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Fireworks over the Pacific Ocean. July 4, 2010. Set Free!Picnics, parades, and potato salad, fireworks and family. It must be the Fourth of July. Our niece, Vaite, visiting from her home in Tahiti, wrote: July 4th is a great celebration day, to see people’s love for America it’s amazing … Amazing. I never thought of […]
The Orchid (and the Ivy). What Makes Paradise So Special? “Who brought the orchid?” I asked my husband, Rich, when I returned home from work on my birthday several weeks ago. I hardly needed to ask him. “Sue,” he said, confirming my hunch. On a street filled with amazing neighbors, our next-door neighbor Sue stands out. […]
Corn, Hot Roast Beef Sandwich, Pinot, and PICKLES! Green Olives and the Baby Jesus Confession: I love pickles. Dills, bread-and-butters, sweet baby gherkins, cherry peppers–I’ve seldom met a pickle that I didn’t adore. Ditto their relatives, the olives. As a child, I often cleaned out the relish plate at the end of holiday meals, mounting one […]
Corn, Hot Roast Beef Sandwich, Pinot, and PICKLES! Green Olives and the Baby Jesus Confession: I love pickles. Dills, bread-and-butters, sweet baby gherkins, cherry peppers–I’ve seldom met a pickle that I didn’t adore. Ditto their relatives, the olives. As a child, I often cleaned out the relish plate at the end of holiday meals, mounting one […]
Hillside Aflame. Foothill Ranch. October, 2007 Missing Half the Story Every October, I begin to read the Gospel, as my Bible-reading plan launches me into the Good News on October first. By then, I’ve spent two months reading the prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Obadiah, Micah….those guys. May I be honest? The prophets give me the […]
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