My daughter’s outreach team in Cyprus Our 20 year-old daughter just returned from six months in Cyprus. This was her second year in a missionary-training school. Her daddy and I spent the last couple of days getting ready for her homecoming. And when she finally walked through the door, our hearts flooded with joy. It…
Category: Travel
haiku: desert place
sparkling springs at home draw me from this desert place where I have wandered
Desert Dawn
The Arizona morning is quiet and cool. We are in the car with the windows rolled down, sipping pre-dawn Skinny Vanilla Lattes. To experience dawn in the desert is our goal this morning. We sit in silence viewing the shadows of desert mountain ridges, towering cacti, dry shrubs and bushes as we drive. Suddenly the sun…
Scottsdale!
The morning air today in Arizona is so cool that I have opened the glass doors onto the veranda. It feels invigorating as I sip my coffee. My first thought after I awoke: “Oh yeah, I’m on vacation!” And I rmembered that I have promised myself to walk “barefoot”–without the cares of life at home and work–for the…
Barefoot-Summer Days of Childhood
I enjoyed summer so much more as a child than as an adult, especially since I moved to Texas from Colorado in 1975. I have never gotten used to the heat here… still find it unbearable. Texas is what my dad calls disdainfully, “A swelter pit.” What keeps me here of course is my dear, sweet,…
Cursed Capernaum
Ancient synagogue in Capernaum, Israel I wrote this poem in Israel while on a tour. If you have ever taken a tour to Israel, you will discover that most of what you see is ancient stones… from the Romans, Turks, Crusaders, Byzantine monks, Israelites, Caananites… The stones and antiquated relics of people who have occupied the…
Island Hopping
Friends lifting the kiddush cup for the wine blessing… Last evening we enjoyed a beautiful Shabbat celebration and meal on a yacht. The weather was perfect… the company grand… the conversation stimulating… and the laughter raucous… It was a once in a lifetime experience. Actually, I am hoping it wasn’t. I am longing to…
Florida!
My husband and I are in Coral Gables, Florida, at the Biltmore Hotel. This is a business trip, but we are having so much fun; it doesn’t feel like work. Pure pleasure. I have to admit, I broke down crying when I had to pack my suitcase again. I know that sounds ridiculous. I guess…
Gone Sailin’…
I have returned from this last international trip utterly exhausted… mentally, physically, emotionally… so I am taking a break from some of my daily routines, like writing this blog. If you haven’t read anything from the sidebar to the right titled, “pure culture vs content,” there are a number of subjects reflective of the heart and soul of this…
A Thousand Pieces
A Thousand Pieces
Bonnie Saul Wilks 