Pandemic Practices: Thoroughly Savoring God’s Creation
I’m more citified than countrified. That’s not to say that the lone prairie, a chicken fried steak or a melancholy Willie Nelson ballad never dazzle me. But I’m more of a French dining and Flamenco dancing kind of girl when the rubber meets Fifth Avenue. Yet I’m becoming surprisingly passionate about one of my new pandemic practices, thoroughly savoring God’s creation. Urban Renewal So like a snake with a skin ready to be shed, the urbanite in me underwent a metamorphosis during the shut down. Exercising, shopping, dining, grooming – all that previously took place primarily indoors. Suddenly, out was really “in.” Boxed in inside our homes, my hubby and…
Buried Treasure: Revisiting The Precious Gifts of God
The events of the last two weeks hang over all of us like a heavy fog now. Pandemic pandemonium. Loss of life. Destruction of property. Flaring tempers. Dashed hopes. But I managed to encounter buried treasure revisiting the precious gifts of God. Flashback to two weekends ago. The sun began to come out after months of lockdown. My husband and I rolled the proverbial dice to take a trip. We traversed cross country to celebrate his mother’s 79th birthday. We prepared, assembling an onslaught of wipes, masks and sanitizers. With sandwiches in tow and courage abounding, we survived the harrowing flights both ways. The birthday proved a great success. What…
Serendipity: Falling Through A Trap Door of Blessing
You may know the old Irish blessing “May the road rise up to meet you.”May you succeed on the road” is the literal meaning. The song goes on to mention a desire for more favorable winds to blow from the rear rather than in head-on fashion. There’s a petition for sunshine to warm the face and for lavish rains to fall on the thirsty outlying fields. The closing line asks God to hold the traveler in the palm of His mighty hand. Yet Life hands out its share of lemons. It’s not likely you’ll be traipsing carefree through the land of Oz indefinitely. It is, however, possible to encounter the…
