Modeling the “Over the Shoulder” look. Today seemed like a good day to set the camera to film Maisy. Sunlight provided some brightness in my office, even thought it was a bit overcast today. I made three short films. But I’m only posting one here. All three of them are on …
Possible Book Back Jacket Photo “You Should be A Writer.” First of all, thank you to all of the people who have been so kind to take the time to read my posts. I greatly appreciate it. And to those who have left comments or sent replies, a second thanks for your time, energy …
The Lesson I Needed To Learn “And you shall [earnestly]remember all the way which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and to prove you, to know what was in your [mind and] heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. And He humbled you and …
Childhood choices From the day of our birth until we are mature enough to make all of our own adult decisions, our adult lives have been influenced by decisions made for us by our parents, our teachers and even the laws of the land. Yet, the skill of decision making begins in our “tender …
Option 1 arrangement Option 2 arrangement Have you missed me? I’ve certainly been missing my time writing the blog. I’ve been pre-occupied this past week. If you’re like me, once you start a project it seems to weigh on the mind until you get it finished. So I’ve been trying to focus …
Sunset from Our Balcony Today we celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, and I must say that this one is very different to the first one I celebrated in England, back in 1988. A pronounced difference in mind-set existed between Americans and the British. Let me explain the background of my first British Valentines’ Day. …
I found it rather ironic that as I sat down to write this second post about singleness, Benri Dymet’s daily 10-minute broadcast “A Different Perspective” came on. The topic for this particular programme was on Singleness. Mr. Dymet took his Bible text from 1 Corinthians 7; Paul teaching on the gift of marriage. Paul …
Several years ago I sat near the top of Wembley Auditorium at the Hillsong Colour Conference for women. A panel of guest speakers sat on the stage discussing singleness. A question had been posed to the panel, and a couple of the women had given their respective responses. Then the leader/hostess of the session …
On Sundays, after the 11.00 am service at St. Mary’s, we always have coffee and biscuits (cookies for the Americans). Occasionally someone brings samosas, which are of Asian origin; pastry is filled with spicy vegetables and or meat and then usually fried. For birthdays it is not uncommon for cake to be served. But …
I drew a line on the yellow flannel, walked over to the sewing machine and stitched along the line. My heart sighed with pleasure and the “I was born to do this” feeling coursed through my being. Working with my hands, making things for other people, gives me …