Category: Everyday Life
Big Picture
I’m trying to figure out how to put bigger pictures on my blog. I think I’m on to something. Obviously this is annoyingly large in that it is bursting out of the posting zone here. I’m just excited that I learned something new.
This is from one aft…
H.O.P.E.
Before I get to my intended post I wanted to give you a link to my song on Bobby’s album. It’s called Greater Grace and you can hear the entire song by clicking on the title. I wrote the song for/about my sister Becky who is daily living the miracle of…
Beach
–noun
1. an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
2. the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.
3. the area adjacent to a seashore: We’re vacationing at the beach.
I have been to a lot of b…
Once Won’t Do It
Lazy young Ingrid McLean
Had a house she could never keep clean
She would scrub on her knees
Just as hard as you please
but only once in the year was this seen
It’s a beautiful Friday morning and Owen is home for the day because school is out. I…
Mmmm Sweet Potato Biscuits
I got up and made sweet potato biscuits this morning. I just love these things but rarely take the time to make them. I decided to prepare yesterday and boiled and mashed my sweet potato while I was making dinner. It was so worth it!
Sweet Pota…
A Little Mystery
Have any of you ever seen one of these before?
This little tool belonged to my mother who used it very rarely to my chagrin. I remember her using it, I remember the delicate pastries it produced. I remember the powdered sugar and the hot oil and…
Reset Button
Our garbage disposal has not been working for about a month and a half. It just stopped one day when Kris’ mom happened to be using it, it wasn’t her fault, she wasn’t putting old tennis-shoes into it or anything, it just stopped. I have been meaning t…
A Lonely Old Bloke
An odd man named Ricky J. Polk
seemed to make his own life a great joke
He was known around town
as a fun loving clown
But at home was a lonely old bloke
Abandoning Miracles
Four little sparrow eggs are still sitting perfectly nestled in an abandoned nest on the back porch. I wrote about the somewhat precarious location for the sparrow to build her nest and how I realized it was Biblical for her to be near the alter. But m…
