Clustered crystals of that wintery white stuff

It’s 6AM. When I woke to the site out the window, “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” came on immediately, like a needle had been lifted and set on the Bing Crosby record in my head. It looked as though Ledyard, Connecticut was being sprinkled with sugar: yards, trees, roofs, cars, and roads- all were…

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The oldest city in the U.S., a college, a fort, and another fort

> We drove down a barrier island to a place that really didn’t feel like America.  St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is the oldest port in the U.S. Spanish architecture and mosaics dominate the city’s buildings and squares.  We walked through ornate stone arches below embellished bell towers near carp-filled fountains.  We gawked at the hotel ponce…

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Dormant Sugar Maples to Vivacious Palm Trees

  Chris and I fell asleep to the Christmas-tree-topper Chrysler building standing outside Brian’s window at 37th and Lexington.  I have labeled his 80 yr. old flat a “cozy little money-sucking fire hazard.”  He agreed.  I like it. We had spent our evening in New York carrying pumpkin spiced lattes through Times Square and Grand Central Station.  I got…

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>the head bone is connected to the ankle bone.

>”head>heart>feet>steps>walk” Stuff flows into our ears and eyes then infiltrates our minds and hearts. It is unlikely that something that enters our minds will not puncture our hearts whether it be truth or lie, pure or foul, love or lust. Additionally, it is impossible to disconnect the state of our hearts from our hands and feet and stride. In Matt….

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Zombies Perform Thriller in Market Square

>Every Halloween, a parade of wowingly costumed people marches through old downtown Portsmouth.  Seriously, these costumes are ridiculous and meticulous!  I do not think I saw a single storebought outfit.  There were characters from every movie, story book, and youtube video you could think of.  I saw the Knights That Say “Ni,” the Teacher from the…

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>”Sow a thought; reap an actionSow an action; reap a habit.Sow a habit; reap a character.Sow a character; reap a destiny.” http://heatherpaiges.blogspot.com/2007/12/you-know-old-saying-you-reap-what-you.html Galatians 6:7-91 Corinthians 15:3Philippians 4:8 PinterestFacebookTwitterEmail

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