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A New Day

A New Day

SOL25-0923 I step out onto my back porch. In the darkness that precedes this mid-August dawn, I sip my coffee and savor the damp coolness that has drifted in from the sea and lifted the fragrance of fading lavender and blooming peppermint. I listen for chirping sounds...
A Summer Afternoon

A Summer Afternoon

SOL25-0909 There is a dry rustle of leaves parched from days of sun and hot temperatures. There is an aroma of fading roses mingled with sweet ripening pears. Green clover spreads across our browning grass. Honey bees drift from blossom to blossom, gathering the last...
Get That Wasp

Get That Wasp

SOL25-0902 Me: Reclining in a lawn chair, relaxing on a warm end-of-summer afternoon.TM and NT: Jumping on the nearby trampoline. I. Wasp appears. Buzzes the boys like a bomber.The boys duck and scream.Wasp lands on the trampoline springs. II.The boys tumble off...
Crazy Dreams

Crazy Dreams

SOL25-0826 I had a crazy dawn-cracking dream
 today. It was an early morning Zoom meeting, working with educators on the East coast. I’m on the West coast–a 3-hour time difference. This is what happened.I awoke with a start before the sky was light. I...
Because Life Goes By So Fast

Because Life Goes By So Fast

SOL25-0819 Summer is winding down. I’m thinking of what I still need to do. To create. To plan. To organize. To track. And so I’ve been making lists. There’s one list that I’ve prioritize. Did you catch that? I’m not just making one list;...
The Sound of a Going

The Sound of a Going

SOL25-0812 From my devotional journal… “And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before, …” -2 Samuel 5:24 I like the sound of wind in the tops of...