reflecting on various topics
Hi. Yes, we still have our Christmas Tree up. It’s a Biblically Accurate Christmas Tree ™ because did anyone take the star from the sky after the wise men followed it? No, it stayed in the sky. So. I hope you’re doing ok. I thought I’d share a quote I found by Pope Francis. “We …
ok. Hi! I am planning an experiment. The experiment is this: for me to make a weekly post that has the purpose of 1) centering me on positive things and 2) connecting us, while hopefully 3) providing respite from **the horrors that persist**, especially the political horrors that persist. I have considered re-naming my blog …
We celebrated my precious dad’s birthday the next day, which was delightful, and provided another reason to bake cake, which is fun. I tried a new recipe for vanilla cake, and then made strawberry buttercream for the inside, and raspberry buttercream for the outside. I’m so glad we could be together. ♥️
🐇 The kids and A went to church in the morning, then we had an egg hunt. My parents and brother came over :). Made a turkey. It turkied. I tried out a new recipe for vanilla pound cake. I managed to bake it, at least part of the time, with the oven off, so …
I was reading in the news yesterday about the way that the current administration is leaning into a lot of “Christianny” things in the White House itself. Here is the NYTimes article- “Christianity in the White House,” by Ruth Graham. There’s also a video down at the end of it. It’s really quite interesting. The …
I’ve been using Qubes OS daily for over a year now, and just thought I’d talk about it. In case you haven’t heard of it, (here is its website), it’s a linux operating system that lets you separate your activities into different virtual machines (VMs), to increase security. (A virtual machine is like a computer …
I took these on Tuesday this week; took a drive to the Elfin Forest and had a little mini brisk walk/ “hike.” There are flowers everywhere! it’s beautiful Also I saw this family of tourists and it was really .. it made my day because I’m pretty sure it was a Japanese family and the …
(for those who aren’t familiar with this, yes, I know “thot” has an additional meaning but I just really like writing it because it fits better than “thoughts,” ok. and also I think it’s funny and feel free to ignore me. it just makes me smile. because idk…. “thought” just feels like a lot to …
Last weekend we celebrated one of the kids’ birthdays. It was a very sweet time 🙂 The birthday boy designed his cake: chocolate cake, with vanilla (buttercream) frosting in the middle, and then half strawberry frosting and half chocolate on top. It felt like a little moment of normalcy in what has been a whole …
I went for a drive down to the Elfin Forest. It’s a wonderful little slice of nature with trails- so many trails! I don’t even know where they end. The main one is on wood. I wanted to take more pics but my phone died. I just find it to be a magical place! It’s …
