Life

“Like what I say, I’m playing chess. I don’t know how to play chess but, life is a chess game for me.” – Thierry Guetta, “Exit Through the Gift Shop”

At Worship 1st UMC Glendale AZ

“Life changes. Basic needs do not. Love. A relationship with God. The pew we sit in. We are to celebrate the past while we claim the future.”  — Pastor Kim Gladding

Emma’s Volleyball

Girls warming up for matches this afternoon by playing parents and coach. Fun!

5:25 P.M. on January 10

It’s already past the magical moment between the waning daylight and the coming darkness; a time of tiny, icy particles in the cold air creating a faint mist between here and there, softening the perception of what was and is to come. Now is the darkness and … thoughts of the new dawn.

There is a Wind Today

Looking past the bobbing, topmost bows of a nearby evergreen are two distant flags flowing and furling in random rhythm before an almost cloudless clear blue sky. There is a wind today.

Snow Once Again

There was once a time when snow also meant poor TV reception. The picture on the screen would become a faint image of itself until the antenna could once again be adjusted. Nowadays poor reception is evidenced by the picture breaking up into tiny, twinkling pixels that are there and then suddenly gone. I think I like the snow better.

Sparkles

I look out at the snow and the countless tiny sparkles, all competing for my attention. Absent of such sparkles, a long shadow of a small tree extends out over the new fallen snow. A sudden gust of wind swirls tiny snowflakes from the shadow across the yard into a sun drenched drift by the fence where they sparkle once more.

The Day Before

Today is the day before the day before. It’s always true, even when it is the day after. It’s a day of joyful anticipation constantly interrupted by warm memories of past days snuggled between the before and afters.

Christmas Shopping

My idea of shopping for Christmas is staying away from stores altogether, especially on Friday and the weekend after Thanksgiving, until maybe the week of the 25th. Right now i see no reason to change.

Durango

Snow.