by Kit | Nov 25, 2022 | On Living, Parenting, Reasons to Believe, Think About these Things, Whatever is Lovely
Ahh, remember the days when life’s seasons were so predictable, so clearly defined? Growing up on California’s central coast, life had only two seasons—school and summer vacation. Here on Oregon’s high desert, as our sunny October bustled to a close, aspen...
by Kit | Oct 19, 2018 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Parenting, Think About these Things
October ushers in our first icy mornings—and steady winds, punctuated by wild gusts. What few leaves remain on the Aspens seem to never not be in motion. I wonder what’s up with those crusty holdouts, still lodged there, decaying on the branch. Yet so often...
by Kit | Sep 11, 2018 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, Think About these Things
Against my better sense, I open the email. Our local community college is pitching a continuing education class called Pine Needle Basketry. This strikes me funny, and I do an internal eye-roll. Ha! That will be the day. And I direct my forefinger toward the delete...
by Kit | Oct 30, 2017 | On Living, On Loveliness, Poetry, Whatever is Lovely
Oh, October! So much to admire, to ponder, and only a wisp of time to do either. Here’s the season when creativity comes in gusts but awe strikes me dumb. Plus, I’m overly sentimental and half-crocked on chai tea lattes. I’m like the chunk of...
by Kit | Dec 5, 2016 | Advent Reflections
He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate. -Luke 1:52 How radical, how counter-cultural that God’s place of honor is not in the headlines. Or in the Oval Office. Or on the cover of People magazine. Lord, just...