Category Archives: Quotes

Bleak Mid Winters?

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Virginia

This post-a-day Advent gig is getting a little harried, so today let’s mind-munch another carol.  While listening to Annie Lennox Christmas Cornucopia”  (that sees playlist action all year around : ) the words to In the Bleak Midwinter zapped me … Continue reading →

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GIFTS …and Gifts…

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Virginia

Gifts (the giving of) and Gifts (the receiving of) are a big part of this holiday season.  We spend a great deal of time, or too little time (if busy schedules make us Christmas Eve shoppers), trying to find gifts … Continue reading →

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Risking Birth (on Earth?)

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Virginia

Here’s something to ponder today from a favorite author… This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That time runs out & … Continue reading →

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Vales and Valleys (a poem by Virginia)

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Virginia

VALES & VALLEYS Oh heart, my Heart, why are you so downcast within me? Why so much despair? Not caring, or sharing, the will to walk the way ahead… Into the valley of Shadows, must I go? Veiled, the vales … Continue reading →

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Mary, Mary…

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Virginia

Today we honor Mary (& I must dash before long, it’s one of those ‘try to get your tushi to church’ days; in more formal terms, a Holy Day of Obligation.)  Please check out this previous post written about Mary … Continue reading →

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Steelers up a Tree??

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Virginia

Mama & i decided that today we would put up the Christmas Tree.  In years past we made quite a production of it since Papa occupied the living room (where the tree goes.)  He & Mama enjoyed Christmas music blasting … Continue reading →

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Our hearts: free or frozen?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Virginia

Something for our minds to munch on this 4th day of Advent.  It’s a simple thought, but take a sec (or two) to contemplate.. “God is greater than our heart; who dares try to restrict His movement?”  St. Francis de … Continue reading →

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Love in the sand… (uh, a good kind of love)

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Virginia

Here’s a quote for our minds (& hearts) to munch on this second day of Advent: “Love invites us to move forward without numbing ourselves to reality, without being like ostriches burying their heads in the sand in face of … Continue reading →

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Advent Clay

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Virginia

“Yet, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay and You the potter: we are all the work of Your hands.”   (Isaiah 64:7) Somehow amidst the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving (with big-time bustling grooves in the kitchen … Continue reading →

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Overcoming Birthday Blues

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Virginia

Today is my father’s birthday.  He would have been 84.  Of course, the fact that he was 83 when he died in March is no small miracle(!)  As a quadriplegic the last 25+ years  (15 as a bedfast quad), Papa’s … Continue reading →

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