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Fallen Coast Live Oak, Quercus agrifolia When a Tree Falls Yesterday morning, as I do each morning, I prayed while showering. Usually I use this time to pray specifically about the day ahead, lifting up friends and family with needs, giving thanks, and asking for help with the challenges I foresee. It’s a good habit for […]
Exquisite, Clumsy Figurines and Rich’s Kids: Sean, Grandson Ayden, Rebecca, Ryan, 2005 Worst Blog Post Ever! Not long ago I wrote a post about how I sometimes forget to give thanks for the “small” blessings. You can read it here. It’s problematic because I only discuss my gratitude for good stuff. Decorating for Christmas this […]
Rainbow, Anza Borrego Desert, California, October 2010 It’s the Creator I feel respectful in the desert. It’s vast, and calm, and if I look carefully, I see a tremendous, subtle variety in color and form. Almost always it’s really cold or wiltingly hot. Surprising weather can develop at any moment. Motu Tautau, Tahaa, French Polynesia, […]
Dad and my nephew Craig, Thanksgiving, 2007 Grateful Lives In November of 2007, Rich and I were newlyweds of not quite three months. We’d been evacuated from our beloved home a month earlier due to a massive wildfire. Our home, and our entire neighborhood, had been spared, thanks to God’s grace and some hard, hard […]
Dad and my nephew Craig, Thanksgiving, 2007 Grateful Lives In November of 2007, Rich and I were newlyweds of not quite three months. We’d been evacuated from our beloved home a month earlier due to a massive wildfire. Our home, and our entire neighborhood, had been spared, thanks to God’s grace and some hard, hard […]
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