Smells and Bells

I have one more story to tell about February 3. I’ve been holding back on it, thinking that you’d be tired of it all by now,  or that maybe there was more to it that might be illuminated with a few more days of reflection and living  (as is often the case with me), but [...]

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Remember

St. Paul’s Cathedral, Birmingham, Alabama. Visiting bishop from Colombia. I have to say that  “Remember,you are dust and to dust you shall return“  uttered in a forceful, sonorous Colombian tone has a certain… …resonance. Hard to forget.

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Hear That Train a’ Comin’

I think it was the second night we slept here, at 1:22 AM, the train came by.  Slowly, blasting a warning whistle as it passed, churning, grinding down the hill. It’s not as close as it looks. In fact, when I drive around the block, just on the other side of the tracks and look [...]

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Home Blessing

Nerf gun optional.

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Kitschen Decor

I am telling you the total, absolute truth when I tell you that this was the first thing I ever purchased on Ebay. Not lying.  And to tell you the truth (again) this amazing citrusy-piggy was crucial in revealing to me the wonders of the aborning-Internet-Age. (It was about 12 years ago, I’d guess.) If [...]

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#Trending

First two searches bringing people to my blog today. I’m pretty sure there’s a connection.

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I know, I know

Should have sprung for one more bedroom….

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Electric

Wednesday morning, an electrician came to the new house. (We still aren’t there – the movers come tomorrow morning.) A problem or two had emerged, involving sparks emitting from a ceiling fan and a subsequent power failure on one side of the house. He fixed it, and we talked about him returning to install a [...]

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