Friday Five!

The Friday Five questions from RevGals:  Besides cookies, muffins, and ice cream, what’s something chocolate chips are good in? Ah… my mouth, straight from the package when I need a chocolate fix! But also this cake, there were chocolate and toffee bits between the layers.  Besides official holidays and your birthday, what’s the best day of…

Quack!

I‘ve been everywhere, man. I’ve been everywhere, man. Crossed the desert’s bare, man. I’ve breathed the mountain air, man. Of travel I’ve had my share, man. I’ve been everywhere. The Dastardly or Dreadful Duck hasn’t been quite everywhere, but he’s been around! And it must be male with those bright colours. It all started Christmas…

Unfriending or Unfriendly

Over at A Church For Starving Artists, Jan Edmiston, writes about the challenge of making friends after a certain age, especially when you are in ministry. I agree, having been ordained at the age of 45 and sent to a village, 1800 kilometers away from friends and family, it IS a challenge. While not geographically…

Friday Five – Brrr!

Over at Revgals the ‘Friday Five’ question is How Do You Cope With the Cold? I have discovered how much warmer I stay when I wear boots! This may seem pretty basic but for a number of years I had heated underground parking and it’s been an adjustment to parking my car in the driveway…

Leek & Potato Soup

I ham bone Olive oil 2 leeks, sliced thinly 2 large potatoes, peeled and diced Celery salt Pepper I used the leftover bone from our Easter ham; it had been refrigerated, so I was able to scrape the fat off it before I put it in the pot. If you are making this soup immediately…

Whackydoo or Wicked?

What makes one person connect and click with another? Whether that is in love or friendship? The picture to the right reminds me of the serendipity of friendship, how it can occur when you least expect it and how it’s colours brighten our days. It’s also slightly off kilter, just like Liz Feltham. I met…

What’s In A Name?

Today’s assignment was to name our blog and create a tagline. Or, if we were happy with ours, tell why we had chosen it. One morning, as I sat in my usual chair in the living room, the French doors in the entryway were partially open and reflected the window in the front door. I…

To Blog or Not To Blog

I started blogging about 18 months ago and have been terribly inconsistent. I am a United Church of Canada minister and write a sermon/reflection every week. However, I would often see things in my daily life that seemed to warrant shorter reflections on God’s presence in the world and wanted another venue to write/reflect upon…

Friday Five – What Kind of Year?

Over at RevGals, the Friday Five question this week is ‘What Kind of Year?’ I am not in the habit of making New Year’s Resolutions anymore, but have been thinking about the future a lot, especially as I leave one congregation in less than two weeks to take up a 6 month appointment with another…