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Watercolor Wednesday: A beautiful land of unrest
Such pain has erupted in Minnesota and has spread around the world. We seem to have reached a tipping point where the evil of institutionalized racism will no longer be tolerated. White people are being asked to “do the work” – and I’m seeking to educate myself from the voices of the oppressed, the ignored,…
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Watercolor Wednesday
We were grieving the death of Ahmaud Arbery not long ago. And now George Floyd, killed in my home state of Minnesota. My heart hurts for this injustice. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
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Watercolor Wednesday: A walk in the rain
My dad paints in many different styles, and I particularly like his more abstract interpretations, such as this lovely watercolor from a trip he and my mom enjoyed in the picturesque town of Heidelberg, Germany. What strikes me are the stark colors against the more muted background. Our weather today is the opposite of the…
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Weekly Watercolor: Walking in the garden at twilight
A friend said recently that she’s often absent minded. I said, I prefer to say I have a lot going on in my head and thus I might seem forgetful. Again Wednesday has passed me by without posting art from my dad. I had it on my task list – but didn’t check my task…
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Celebrating mothers of all kinds
We celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday, and although I was supposed to be in Minnesota with my mom, the lockdown meant I got to celebrate with my family here in London. I was sad that my parents didn’t get to see any of their family on this day as they observe sheltering rules, but we had…
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Weekly watercolor: Finding hope in beauty
This week we’re observing Watercolor Wednesday on Thursday, because hey, who knows what day it is anymore! I clearly don’t. I thought we could use some simple beauty for today’s image. Two flowers with their bright colors on a blue background, reminding us to take a few moments to breathe in as we remember that…
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Home haiku
I thought you might enjoy reading the haiku poems my daughter wrote yesterday as part of her English homework. I love how they express so many emotions in so few words. Here we are at homeForty-seven days and moreWishing we were out Stuck at home all dayIsolated, alone, sadApocalyptic Overwhelmed with workConstantly behind and boredWishing…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Glory to God all the days
We’re in the Easter season – Eastertide, as it’s known in Anglican circles, when for 50 days after Easter Sunday we continue to celebrate the risen Jesus. We should be sipping bubbly and embracing our loved ones. But with the pandemic sinking into us more deeply as the days go by, it doesn’t feel very…
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Book review: The Girl from the Train by Irma Joubert
In response to a tweet wondering should she read this book, my review from Woman Alive, August 2016. (Great decluttering exercise during lockdown!) You may know that the Woman Alive book club has an interactive presence on Facebook. At the request of readers there, I chose a fiction and nonfiction book for us to discuss,…
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Finding hope in crisis: Free ebook
We live in unprecedented times. You may feel you have more space to engage with God or you might feel overwhelmed. Perhaps you feel both eager to meet with God and then flat-out tired and listless in the same day. If you have some time and energy, consider journeying with Abraham and Sarah over a…
