This year make a promise: no more trashy holiday gifts made in China. So many people in developing countries are creating innovative and practical gift items while trying to make a better life for themselves. Check here often, as I will be posting great ideas that save trees and help people who want to help…
The relentless fall winds blow in today as if they never left; instead, waiting and gathering strength deep in the prairie dog holes. Free now, the winds oddly sound like heavy ocean waves, and their ferocity ebbs and flows like the breaking of those waves near the shoreline. The remnant summer flowers bow down at…
I know, it’s early to think about Christmas. But I must share the best gift! Each year I either do not buy presents, give homemade pickles, or a gift card. Sometimes I make a donation to the Heifer Project or other charity in a person’s name. This year: a great new option. You can read…
My personal friends are curious about how I can leave one job without another “at our age”. I know that conventional wisdom says we should stay put and wait out retirement. Moving on is too risky. AT LEAST HAVE ANOTHER JOB, I hear. Here are some random thoughts. 1. Risk taking has nothing to do…
In my last post, I mentioned that I want to radically simplify. What a luxury to ask such questions, especially if you consider how 80% of the world’s population struggles to find clean water each day. Anyway, now I must figure out what radical simplifying means. I am pondering the following: Will I measure my…
Well, I will have lots of adventure to share in the upcoming months. I am leaving my minister job here and moving on! I have not decided on my next landing spot but am pursuing several options. I loved my time here, the people I served. I will miss my beautiful yellow house and gardens…
I miss having exciting adventures to share. I have been spending time over at my other blog ReverendJane. That is where my alter ego–the respectable adult–writes. And, actually, I have not been writing. I have been posting audio files that contain me delivering some sermons! I just love it. I want to record sermons, play,…
Furnace on: check Quilts out: check Firewood inside: check All ready for a wintry storm coming in, even as I type. Temps tonight are too warm for snow, but it may come tomorrow night. Sigh. I love it now but, if this is another early winter, I will be grouchy by February. Since I am…
I am increasingly concerned about our culture wars (struggle between two or more sets of conflicting cultural values) as a cause of government gridlock, religious squabbles, and a declining American culture. I have been reading and researching the topic and thinking about how to “preach it”. One thing I have learned is that we all…
If the house passes bill HR5204, use of ANY public lands for recreation will no longer be free. This is an outrage, especially to those of us who have been planning an active retirement enjoying BLM and National Forest Service lands. I won’t repeat all the details because you can click here for the background…