Tanagers and Transient Gifts

Western Tanager in Eucalyptus. May, 2011. An Intrusion of Unexpected Beauty A few weeks ago I spotted four Western Tanagers in our yard. I watched for a few moments as they rummaged in the foliage of our eucalyptus, their heads as bright as ripe mangos.  It seemed they might visit for a while, so I dashed inside […]


Finding my Place

Purple Mountains. Trabuco Canyon Community Church, February, 2011. Clarity and Grace Inspection of my sock drawer would reveal to you that I mean it when I say that I’m not good at spending money on myself–especially if you compared the sock drawer’s ragtag population to the shiny trucks and piles of blocks crowding the grandchildren’s […]


Finding my Place

Purple Mountains. Trabuco Canyon Community Church, February, 2011. Clarity and Grace Inspection of my sock drawer would reveal to you that I mean it when I say that I’m not good at spending money on myself–especially if you compared the sock drawer’s ragtag population to the shiny trucks and piles of blocks crowding the grandchildren’s […]


>Finding my Place

> Purple Mountains. Trabuco Canyon Community Church, February, 2011. Clarity and Grace Inspection of my sock drawer would reveal to you that I mean it when I say that I’m not good at spending money on myself–especially if you compared the sock drawer’s ragtag population to the shiny trucks and piles of blocks crowding the […]


Finding my Place

Purple Mountains. Trabuco Canyon Community Church, February, 2011. Clarity and Grace Inspection of my sock drawer would reveal to you that I mean it when I say that I’m not good at spending money on myself–especially if you compared the sock drawer’s ragtag population to the shiny trucks and piles of blocks crowding the grandchildren’s […]