Every Friday The Gypsy Mama gives a prompt and you are supposed to write about it in 5 minutes. Only 5 minutes! Also, no edits! Just write. So here goes . . . If I knew I could, I would… I would reach out across the internet and across town, and share what I have […]
Archives for April 2011
On baking bread and God prods
April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Who among us can resist a warm loaf of homemade bread or a pan of soft rolls, fresh out of the oven? Very few, I think, and yet how many of us actually bake bread from scratch? Not me. Both my mom and my mother-in-law do, though, and they do it beautifully, making it look […]
Five minute Friday-The hard love
April 22, 2011 By 8 Comments
Every Friday The Gypsy Mama gives a prompt and you are supposed to write about it in 5 minutes. Only 5 minutes! Also, no edits! Just write. So here goes . . .Start…Nobody ever told me, wisely, how hard parenting would be. Especially when one of your daughters is so wonderfully different from you. The […]
A conductor, the internet, and a choir-oh my!
April 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I love music.However, I don’t play any instruments, although I took a spin at the ivories and recorder in third grade (does anybody remember that instrument?), and learned the very basics of guitar from a friend in seventh. I did take voice lessons as a young adult, and enjoyed them immensely, but my voice took […]
Losing our way and finding our audience of One
April 18, 2011 By 5 Comments
The love of the Lord, my Lord, washes over me as I sit here in the congregation with the light of the early morning softly illuminating the sanctuary while I listen to the worship team practice their songs for the service. I am, in a very small way, their audience of one. And yet, they […]
Five minute Friday-On distance
April 15, 2011 By 12 Comments
Every Friday The Gypsy Mama gives a prompt and you are supposed to write about it in 5 minutes. Only 5 minutes! Also, no edits! Just write. So here goes . . . Distance. It always seemed so far to drive to visit my grandparents, as they lived about two hours north of us. There […]
Sailing away from the Island of Settle
April 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
Sailing away © K. Hall As captains of our crafts, we have questioned our purpose, and have been curious about our destination. We have wondered-or hoped-that someone or something else was in charge, and that they would provide the direction. All we had to do was sit. And wait. Ultimately, though, whether or not […]
On being sugared off
April 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
As we move from mid-March to mid-April here in New Hampshire, the wintry nights are mirrored by warm days, and maple syrup season begins. I do feel sorry for you if you have never stood in a sugar shack and experienced the heat of the roaring wood stove while being enveloped in the warm steam […]
How does your garden grow?
April 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
Spring daffodil shoots © K. Hall Have you looked longingly and perhaps with a bit of jealousy at someone else’s garden? I’m not talking about the green shoots and brown dirt kind here. I’m referring to the life they are tending each day for themselves and their families Are you envious of the joy they […]
A well worn home
April 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tool chest coffee table © K. Hall This morning my dear hubbie made an interesting observation. We had held our annual spring cleanup day at church, where we washed windows, scrubbed surfaces, took care of some maintenance issues, freshened some walls with paint, and did what we could to put the parking lot together after […]
