Linda Hoye's Blog, page 125
November 8, 2017
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
The women of today are the thoughts of their mothers and grandmothers, embodied, and made alive. They are active, capable, determined and bound to win. . . Millions of women, dead and gone, are speaking through us today. Matilda Gage, I finally have enough room in the freezer for bran muffins and oatmeal cookies so
November 7, 2017
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp. ~ W. Somerset Maugham For me it’s usually between four and five in the morning. Sometimes I come to the page my mind awhirl with thoughts and words and the strongest desire to wrestle them into something with meaning. Sometimes—often—I come
November 6, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
To be half a century plus is wonderfully exciting, because I haven’t lost any of my past, and I am free to stand on the rock of all that the past has taught me as I look to the future. Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet Gerry and I like to watch a television program
November 5, 2017
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Believing takes practice. ~Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time It seems like I’ve been busy this week. I have been, to some extent, but also the days of forced and snowy hygge have left me feeling discombobulated. I’m thankful for the pause of Sunday and the opportunity to reset. My blog book project is moving
November 4, 2017
Saturday, November 4, 2017
“We weren’t meant to be somebody–we were meant to know Somebody” ~ John Piper It starts with a tree: a tall and full maple dressed in brilliant autumn finery. I must be right in front of it because it’s everywhere. It’s my entire world. Then, something changes and it’s still red and gold and glorious, but […]
November 3, 2017
Friday, November 3, 2017
“You wake up on a winter morning and pull up the shade, and what lay there the evening before is no longer there–the sodden gray yard, the dog droppings, the tire tracks in the frozen mud, the broken lawn chair you forgot to take in last fall. All this has disappeared overnight, and what you […]
November 2, 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ~ Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland It’s almost 4:30 a.m. and I just […]
November 1, 2017
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
“We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle I’m choosing obedience over comfort and facilitating a women’s bible study that begins today and will run for twelve weeks, certain and settled within me that it is something God […]
October 31, 2017
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
“I’ve long since stopped feeling guilty about taking being time; it’s something we all need for our spiritual health, and often we don’t take enough of it.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art I’m taking a day today. I’m building boundaries around a block of hours and using the time […]
October 30, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ~ Albert Camus Images of the changing landscape are everywhere. Photographers, and those who are simply struck with the grandeur of the changing season, share images of brilliant gold, orange, and red—autumn’s finest putting on a show and then falling to the ground. Colourful mulch, […]
