Lent 2023 - Murrelets

Today's passage from John 13 reads: "After [Judas] received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, 'Do quickly w…

I never buy more than I can afford but I often buy more than I need. Until recently, I didn’t consider my spending habits a problem. My thinking we…

Mostly I do buy only what I need. Probably because I’m cheap. But not always. I live in a house that is twice what I need on an everyday basis. I b…

I mentioned once before that my adoptive parents were Depression Era survivors. For them to “buy what we need” would be to, not just buy one of what …

That must have been the saddest moment for them both: the hasty goodbye, when Jesus said to Judas, “Do quickly what you are going to do,” knowing his…

The earth is in a precarious position, so we humans believe. Though we should exercise due diligence and make efforts to protect the planet, places l…

Out in the country Twenty-six miles or so south of town By the well On the Neumann Ranch I remember As a kid we’d go out a few times a week To water …

His cremains, I learned later, had been placed under a large fake rock with dozens of others who had deeded their bodies to the Carver School of Medi…

My friend Chris La Tray, in his Irritable Métis blog post today, shares his one-sentence journal entry from March 17: "2023_0317: Considering th…

Chicken and Dumplings was one of my favorite meals as a child. My mother would cook a hen in salted water until the broth was rich and the meat lite…

I prefer Celebrations of Life to Funerals. Both kinds of events serve the purpose of helping the survivors, the grieve-stricken family and friends, …

Lightness is a dominant metaphor in Christianity—this idea that we are moving towards and seeking out the light. After a long winter I am certainly h…

I remember the very first Earth Day. We were living in Columbus Ohio where my husband was attending law school at OSU. Our daughter Robin was an in…

Everything in nature is made up of five basic elements: earth, water, fire, air, and space. Humanity has managed to pollute, abuse and disrespect th…

O, Earth. Creation as first Incarnation, so say the saints. There is little difference now between the Ground on which I walk, and the Spirit who mov…

I’m falling in love with someone who’s falling in love with earth in a novel. He’s an alien narrator with a purpose for being here but he’s changing …

I guess I could say that I’m an orphan, and a widow, of sorts. All of my elder family members have passed. I buried a husband in 2012. All I have lef…

Marilyn stood at the foot of the open grave long after everyone else had left. Only the waiting car, the funeral director and his two assistants hove…

The dead are ever present. They accompany me on life’s journey As surely as if they hold my hand. They take up space in heart and head. The ones who …

I am doing the prompt from Day 34 instead. What lies ahead for you? What are you looking forward to? I am glad this is a question asked. I understand…

In my culture, a burial is a family gathering which, although it begins in sadness, it ends in gladness; it is a bright, sad moment, as the Eastern O…

My sister was startled awake having dreamed our father’s death as a cloud crossing the moon, as a poem written in chalk on a blackboard and wiped awa…

Dad Prentice My Grandfather Walter E. Prentice was born in 1886. His parents Mary Rose Kinslow and Robert Kinslow separated after the discovery that…

Planning the future is always a good idea, until it isn’t.Three years ago after retiring, we had everything planned out. Travel, celebration,art muse…

There was a time I served on the Board of Directors for a local Food Pantry, even taking my turn being president. Food insecurity was – and probably…