I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see. Carew Papritz

Travel Quote

No, you’re not mistaken, I already shared from this year’s Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival. But did you think all those tulips could be contained in a single post? Of course not! So I’m back with a few more for #TheFlowerHour. You’d never know from these pictures that Mt. Hood makes a backdrop to the tulip […]

April is for Tulips – At Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm

PART 4 — The Laughter Did Not Return He stepped away again. Not far. Just enough. The same kind of distancethey had seen before. A place slightly higher.A stone that held stillness better than the ground. He knelt there. No announcement.No instruction. Only—prayer. Behind Him,they gathered as they had before. Close enough to remain together.Far […]

Humor’s Long Vacation

Bird of the Week: CLXIII This weeks bird is the Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides The Buff-rumped Thornbill is found in eastern Queensland south of the Cape York Peninsula, in eastern and southern New South Wales, in much of Victoria and in the south-east corner of South Australia. The Buff-rumped Thornbill lives in open forests and […]

Another Thornbill (with a buff rump)

Life is just life. I can’t predict and follow my schedules and plans. If this is a full movie, there are commercials to chunk the whole story, and it teaches me patience and reminds me that I don’t control everything. I’m just human living on this planet Earth, and He’s my God. When checking Rojie’s […]

Praise You again and again

Wordless Wednesday

Today I want to wish a very Happy Birthday to a special lady and close friend – my wonderful Mamma. The following is a poem I wrote in honour of her. As children, we never imagine our parents being a child themselves. Often this will change and I’ve been lucky enough to listen to my […]

I’m Still That Girl

“On the road, again, just can’t wait to get on that road again. Going places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again. And I can’t wait to get on the road again.” Willie Nelson “Your mother,” began Jimmy Dillon, who sat contentedly perched on the bar stool next to mine. […]

On the Road Again

I’m convinced that one day I’ll have to sell a body part just to afford a doctor’s visit. Or plead with this body not to fall ill even when it’s clearly breaking down 🤷‍♀️ The expense is bewildering. It reminds me of when my son was very young and needed stitches after a playground injury. […]

Daily Pondering — On Kindness and Transactions

Across centuries and continents, there have been moments when death reshaped societies, toppled empires, and made entire populations believe the world was ending. These were not isolated tragedies; they were global turning points. Here are some of the deadliest years in recorded history. Often described by historians as the worst year to be alive, 536 […]

The deadliest years in history: when humanity faced its darkest moments