When she first shows up to the Vineyard, Madeleine doesn’t exactly know what to expect. She knows nothing of the island, or the people she’s going to stay with, or the type of lifestyle that requires a summer residence and a winter residence. But she does have an imagination. And w...
Since spiritual direction–similar to what I currently do as a chaplain–is a ministry of hospitality, she emphasizes the importance of “creating an uncluttered, clean, and welcoming space” (p. 11) We must always be ready to receive a guest, which requires us to have our own house in ...
and in part to the Commonwealth Games taking over which I know everyone found to be an enormous uplifting success for the city, and finally now Pride is back in its rightful spot as the first of the year in the UK over the late May bank holiday weekend. This...
The foggy morning accentuated the spider webs in the garden and this garden spider looks spooky in its web. I did not need to buy any spooky merchandise to get this picture! The orb spiders have been very active on the patio. One morning I came out to find 3 large orb spider webs ne...
m taking a bit of a break from updating this site at the moment. I’m keeping busy with a number of other projects, both personal and professional, but I do hope to start blogging here again in the near future. Watch this space – I still have a lot to say about travel, life, ...
–Get the pine nuts from Costco. You will have a ton of them but they are so good to add into pasta, quinoa, salad, casseroles, etc. –Get 10oz of spinach from the grocery store ‘price by weight’ salad bar. It is light and is about half the price as the spinach in the salad...
with Newt Gingrich having a “monstrous ego”, “grandiose delusions of victory”, needlessly calling on his troops to fight a “lost cause from the very beginning” … We Free Republic Conservatives are well familiar with the literary phrase “Who is John Galt ?” Let me ask “you” (...
1. Stay home unless you deem it “Essential” and then you should still stay home unless you must buy essential binge foods. 2. A face mask is useless and may even do more harm than good because you’ll touch your face a lot to adjust it. However masks might be mandatory by the ti...
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Q.We just bought a Jacobs Cook stove. Very small. The metal tag on back says Jacob's Heater corporation, Athens Alabama. Model # 117 540. We were told it's Wood/coal stove. We would like to buy new fire brick for this and CANNOT seem to find where to get them. Also need a gra...