Lumpy Batter

Accepting Grace Good muffins come from lumpy batter. As a beginning baker, I struggled with this truth. I wanted to mix the flour, the sugar, the eggs, the milk–everything–until the batter was silken and beautiful. But perfect batter makes for crummy muffins. Instead, I had to learn to stir everything together just until all the ingredients were […]


Sailing Away

March, 2010: Aboard our Boat Profound Grief, Profound Faith Saturday Rich and I attended a memorial service and committal at sea for our friend Clay. His wife and my husband have worked together for 24 years. Clay fought cancer for a year and a half before being called home on August 23. He was 50 […]


Out on A Limb

 Tall Eucalyptus with Brittle Branches Why Birds have Wings, and We Don’t Last week I watched as a crow lit on a branch high in this tree, outside my office. The limb gave way under the bird’s weight. The crow rode down about fifty feet, still perched on the falling branch. No more than ten feet from the […]


The Physics Lesson

Cadence and Papa Rich practicing physics Limits of Understanding Though I was a good student, physics defied me. My brain didn’t tune in to the distinction between mass and weight; my eyes glazed over when I tried to comprehend formulas full of variables. My sister, an engineer, sent me her Schaum’s Outline. My dad, another engineer, tried […]


Growing Hearts for God

Making Connections I’ve written before about our wonderful grandsons, Ayden and Cadence (Cadence is riding the pony in this shot) and their big hearts for Christ. It’s a joy to watch these little guys grow in faith. They’ve each spent a weekend with us recently. The day this photo was taken, Cadence had spent the […]