friday {this moment}
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee.” -Augustine
Archive for March, 2012
yup, it’s still winter
This morning we woke to find yesterday’s sunny warmth exchanged for a frozen Narnia. The fog was so thick everything was white, but once that rolled away, the frost sparkling on the trees was so beautiful I really didn’t mind keeping my toes snug in warm socks and boots. The toes had their day in […]
today
This morning Zia found pine-beetle bark and built “campfires” in the morning sun. Noontime brought such a beating heat that we stripped off our jackets, socks and shoes and sprawled on the back porch under the bluest sky ever, where Zia played in the snow with bare feet. I have a beautiful sunburn on my […]
frozen dead guy days
Imagine if you lived in a town whose most famous resident was a frozen dead guy. Yup, that’s us. This weekend in Nederland was Frozen Dead Guy Days. The festival is a little morbid for my liking, and not so family-oriented, especially if you have little kids. Besides finding our tiny town in bumper-to-bumper traffic, […]
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friday (this moment)
“I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring.” ~Liz Armbruster
