Dappled Things

GLORY be to God for dappled things…

Month: May, 2004

Lullabies

Our preacher gave a sermon this morning that began with what has been in the news as of late. He did not want to go into politics or finger-pointing, but made a point that has really triggered a lot of feelings I have had for a while. He commented that many Americans are justifying the [...]

Cicada Invasion 2004

It’s hard to get away from the cicadas around here. Our dog is eating them as fast as she can, but they only make her hack in her sleep later. From inside our house, with the windows closed, we can hear what sounds like the mother ship coming in for a landing back in the [...]

Mr. Picassohead

You’ve heard of Mr. Potatohead? Well, Marc kindly introduced me to Mr. Picassohead and I couldn’t resist posting my artistic results. It’s Mr. Picassohead meets Mr. Modiglianihead.

Motto

Diarist.net Spark What would your motto would be for the place you’re at in your life right now? Is it different than it would have been five years ago? 10? 20? I thought this writing prompt was interesting because of my instant response to it. My first response was what it would have been five, [...]

Play

COME to me, O ye children! For I hear you at your play, And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Shrank, Shrunk, Shrunken, Shrinking, Shrinks…

In case anyone out there has been missing me, I have just been busy tearing up my home. I had this plan that I would go through each room of the house and load up the station wagon with all the unused, unwanted stuff and have Will take multiple trips to the local Goodwill. Then, [...]

Natural

Nature is a greater and more perfect art, the art of God… Henry David Thoreau