed everything off my dry erase board for tomorrow's open house. .. that's the satisfaction part!  There was no schedule I just plodded along at my own pace.  I had one hiccup... going into the grocery store without a list.  It was crowded and I got the high speed wobbles... raced through, got maybe 8 items.. only to have one without a price at the checkout  - which took an additional 5 minutes, okay not long, but I was amping nevertheless!  I wonder if store anxiety has a phobia name? 

 

A picture is worth....