Yeah, so I may be procrastinating but at least I’m trying to procrastinate creatively. This is my first attempt at poetry in many, many years. I’m not a poet and know none of the rules of poetry but doing something which vaguely resembles poetry seemed like a good way to express how I’m feeling. Please, […]
How often have you had to truly worry about a terrorist attack in your neighborhood? How many times have you gone to sleep afraid that insurgents or enemy soldiers will kick down your door in the middle of the night? How many times has your town been attacked, houses burned, women raped and kidnapped en […]
For most people who have used a computer for any length of time, there is nothing in the world quite like that feeling of losing a whole load of data. That knot which instantly develops in your stomach when the computer won’t turn on or it seems to crash while saving an afternoon’s work is […]
How often do I fail to give glory to God? No, let me take that back, first, how often do I fail to recognize God’s provision, grace, mercy and love? Then, out of the times I do recognize them, how often do I fail to give Him the glory for them publicly? I’m not trying […]
I’m beginning to enjoy baking in a whole new way. You may remember my post a couple of weeks ago about about misinterpretations where I shared that my Apple Shortbread recipe instructed me to ‘chill’ for ten minutes. Today I baked a Viennese jam tart (pictured), which I haven’t attempted for a couple of years […]
Creativity astounds me. Constantly. What’s more, the creativity I see on the internet every day just blows me away. Every blog and website I visit has it’s own unique design and feel and has an amazing person (or people) behind it filling it with content. Creativity is just gushing forth on the internet in ways […]
I am TERRIBLE at accepting compliments. Really, really terrible. I think the reason for my terribleness is that I don’t ever think I ever achieve anything good. Never. I’m trying to learn to be gracious in accepting compliments but it’s a slow process. Someone once told me that the definition of mercy is not getting […]
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