tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630925937788371512024-02-25T16:13:17.932-05:00Sane, Simple, SacredLife and Godliness - 2 Peter 1:3Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.comBlogger1538125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-31930714997158916282023-08-04T06:33:00.003-04:002023-08-04T06:33:45.335-04:00Yes! It Could!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibmG36MrEVM31Qn4Fg9VUQIbf2yAxaHyDrV0FYhXDiFR_UnV9GU1wO_U1elilBZTv4U_k1IBqqBXzoWKssHnVD5lzZryLXsqqDuStP5sJKluOE2R3mrfCwIfIbWLjkxFfnuOYOD15jShDdjnblvl6MCp-mQbFNqubLf4Bs-MD8EpmUn_96XluMVw2sd4/s4080/PXL_20230804_102550630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibmG36MrEVM31Qn4Fg9VUQIbf2yAxaHyDrV0FYhXDiFR_UnV9GU1wO_U1elilBZTv4U_k1IBqqBXzoWKssHnVD5lzZryLXsqqDuStP5sJKluOE2R3mrfCwIfIbWLjkxFfnuOYOD15jShDdjnblvl6MCp-mQbFNqubLf4Bs-MD8EpmUn_96XluMVw2sd4/s320/PXL_20230804_102550630.jpg" width="241" /></a></div>Most every day, I make/take the time to read the selections from the read-through-the-Bible plan I have used the last few years.<p></p><p>This morning I noticed the variety of activities of Jesus in the 15th chapter of Matthew. I summarized them in my Ten Line for the day on my Facebook page here: </p><p>https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02NdoTtica6AVKnVvbADtiJGKoCLaRi7Go8o3GXvCSEXqeDFdaPpjQDoSzTrySB7Dtl&id=1377113465&mibextid=Nif5oz</p><p><br /></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-58995512559526158602023-08-03T13:07:00.001-04:002023-08-03T13:07:15.963-04:00Could it be this Easy?<p style="text-align: center;">A "congratulations" to Debra Langworthy on her 19th blogaversary led me to this experiment...and here I am!</p><p style="text-align: center;">For the past 7 year following the death of my mother, my father (now 96) has been living with us. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2B3Ivz96mG5QC9mbP1SoDGt5KyUjZ3EQ8Vul6OSfT7W0SmFs-9l0h9yCoV-JWgCX03LOFwkLZUwMEPhvyEmC38fREeZ0WCpXGCsPHKAZ2bwuwRHdlRC9ZNL9lS9apBtiU_JiJhOhyYwbao8iUeKbZzFEbJPXHUCedwsCNLg1QVnV6A6cnRB5mkAdB6cg/s3098/original_6a3286ce-b0aa-4081-9ad2-0b23c75c139d_PXL_20230802_112623856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3098" data-original-width="2635" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2B3Ivz96mG5QC9mbP1SoDGt5KyUjZ3EQ8Vul6OSfT7W0SmFs-9l0h9yCoV-JWgCX03LOFwkLZUwMEPhvyEmC38fREeZ0WCpXGCsPHKAZ2bwuwRHdlRC9ZNL9lS9apBtiU_JiJhOhyYwbao8iUeKbZzFEbJPXHUCedwsCNLg1QVnV6A6cnRB5mkAdB6cg/s320/original_6a3286ce-b0aa-4081-9ad2-0b23c75c139d_PXL_20230802_112623856.jpg" width="272" /><br /></a><br /><span style="text-align: left;"> That and other changes which I may (or may not) decide to include from time to time, have prescribed much of my daily routines and plans (or lack of them).</span></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> I do wonder how many of my original blogging friends remain here...I myself have been active on Facebook through the years and keep in touch with a few.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, I can see that formatting may or may not be correct, but so pleased to see I can still post new materia! </p><p style="text-align: center;">In spite of changes, the Lord has been faithful to us, and I find myself eager to continue growing in my knowledge and experience of Him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdhBv8frqYMKtZ11HsvJQkdNEJQ591RtSEq0wjP3rVUtf2Fi02mQmYPrLU3CUsnN_KPk1KdDCUSwlWSciA2JCpX_nXPNbfaD-i6f04qMQpT2uUWZSZzTCzicTfL7JcDkGPfBuKqhwlyyU84K2DxA8lU3bSbD1P2ySGji7eeMczy1Yy1uhRWW045pk_aE/s3897/PXL_20230803_152346727~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2466" data-original-width="3897" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdhBv8frqYMKtZ11HsvJQkdNEJQ591RtSEq0wjP3rVUtf2Fi02mQmYPrLU3CUsnN_KPk1KdDCUSwlWSciA2JCpX_nXPNbfaD-i6f04qMQpT2uUWZSZzTCzicTfL7JcDkGPfBuKqhwlyyU84K2DxA8lU3bSbD1P2ySGji7eeMczy1Yy1uhRWW045pk_aE/s320/PXL_20230803_152346727~2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I still enjoy discovering the beauty close to home!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-73803431735327341932023-04-20T14:16:00.032-04:002023-04-20T15:04:24.696-04:00Some Things Stay the Same<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">We still have flowerbeds.</div><div style="text-align: center;">St. Francis resides in one of them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My father (age 96) still lives with us.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We still enjoy evening drives into the countryside.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZHLuKHd4TFVh5nGbkxyr_2ZhSdXTPKdz1XfHyzmWy92tr3wCJT9coI1IXVHYeWjd3WnHX72KeAayW0302_VKAJUJXRpenJ26zglI6BGFKrl84hk_DiJuiGVTRzs6kP0Y9PuGvJdIv0m5waeBGhHIAZgFhzRk3gC_hmnBlF3yGUZwLYpznTTH6Y8B/s2237/original_49814514-40c7-43d3-af6f-264699801640_PXL_20230419_192855565.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1583" data-original-width="2237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZHLuKHd4TFVh5nGbkxyr_2ZhSdXTPKdz1XfHyzmWy92tr3wCJT9coI1IXVHYeWjd3WnHX72KeAayW0302_VKAJUJXRpenJ26zglI6BGFKrl84hk_DiJuiGVTRzs6kP0Y9PuGvJdIv0m5waeBGhHIAZgFhzRk3gC_hmnBlF3yGUZwLYpznTTH6Y8B/s400/original_49814514-40c7-43d3-af6f-264699801640_PXL_20230419_192855565.jpg" width="400" /></a>
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It is like a mini vacation and a major stress reliever. You see what others drive by .</i></div><p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-9012844893597322982022-03-22T07:35:00.001-04:002022-03-22T15:58:51.746-04:00growing up/growing old<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijotscZkhw7D3111Twen-oAFh2ARvs6CVvXJGeRzHhPioG3Kcsevo7uGx9tagkKbIMwTdpWoVZlfqzhHv1ydyEUqaXnWP6rrQes_brb92QWfDnnfgG0k6_a7hef0UjhiVPOiOgrceAnTGJhtWzYfPODBu7EbMRFC8Gzu0AdaeoeomIRC8m7U7quaJO/s500/FB_IMG_1647946010505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijotscZkhw7D3111Twen-oAFh2ARvs6CVvXJGeRzHhPioG3Kcsevo7uGx9tagkKbIMwTdpWoVZlfqzhHv1ydyEUqaXnWP6rrQes_brb92QWfDnnfgG0k6_a7hef0UjhiVPOiOgrceAnTGJhtWzYfPODBu7EbMRFC8Gzu0AdaeoeomIRC8m7U7quaJO/w400-h400/FB_IMG_1647946010505.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This image was on one of my social media pages this morning. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Interestingly, I find myself in BOTH categories --</div><div style="text-align: center;">still growing up AND growing old.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a dilemma!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I should have grown up LONG ago.)</div><p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-50771721614672015092022-02-23T10:19:00.005-05:002022-02-23T10:30:50.608-05:00Inspiration<p style="text-align: center;"> It was so good to find myself back at a table in Barnes and Noble after a significant hiatus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3dvV0AEzX-fjgJ-nwZq5QCwbRoInB3ddrl20o7j_qYmj9zKaCz2a1TLmwJDLkL5bURftrZpsIo2vwQ1B24XH572gkdUaC4raFP4wtDYpbJ8VbSEUFZLW14B4s9e7FtiC22ldG4B0IHGnP7NFWD_p6KD-HsvjD5-3ceL-al6Rx3-VtDhjy65wEvbaW=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were very few people in the room, so I didn't even wear a mask.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Yes, I'm still one of the cautious ones.) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I gathered a stack of magazines and settled in happily.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As usual, I came home with a list of ideas and an <i>inspiration photo</i> or two like this one:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0rnWl9zSjdY1xKrTofbtkEcS09sOrsZr_3Fwuer8ZD3KJVLIAiKIzvREeHdNy8ovQmB0upY2CMOs3hEVRy3LYkbFyQKZav7ooNLgCUzK835LGIfQduuHhYZeZ5pZQjXvFLlZIqpoU0cFS5muuKzVA4ltQ1W_bT778z-GXBUf9H4BGnPvGrNPXScBF=s1162" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="907" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0rnWl9zSjdY1xKrTofbtkEcS09sOrsZr_3Fwuer8ZD3KJVLIAiKIzvREeHdNy8ovQmB0upY2CMOs3hEVRy3LYkbFyQKZav7ooNLgCUzK835LGIfQduuHhYZeZ5pZQjXvFLlZIqpoU0cFS5muuKzVA4ltQ1W_bT778z-GXBUf9H4BGnPvGrNPXScBF=w313-h400" width="313" /></a></div>Do you see that caster on the leg?</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I liked everything ABOUT this old couch.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">This morning my husband added casters to our old, dated LaZ-Boy hideabed/couch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It sits more comfortably AND looks better with the apron raised a bit</div><div style="text-align: center;">off the floor, in my opinion.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's obviously dated, but then, so am I... <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZIxJdQYSPFieQP-5KAkc2U7KlmDdMs3n2QTkDyYIkio8icsinRSHMDBRd6UO-FVjMQDPiVbhErGCrYIWnCjBGNh_NSZJ_UiSqGWzwVA_DuSScpWcsV4_3hkK63O3FqP2p3yhCGLe1uOWipKBUUn7OVeBWIr9THAvc_Zvhq538unq7wYAmDpomtYTR=s3916" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3916" data-original-width="2937" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZIxJdQYSPFieQP-5KAkc2U7KlmDdMs3n2QTkDyYIkio8icsinRSHMDBRd6UO-FVjMQDPiVbhErGCrYIWnCjBGNh_NSZJ_UiSqGWzwVA_DuSScpWcsV4_3hkK63O3FqP2p3yhCGLe1uOWipKBUUn7OVeBWIr9THAvc_Zvhq538unq7wYAmDpomtYTR=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Inspiration comes from so many sources.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I'm reading <u>My God and My All</u>, by Elizabeth Goudge.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is the story of St. Francis. I</div><div style="text-align: center;">I read slowly as I savor so much of the wisdom contained in it... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD7ZIl08jUUXAhD_sb2phK518L0n9w3FRvzRaLcXQD2IQXUQ4iEfcBvxhEyq4a6kBXfsCg4sE-3KILnqEWU2brgppe3iNG6tjcA_N7McAj7p-0S-VAJQj1Nlzrr-9m2zFPh4evea_mywicxb_tNIVaVqWnOVSJ1jZrHeOG7JazGcaucQDKEzdh3VYk=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD7ZIl08jUUXAhD_sb2phK518L0n9w3FRvzRaLcXQD2IQXUQ4iEfcBvxhEyq4a6kBXfsCg4sE-3KILnqEWU2brgppe3iNG6tjcA_N7McAj7p-0S-VAJQj1Nlzrr-9m2zFPh4evea_mywicxb_tNIVaVqWnOVSJ1jZrHeOG7JazGcaucQDKEzdh3VYk=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvGQc_bhrfxwdpnxiCU1fZQU3or1PFC8uhR8SuHY5CGh0KFOY8hxRV20elBJbHk9L06Iw_RJL9eSEm5fHbKQZSQqvAIiYXfN1RQfpcsp_GEKvQQbNIDQTe7d4fTb4vC6qXEAcWs_ppFtGwWio57jRrOVgcw736gege2Ustqi8MCLOUzoOyAyAp0tEv=s3763" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="3763" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvGQc_bhrfxwdpnxiCU1fZQU3or1PFC8uhR8SuHY5CGh0KFOY8hxRV20elBJbHk9L06Iw_RJL9eSEm5fHbKQZSQqvAIiYXfN1RQfpcsp_GEKvQQbNIDQTe7d4fTb4vC6qXEAcWs_ppFtGwWio57jRrOVgcw736gege2Ustqi8MCLOUzoOyAyAp0tEv=w640-h136" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">"He made of his whole body a tongue to preach the gospel."<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><p></p></div></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-4981774428505711512022-01-25T11:02:00.002-05:002022-01-25T11:04:32.839-05:00January is for Reading<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5kXnMsnXEB2NBiKRtIOHAnzarRxCXBSk74g6M_FrxKAWFVTf7ATsyhj6HLX0ll9vhC1MC3WGkgGxxNBbpVGGT4l1RzykyNb35a4o4utl9CttvWqWmyiYRIl6qqzSbKFPrZv3kwx_gT9avR93x9MKyv2DrfDZmaknarjVlgwbA20B6Ka9dWEy1qlzZ=s3617" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is not one I had in my collection.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday would have been Nouwen's 90th birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seems fitting that I'm reading this this week.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes. I underline and mark in books as I read them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">How about you?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjrRvd3gqX0s_RtRwgzEWgfsKVNcL-1JEPN2U8a16VFjveSvTBojcmhFe4f62I-tJXDwufl99YZrZ91RFy4ingy1uDdiCJJWRxBnMPJJqi_0nGa8MFjQi-2Y5NmzNqauyf714Pp23TsdNHru4Pekc-3eAWRecxGpE5GqdWPwciaAkYh1ZTipzyrZ2b=s3873" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="3873" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjrRvd3gqX0s_RtRwgzEWgfsKVNcL-1JEPN2U8a16VFjveSvTBojcmhFe4f62I-tJXDwufl99YZrZ91RFy4ingy1uDdiCJJWRxBnMPJJqi_0nGa8MFjQi-2Y5NmzNqauyf714Pp23TsdNHru4Pekc-3eAWRecxGpE5GqdWPwciaAkYh1ZTipzyrZ2b=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Recent snowfall and cold temperatures</div><div style="text-align: center;">arrived in time to remind us that it is winter</div><div style="text-align: center;">in northeast Indiana.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Perfect reading weather...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-52479241571265464152021-12-31T15:36:00.005-05:002021-12-31T15:36:35.446-05:00Last Week or So - 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> One day while listening to and
marveling over the explanation of Scripture on EWTN’s daily Mass, I jotted down
the question, “<b>Why</b> have I this treasury?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (Why am I SO privileged?) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was overwhelmed by the insight of the early Church Fathers and the
unfolding of the Gospel of the day by the homilist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It was as though I’d waded in the
shallow waters in the past and was being introduced to depths of insight,
experience and wisdom of the ages pertaining to the words of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a page so familiar to me. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then I remembered words of a verse
that seemed related. I used its key words to track its reference to Matthew
13:52.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Combining most of the translations available in Bible Hub, I came up with the following:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “Therefore (because of this) every
teacher <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(scribe, student of the
Scriptures, expert) of the (religious) law who has become(s) a disciple in (who
has been trained for, well trained for, who has become a disciple of, which is
instructed unto, who has been discipled in, …into, having been discipled in
regard to, who has been made a disciple in) the kingdom (reign) of heaven is
like (a man) the owner (a homeowner, a landowner, a master, a head of a
household) of a house who brings out (puts forth out ) of his storeroom
(treasure, storage room, treasure chest) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>new (and fresh) treasures (gems of truth) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as well as old <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(and familiar) (what is new and what is old,
new and old things).”</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'm reveling in the joy of my treasure--my treasury! Priceless. Inexhaustible. Old AND new. </span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <br /></span></i></p>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-6773567744878570862021-10-02T13:09:00.001-04:002021-10-02T15:42:12.674-04:00Seeds<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1WMaf23C9PwuIMcr-FMitCtGOD7GvsWVXDltQF3ZCdz_PlBElwZtWCs17P6gdM9J7YpDO9odqKBo5dC2uIIsa706BMoFjwtF3asBjVG4rVksIMjvy-KvOHkfi6f5UlizSiuTP6tc23s/s4032/PXL_20211002_170209629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1WMaf23C9PwuIMcr-FMitCtGOD7GvsWVXDltQF3ZCdz_PlBElwZtWCs17P6gdM9J7YpDO9odqKBo5dC2uIIsa706BMoFjwtF3asBjVG4rVksIMjvy-KvOHkfi6f5UlizSiuTP6tc23s/w480-h640/PXL_20211002_170209629.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not everyone would recognize the "seeds" on this scrap piece of paper, but seeds they are!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thoughts from nowhere or thoughts triggered by an action or awareness. Thoughts triggered by something said. Or read.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I'll plant the treasury seed soon...</div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-67625534759732784242021-09-19T15:47:00.008-04:002021-09-19T20:44:57.401-04:00Song in the Night <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A song from the 60's,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1960's that is,</div><div style="text-align: center;">came to mind out of nowhere</div><div style="text-align: center;">as I stepped outdoors last night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJD2N2i-Mx58lcRGJ1ll2hkeU4KpgvRcBNQibTnDyJUZZ12ba0lc8F4OaK-BnSWLJMZPCo0_DxpFKBcXRfyj7uXCT80aCJwqeOpjXBBHHQKtbWtCTukInoK-L1YyGHZ2caHfTwxRI6LT8/s3562/PXL_20210919_001059925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLGwDqwBPlB1CadYHOMURVq_YwEHUF96DBKIXhWcFzJYrZZqtdak1UJCcDa-N7TSTXvgUqF01p65uX-mpHBll3C5fVp77eL7vJ56SsHiLI8Z8OoxvcierMvqtcCCkTLxYVCQp91U8u3I/s3318/PXL_20210919_002717699.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2546" data-original-width="3318" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLGwDqwBPlB1CadYHOMURVq_YwEHUF96DBKIXhWcFzJYrZZqtdak1UJCcDa-N7TSTXvgUqF01p65uX-mpHBll3C5fVp77eL7vJ56SsHiLI8Z8OoxvcierMvqtcCCkTLxYVCQp91U8u3I/w400-h308/PXL_20210919_002717699.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-39019756185014171302021-06-28T15:08:00.003-04:002021-06-28T15:16:03.296-04:00Too Early to Despair<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFfKn-XKNwPm-RyqMJzF-XEBSxN5GNTHZUDOSdHA5ZTRT-jGCZhIidsRrLRBVIo110iB2-jdXHNqScuuxzBauUbhd87T0KW9zNvUx6YUXRXU7paoHb-HJ1vEqLm6iueUFuZUg-5gSviU/s3840/PXL_20210628_185524003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFfKn-XKNwPm-RyqMJzF-XEBSxN5GNTHZUDOSdHA5ZTRT-jGCZhIidsRrLRBVIo110iB2-jdXHNqScuuxzBauUbhd87T0KW9zNvUx6YUXRXU7paoHb-HJ1vEqLm6iueUFuZUg-5gSviU/w360-h640/PXL_20210628_185524003.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I'm reading this 90 degree afternoon...</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmTPv4YpYrD9xI5AeIK4xBieB0duG_xvLWsPd_NaEu5eZ78Kp3Fe9s7htc-Belhr7aGvUZJa7qcybVS96gPzSLx7_ltzLpKSomwoz_ZwBQ3VsfMXisXbtjUgqdvOvH5fVZ7EOmIl0vMc/s3515/original_40114a2b-b5c4-4247-af99-e1489e4f766f_PXL_20210627_182817817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="3515" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmTPv4YpYrD9xI5AeIK4xBieB0duG_xvLWsPd_NaEu5eZ78Kp3Fe9s7htc-Belhr7aGvUZJa7qcybVS96gPzSLx7_ltzLpKSomwoz_ZwBQ3VsfMXisXbtjUgqdvOvH5fVZ7EOmIl0vMc/w640-h106/original_40114a2b-b5c4-4247-af99-e1489e4f766f_PXL_20210627_182817817.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> It's at least the third E. Peters book in this series I've read this spring/summer. I delight in this period of history (1100s) and find Brother Cadfael a most interesting character.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPDDhmHxsWEUNxA8WRBVMlX2woERdCKKouy8KzZ12JUbePz6mVehN6Z2t8Fkwc4Oimis-9vd2L1nTyvMHoijEfufBvwDmByUFBASW0CtWMp-lGvCqYqmSr9ibMind2Ohy-XV9nCvJk34/s2902/original_f2fdabe2-22a8-49c8-94c8-c6ebf6b9c00c_PXL_20210628_155050637.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2902" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPDDhmHxsWEUNxA8WRBVMlX2woERdCKKouy8KzZ12JUbePz6mVehN6Z2t8Fkwc4Oimis-9vd2L1nTyvMHoijEfufBvwDmByUFBASW0CtWMp-lGvCqYqmSr9ibMind2Ohy-XV9nCvJk34/w640-h476/original_f2fdabe2-22a8-49c8-94c8-c6ebf6b9c00c_PXL_20210628_155050637.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and out in the yard...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-87450864366783164142021-06-24T08:26:00.003-04:002021-06-24T08:26:51.473-04:00the last thing I need<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxoN4Jg6cRxvXkBS45VLtbqV4933EJYFDMcmFDaaSzuoBsdFWezmopKQGaeaOv05pJnTS2slWTWPcp00hxlMAnah1PS9bGtoG46uHIiz6sAl8U2NBHpczNxb85GwHK8i1gaXvYKPybsE/s3840/PXL_20210623_182141712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxoN4Jg6cRxvXkBS45VLtbqV4933EJYFDMcmFDaaSzuoBsdFWezmopKQGaeaOv05pJnTS2slWTWPcp00hxlMAnah1PS9bGtoG46uHIiz6sAl8U2NBHpczNxb85GwHK8i1gaXvYKPybsE/w640-h360/PXL_20210623_182141712.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">the</p><p style="text-align: center;">last</p><p style="text-align: center;">thing</p><p style="text-align: center;">i</p><p style="text-align: center;">need</p><p style="text-align: center;">is</p><p style="text-align: center;">one</p><p style="text-align: center;">more</p><p style="text-align: center;">earthly</p><p style="text-align: center;">thing</p><p style="text-align: center;">(rlg, 6-24-2021)</p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-79675936373286901972021-04-24T15:12:00.003-04:002021-04-24T15:19:30.089-04:00Life with Father<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVBF89yElz2JmaHMHZjpD47cKHaNyuXr5lXK6WXMhrYKkWQZcMLbv1ihkK91k3dFTTiAtROIixehr4k-l-H83Mwq2fr8B3RkEcajJrL6ufCOCesPQ3w6j9Lb1uoms3AIlI8J6BvKa3ss/s3434/PXL_20210305_112556669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="3434" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVBF89yElz2JmaHMHZjpD47cKHaNyuXr5lXK6WXMhrYKkWQZcMLbv1ihkK91k3dFTTiAtROIixehr4k-l-H83Mwq2fr8B3RkEcajJrL6ufCOCesPQ3w6j9Lb1uoms3AIlI8J6BvKa3ss/w640-h392/PXL_20210305_112556669.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-78941726827667323672021-02-09T10:02:00.006-05:002021-02-17T16:07:51.868-05:00One by One by Five<p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;">Like snow falling persistently these days, </div><div style="text-align: center;">my<span style="text-align: center;"> </span><i style="text-align: center;">ten lines </i><span style="text-align: center;">kept on co</span>ming this morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycOauSyoaosQCoA5YvAGt1WnENwzPz5vllIFL8qs-dShBYEGaHAwxiZGKDjeiPV2KAEiM0x3tglGlxIW0IqZCt6yPvVTx-__6auKjL2kvKXozFhFEcvmxjwMIsYNDIKFEzgVhw_tqkZo/s2548/PXL_20210209_134224779.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1729" data-original-width="2548" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycOauSyoaosQCoA5YvAGt1WnENwzPz5vllIFL8qs-dShBYEGaHAwxiZGKDjeiPV2KAEiM0x3tglGlxIW0IqZCt6yPvVTx-__6auKjL2kvKXozFhFEcvmxjwMIsYNDIKFEzgVhw_tqkZo/w640-h434/PXL_20210209_134224779.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">broader</p><p style="text-align: left;">than</p><p style="text-align: left;">anyone</p><p style="text-align: left;">imagines</p><p style="text-align: left;">the impact</p><p style="text-align: left;">of words</p><p style="text-align: left;">both </p><p style="text-align: left;">thoughtful</p><p style="text-align: left;">and </p><p style="text-align: left;">thoughtless</p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p style="text-align: left;">creating </p><p style="text-align: left;">rhyme</p><p style="text-align: left;">takes</p><p style="text-align: left;">time</p><p style="text-align: left;">which </p><p style="text-align: left;">i </p><p style="text-align: left;">don't </p><p style="text-align: left;">choose</p><p style="text-align: left;"> to </p><p style="text-align: left;">lose</p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p style="text-align: left;">in </p><p style="text-align: left;">our quiet</p><p style="text-align: left;">lies</p><p style="text-align: left;">our peace</p><p style="text-align: left;">he </p><p style="text-align: left;">with</p><p style="text-align: left;">mine</p><p style="text-align: left;">i</p><p style="text-align: left;">with </p><p style="text-align: left;">his</p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p style="text-align: left;">living </p><p style="text-align: left;">with</p><p style="text-align: left;">an</p><p style="text-align: left;">older</p><p style="text-align: left;">adult</p><p style="text-align: left;">i </p><p style="text-align: left;">forget</p><p style="text-align: left;">i </p><p style="text-align: left;">am</p><p style="text-align: left;">one</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuwpWs-D4Hleew1lYCHbY44NsPg1ZIYDvuKW2FPdAsJsxF9MHfugQBxd9TtHh0YJgU1MBNS5Q9QX6JRdszF6-dFRv0lLhYWASR7IVvkM2GljjD7QQByZz61Ca3tfMwlxis5enl755ceI/s2977/PXL_20210206_163749564.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1674" data-original-width="2977" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuwpWs-D4Hleew1lYCHbY44NsPg1ZIYDvuKW2FPdAsJsxF9MHfugQBxd9TtHh0YJgU1MBNS5Q9QX6JRdszF6-dFRv0lLhYWASR7IVvkM2GljjD7QQByZz61Ca3tfMwlxis5enl755ceI/w640-h360/PXL_20210206_163749564.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p style="text-align: left;">all </p><p style="text-align: left;">that</p><p style="text-align: left;">glitters</p><p style="text-align: left;">is </p><p style="text-align: left;">not gold</p><p style="text-align: left;">all</p><p style="text-align: left;">that</p><p style="text-align: left;">rhymes</p><p style="text-align: left;">is </p><p style="text-align: left;">not poetry</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-42777986674221840872021-01-27T16:14:00.000-05:002021-01-27T16:14:52.562-05:00Apple Dumplings<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9E1weEk4-onypbMOa-wa1_TDA56HvD7jhSgHhcUU5FCkGXn1dU_WafYK_wmM-HLHn1tn2h7MRKlkzF3xkCvrs39rbBBzuCs1trxLauHPQuuwvW1dbcU9VM6uUptzSK-Rf_87AadIskg/s3840/PXL_20210127_145511837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9E1weEk4-onypbMOa-wa1_TDA56HvD7jhSgHhcUU5FCkGXn1dU_WafYK_wmM-HLHn1tn2h7MRKlkzF3xkCvrs39rbBBzuCs1trxLauHPQuuwvW1dbcU9VM6uUptzSK-Rf_87AadIskg/w360-h640/PXL_20210127_145511837.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was an apple dumplings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sort of day, so I got out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my Better Homes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Gardens Cookbook.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxw4IYmKRWIKk-ftbDibNb9EPLRAAxHhNznzRwHrU_9rTIddc8lnZ_WyaGKY-feY5071HyWZ2p7Udc9Nv770GAxDlAw-9Oln_JCAS0OSUoKbpXEAxCucq7f3y5dnYjOj64sY7N-m-Z3pw/w640-h360/PXL_20210127_143822562.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-85535403673047604192021-01-23T10:55:00.011-05:002021-01-24T16:05:26.531-05:00Try to Make It Last<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD0N7LXmQsavm-qeB68Saao1896h-vwVSyft9h1gXa2HmZQnHWA7H7zPhvTsd_fXscmG1hlv8RuOx7W_nWLAMP2NhaP-pDaMuOAuj8_OHkAQ6CLVMHX680hyphenhyphenRbMV4cty5J3vfwHCK3gg/s2220/PXL_20210123_144001520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="2160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnD0N7LXmQsavm-qeB68Saao1896h-vwVSyft9h1gXa2HmZQnHWA7H7zPhvTsd_fXscmG1hlv8RuOx7W_nWLAMP2NhaP-pDaMuOAuj8_OHkAQ6CLVMHX680hyphenhyphenRbMV4cty5J3vfwHCK3gg/w389-h400/PXL_20210123_144001520.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just about my </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">favorite thank you card</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ever!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(From one of our granddaughters)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below, the present she made me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzallpYyhpOk6Z_3pYxhhd27xPIiGzo1ECqJlDNqCvnf2yPU7F7JisvnQyHA0DqFWtqAhwWS7OlClm90gK78UK_LOpG2Uc7lsvRtTywk3taA0APEtvT_AnyCB2hZl94xFREmKZLsd9FAI/s2826/PXL_20210122_144347621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2826" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzallpYyhpOk6Z_3pYxhhd27xPIiGzo1ECqJlDNqCvnf2yPU7F7JisvnQyHA0DqFWtqAhwWS7OlClm90gK78UK_LOpG2Uc7lsvRtTywk3taA0APEtvT_AnyCB2hZl94xFREmKZLsd9FAI/w640-h490/PXL_20210122_144347621.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-45789428441306580332021-01-21T09:06:00.003-05:002021-01-21T09:06:35.139-05:00A Quiet Life<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsU3m6eOrV6wCW6XUrdHp5sHNtRW4jc5MTHEEbFjn3P5AWJpEXvx3CRQJcd3-bdC1fq9FiSgJktsV2Dt3QbK0j0mJhlnPw0KJ4mkUwP9sga02kxivd0pPfJxxSAnKHFnhyqlTKTeYUbsI/s2789/PXL_20210119_232535178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="2789" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsU3m6eOrV6wCW6XUrdHp5sHNtRW4jc5MTHEEbFjn3P5AWJpEXvx3CRQJcd3-bdC1fq9FiSgJktsV2Dt3QbK0j0mJhlnPw0KJ4mkUwP9sga02kxivd0pPfJxxSAnKHFnhyqlTKTeYUbsI/w640-h496/PXL_20210119_232535178.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzaCMv40cYgHRyqzrYJohZQ7osLOpxO1o3qFBu4JPZ8L5dVYtf5il_pO5BmmUR1BG1OdnTrNGenWzkRkrsOh55ppO9vEhMec44FMU5_iAVoPpfY46m6zJ2T6GIS5ibSm_94pNeS5q5Gw/s2098/PXL_20210117_161438041.NIGHT%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2098" data-original-width="1765" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzaCMv40cYgHRyqzrYJohZQ7osLOpxO1o3qFBu4JPZ8L5dVYtf5il_pO5BmmUR1BG1OdnTrNGenWzkRkrsOh55ppO9vEhMec44FMU5_iAVoPpfY46m6zJ2T6GIS5ibSm_94pNeS5q5Gw/w538-h640/PXL_20210117_161438041.NIGHT%257E2.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><p>a</p><p></p><p>quiet</p><p>peaceable</p><p>life</p><p>godly</p><p>and</p><p>dignified</p><p>please</p><p>and</p><p>thank you</p><p>(rlg, 1-21-2021)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHrvQotyARIrVBv70ef5m_Eb69eNYvLt0GuiOlHWrdNrLmzQa08FDqzP-8GfqcvczCK1iJrQCUHEOvwSlfGtodm0ph4qCgou-xAY10r_qm0TZ_7VEN-oWTybfv-vJ0jV6XC1gr_dG7lA/s3002/PXL_20210108_230749704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3002" data-original-width="1812" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHrvQotyARIrVBv70ef5m_Eb69eNYvLt0GuiOlHWrdNrLmzQa08FDqzP-8GfqcvczCK1iJrQCUHEOvwSlfGtodm0ph4qCgou-xAY10r_qm0TZ_7VEN-oWTybfv-vJ0jV6XC1gr_dG7lA/w386-h640/PXL_20210108_230749704.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-72749587816030065572021-01-05T11:39:00.002-05:002021-01-05T11:39:11.632-05:00No Shortcuts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoScJy_hIpVfH81yv5LkO_5-P1nssIc1-oF32Krd0L2Jz-EijAdEUh14_353-dSiHNGsTylBOAHKeq1YztfTVY4ppAIQeblkyEJJpR_Qk2GdZZmrBeGWx_f3j28wzEGvR_ub0e-mT_Sk/s3840/PXL_20210105_162548257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoScJy_hIpVfH81yv5LkO_5-P1nssIc1-oF32Krd0L2Jz-EijAdEUh14_353-dSiHNGsTylBOAHKeq1YztfTVY4ppAIQeblkyEJJpR_Qk2GdZZmrBeGWx_f3j28wzEGvR_ub0e-mT_Sk/w640-h360/PXL_20210105_162548257.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">He walked with me yesterday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Do you take the shortcut?"</div><div style="text-align: center;">he asked referring to the driveway</div><div style="text-align: center;">that veers to the right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRR0BjkRMCdIbFfKogyRVTUjI4PVc4MmkrGYbCQzye9bK-J4P9GwfYPZOMvx3ONBkF53Tvc5YqhyphenhyphenAU2HvTXew5jnS8Qqq2S2c-3gyW00xpX1jQAkM2sDkKJHOeHd8ghZ7iCHI41a1Mzk/s3840/PXL_20210105_162636619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRR0BjkRMCdIbFfKogyRVTUjI4PVc4MmkrGYbCQzye9bK-J4P9GwfYPZOMvx3ONBkF53Tvc5YqhyphenhyphenAU2HvTXew5jnS8Qqq2S2c-3gyW00xpX1jQAkM2sDkKJHOeHd8ghZ7iCHI41a1Mzk/w640-h360/PXL_20210105_162636619.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Not anymore,"</div><div style="text-align: center;">I responded.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Determined</div><div style="text-align: center;">Zealous</div><div style="text-align: center;">Industrious</div><div style="text-align: center;">and</div><div style="text-align: center;">Resilient"</div><div style="text-align: center;">were the words of the feminine genius exemplified</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the life of</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton</div><div style="text-align: center;">and noted by Father Wade Menezes</div><div style="text-align: center;">in a recent homily.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm no longer interested</div><div style="text-align: center;">in shortcuts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-59067092004635396882021-01-03T20:24:00.001-05:002021-01-03T20:24:45.907-05:00Unabashedly Aged<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau2PHDYi1F4_2dgOhQzwywP37yEGXG8TCBBk546rEne0TzOz6KB1WVnt6I30G8_LU4bskmP3KroRYTK45dWSthyFWGkrzQoo5ENwIyjJzhwwyZGkTomRzclowRKPsO0NzQBJbbU-gtFM/s2688/PXL_20210103_113906647.PORTRAIT%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="1425" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgau2PHDYi1F4_2dgOhQzwywP37yEGXG8TCBBk546rEne0TzOz6KB1WVnt6I30G8_LU4bskmP3KroRYTK45dWSthyFWGkrzQoo5ENwIyjJzhwwyZGkTomRzclowRKPsO0NzQBJbbU-gtFM/w213-h400/PXL_20210103_113906647.PORTRAIT%257E2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />unabashedly<p></p><p>aged</p><p>i am</p><p>which</p><p>comes</p><p>with</p><p>some pros</p><p>a few cons</p><p>and</p><p>fewer excuses</p><p>(rlg, 1-3-2021)</p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-19309089622844140332020-12-29T06:28:00.003-05:002020-12-29T06:28:43.306-05:002021<p style="text-align: center;">A look and re-look at <a href="https://decordemon.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-revival-of-rustic-italian-farmhouse.html?m=1">this post</a> inspired these words...</p><p style="text-align: center;">natural</p><p style="text-align: center;">unpretentious</p><p style="text-align: center;">pared down</p><p style="text-align: center;">clutterless</p><p style="text-align: center;">strong</p><p style="text-align: center;">curated</p><p style="text-align: center;">basic</p><p style="text-align: center;">timeless</p><p style="text-align: center;">honest</p><p style="text-align: center;">unabashedly aged</p><p style="text-align: center;">Later, I realized my extreme fascination with this place was because it was almost everything I long to be personally. I'm paying attention to this as I prepare to enter 2021.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163092593778837151.post-43043351362627425582020-12-24T16:13:00.005-05:002020-12-24T17:56:13.707-05:00The Day Before<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLa4w-_kwU_5_K3KZNRUmIU18JySJlIYNxWstll0IERC76FuvLBGynmeuoZz2r-o7yqThhfLLbNoqiv7-GWEtGXlxRrwl1oB-FcbCb2CtWJ3MJ57h8QNwqmzmAWszegLWZwKgJ-aVSyA/s3840/PXL_20201223_204918365.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLa4w-_kwU_5_K3KZNRUmIU18JySJlIYNxWstll0IERC76FuvLBGynmeuoZz2r-o7yqThhfLLbNoqiv7-GWEtGXlxRrwl1oB-FcbCb2CtWJ3MJ57h8QNwqmzmAWszegLWZwKgJ-aVSyA/w360-h640/PXL_20201223_204918365.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas cards blend BEAUtifully</div><div style="text-align: center;">with Christmas birthday cards</div><div style="text-align: center;">the day before Christmas and my birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWriEnPb5ruNp5mlU5bWNXAiF5rUyR4NlIt1u5IdK4apI9kZ0kdaYquUKcaO7F3_Ps_PopZOZdybHBtFHujLghxapRoDRszgJFUnznIMBsSP08_q0eLqmI_SE5ZgLSbiwQkIsetYcWuLQ/s3397/original_9d39681a-9e6a-4b16-af0e-84313fad0fb4_PXL_20201224_132410501.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3397" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWriEnPb5ruNp5mlU5bWNXAiF5rUyR4NlIt1u5IdK4apI9kZ0kdaYquUKcaO7F3_Ps_PopZOZdybHBtFHujLghxapRoDRszgJFUnznIMBsSP08_q0eLqmI_SE5ZgLSbiwQkIsetYcWuLQ/w640-h406/original_9d39681a-9e6a-4b16-af0e-84313fad0fb4_PXL_20201224_132410501.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today (Christmas Eve)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I baked my cake for tomorrow...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Baked Oatmeal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D92ue-kALrTrbUlrAKSLvpF2COMm47n0k_xefftMPkVTJMXYG5sbDgZO5mf9VpitXZThAMNhDIPdT3j6bjxlGB7JUABUXbMCuZzNBIjKQ3_fvp30smOMEwX-0xV2tsJwW4S4AaC3Le4/s1697/PXL_20201224_132506259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1697" data-original-width="1326" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D92ue-kALrTrbUlrAKSLvpF2COMm47n0k_xefftMPkVTJMXYG5sbDgZO5mf9VpitXZThAMNhDIPdT3j6bjxlGB7JUABUXbMCuZzNBIjKQ3_fvp30smOMEwX-0xV2tsJwW4S4AaC3Le4/w313-h400/PXL_20201224_132506259.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I even took a hasty selfie</div><div style="text-align: center;">and include it without apology--</div><div style="text-align: center;">a record of the last day of being</div><div style="text-align: center;">71.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMS7wNO-WA5gyZuW73be3auA5Ep6rwmJe0CjddM5i6ibzqth81iWdz7FapBURGZlZzF4LrIKpJf06k5_sIHZCs6Gm_IdwNuim4955Sn1fB7NedpuAIEn5Sem0m3cU8o5yy69YokuAMs8/s1858/PXL_20201224_145058474.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1858" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMS7wNO-WA5gyZuW73be3auA5Ep6rwmJe0CjddM5i6ibzqth81iWdz7FapBURGZlZzF4LrIKpJf06k5_sIHZCs6Gm_IdwNuim4955Sn1fB7NedpuAIEn5Sem0m3cU8o5yy69YokuAMs8/w400-h233/PXL_20201224_145058474.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm almost finished with my Read-thru-the-Bible plan for 2020.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been reading out of the Amplified Bible.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Usually, the Song of Solomon is NOT my favorite book of the Bible.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But this morning, I read 7:1 as though it were a promise to me--</div><div style="text-align: center;">that my "person" would be noticed this year even as my outer beauty fades!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I know that the bracketed parts are not actual text.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I read on and stopped and smiled at the 10th verse.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>{She proudly said} I am my beloved's,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and his desire is toward me!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have much room to grow in the realization</div><div style="text-align: center;">of my Bridegroom's love in my 72nd year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe it will be so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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