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Las Vegas Atmosphere
A much more contented hubby when I am there. Las Vegas is my husband’s least favorite city to travel on business. Last week, I joined him for a couple nights to make it suck less. (His words.) You...
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Leaving Stuff Behind You
As I wake in a new house today, a mess filled with boxes, I’m reminded of a punishment I used when my kids were little and couldn’t keep their room clean. Once when the battle lines blurred with the...
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There’s a hole in my bucket list, dear Liza
I never made a bucket list. I don’t know if I ever will, but it isn’t because I don’t want to be prepared to die. Last year I celebrated American citizenship with a woman from Iraq by buying her lunch....
View ArticleI think I may be in a little more pain than most women
I’m trying to learn Spanish and so I added a parallel Spanish Bible to my Olive Tree app. My goal is to read through the New Testament in Spanish. Even though I don’t understand everything yet, it...
View ArticleHe’s on your side–he is not on your side
I recently told a younger friend (she’s not much younger than me but she likes to be called young) that I turned 46 two weeks before the last election. No content warning needed–this is not a political...
View ArticleGrace bombs for the long haul
I’ve heard the LGBTQ+ community showers people with love-bombs. But I don’t think they’re only group who accepts converts and postulants with rejoicing. The LDS church here in Boise sent a crew to help...
View ArticleThe rain falls on my enemies and neighbors
We’ve been getting lots of rain lately. I don’t read a weather almanac, or keep a journal to compare years, but it seems like I remember getting excessive rain most every April. Maybe it’s just late...
View ArticleWhere God guides
The first time I heard “Where God guides—He provides,” was during the time I desperately wanted to own a home, so we wouldn’t have to keep wondering where we’d live. I was standing on someone’s deck in...
View ArticleThe hevel that you know
Tomorrow is the second Tuesday in November. I find myself happy that 2023 is not a presidential year. We hopefully have 12 more months before another civil war reenactment, where brother rises against...
View ArticleOur individual God
Last year, I read through the New Testament in Spanish to help learn vocabulary. The Olive Tree App has a helpful feature where you can parallel two Bible versions at once. I could glance at the...
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