Breakfast in bed on a Sunday morning? No thank you. My backyard is just too beautiful! Even the fish love it here!
Tag: life
‘The Dark Knight… a Shining Light?’
Louis Glick in his Glick Report on Fox/Business.com is calling the comic book film out today about Batman and the Joker, The Dark Knight, a “shining light.” Of course all the film critics are saying Heath Ledger’s performance trumps the star, Batman himself, Christian Bales. But Glick goes beyond that and puts Ledger among some of…
Who Can Measure the Weight of a Word?
Jesse Jackson’s recent “off the record” comments into a hot mike are causing quite a stir. Many are saying he is no longer relavant. Many are criticizing him. He has apologized, but I bet he wished he could take those words back. Here’s the story. The truth is some words and the reaction they cause…
haiku: hope
faith, hope, charity love is the greatest of these, but hope sparks the rest
Skipping Through Life
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…
The Wisdom of Years
Last evening, a group of friends and family gathered at a restaurant for a birthday meal for Pastor Olen. It was great food and fabulous fellowship! We ate and laughed and laughed and ate. Pastor just turned 70. For me, it is not as hard to imagine that age as it used to be. Admittedly, this is the…
Desert Purple
I used to be a very sad person. Prone to depression most of my teenage and young adult years, I actually tried to kill myself at age 24. This is something I am certainly not proud of, but I can boast in the redeeming power of God in my life that turned my “mourning into dancing,”…
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…
Scathing Moment of Truth…
Always in a hurry, I half-ran-and-half-walked as I entered a neighborhood department store. It was midday and I was melting in the Texas heat. But I saw something that stopped me dead in my tracks… my own reflection in the large glass windows. It was a scathing moment of truth… it ruined my day… and it…
Hydrangea Rock
My hydrangeas are rocking this year, so vibrant and full, with multiple blooms. I’m lovin’ it!
Bonnie Saul Wilks 