 Drawings of whales in the log of the ship Indian Chief kept by Thomas R. Bloomfield (1842–1844) (source unknown) "I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent…"Ash Wednesday Liturgy, Book of Common PrayerIsn't this notebook beautiful? Today I am grateful for the practice of Lent and One Hundred Days of Keeping and people who look long and feel passionate enough to keep a record. Ash Wednesday is just around the corner (February 18, 2026) Who's up for a new (or newly loved) notebook?? This year I am going to be combining my love of Alphabet books with a gratitude practice a friend told me about at Thanksgiving...each morning gathering thankfulnesses from A-Z on one page from the day before. Let us know in the comments what kind of notebook you'd like to keep this year. And even if it feels daunting, and the notebook doesn't materialize, know the desire is the important part. On the fence? See One Hundred Reasons.
 "But if being a follower of Christ invites us to be Christ’s hands and feet, are we not also Christ’s eyes?" ~ Diana Butler Bass (on Epiphany)  "Only one clear quality marks an action as either good or evil: If it increases the amount of love in the world, it is good. If it separates people and creates animosity among them, it is bad. "
- Leo Tolstoy  Kandinsky, "Winter Landscape" 1909 It's Epiphany. What are you seeing in a new light? Third Advent  Tom Thompson, "Moonlight in Fall, 1914" Advent Two You, God, who live next door--
If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking-- this is why: I hear you breathe so seldom. I know you're all alone in that room. If you should be thirsty, there's no one to get you a glass of water. I wait listening, always. Just give me a sign! I'm right here. As it happens, the wall between ius is very thin. Why couldn't a cry from one of us break it down? It would crumble easily, it would barely make a sound. I,6 by Rainer Maria Rilke translation by Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy “Hurry,” by Marie Howe,
We stop at the dry cleaners and the grocery store and the gas station and the green market and Hurry up honey, I say, hurry, her blue jacket unzipped and her socks rolled down. Where do I want her to hurry to? To her grave? To mine? Where one day she might stand all grown? Today, when all the errands are finally done, I say to her, Honey I'm sorry I keep saying Hurry— you walk ahead of me. You be the mother. And, Hurry up, she says, over her shoulder, looking back at me, laughing. Hurry up now darling, she says, hurry, hurry, taking the house keys from my hands. for Advent Two Saint Benedict of Nursia c. 543  Benedetto Portinari Triptych, by Hans Memling. |
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"Perhaps this is one of the secrets of life--to know 'glory' when we see it."
~ Charlotte Mason
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