Linda Hoye's Blog, page 126
October 29, 2017
Sunday, October 29, 2017
“When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art Pausing. Intentionally gathering. Listening. Sunday. Yet, even in this, there can be running. Keep me from busy for the sake of […]
October 28, 2017
Saturday, October 28, 2017
“Play is the highest form of research.” ~ Albert Einstein I’m sitting in traffic, stopped, as the city workers tend to yet another thing on the only street leading into our neighbourhood. The work has been going on since early summer. They’re painting crosswalks now; I think that means it’s almost finished. A man in a […]
October 27, 2017
Friday, October 27, 2017
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist No longer legally impaired and computer issue resolved, life looks pretty fine from where I sit this dark, late-October morning. There are some nagging things in the background, but there will always be nagging things […]
October 26, 2017
Thursday, October 26, 2017
“It is very strange that the years teach us patience – that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.” ~ Elizabeth Taylor, A Wreath of Roses When I finally left the hospital yesterday afternoon at five o’clock I was informed that I would be legally impaired for the next twenty-four hours. So, if […]
October 25, 2017
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
“You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.” ~ Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes It was good day: real conversation and focused prayer with a friend in the morning, a hair appointment in the afternoon, and a good measure of quiet solitude in between. Then computer disaster hit and everything went […]
October 24, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
“Some things have to be believed to be seen.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle The evening sky takes on the strangest hue around supper time. I can’t help but look up and wonder, what if? I grab my phone, head out on the deck, and snap a photo that doesn’t come close to doing it justice. Others pull […]
October 23, 2017
Monday, October 23, 2017
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~ William Faulkner My granddaughter, who’s been homeschooled until now, starts grade three in public school today. Since her mom decided a couple of weeks ago to take this step, I’ve been praying for an easy transition for my Ladybug […]
October 22, 2017
Sunday, October 22, 2017
“As Rosemary is to the spirit, so Lavender is to the soul.” ~ Unknown I snipped the last of the lavender a couple of days ago and set a vase on my kitchen windowsill, but not before taking the fragrant bunch down to the woman cave for some photos. The lavender spikes so pretty, the […]
October 21, 2017
Saturday, October 21, 2017
“Take time to see the quiet miracles that seek no attention” ~ John O’Donohue That seems like a good piece of wisdom for this day—any day, really. Today, I’m digging up a few geraniums and begonias from my large pots that I want to overwinter in the house. Tomorrow, Gerry will move the pots to […]
October 20, 2017
Friday, October 20, 2017
“I became a sort of garden fanatic, and I am not over it yet. You can take a few seed peas, dry and dead, and sow them in a little furrow, and they will sprout into a row of pea vines and bear more peas—it may not be a miracle, but that is a matter […]
