Inside the Minds of Valerie and Mike (and Anna)
4. Ambition to do the right is the only ambition that counts. Footsteps of the founder: the Baden-Powell quotations book Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell - Mario Sica - Nuova Fiordaliso - 2002
1. Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck-puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boy-man*, he can see it too. 2. Watch that lad going down the street, his eyes are looking far out. Is his vision across the prairie or over the gray-backed seas? At any rate, it isn't here. Don't I... Continue Reading →
So here we are. I have made it through another Advent photo-a-day challenge. And the final word (tradition) is ever so fitting for today. Another year of advent photos. Running around finalizing gifts before midnight Christmas mass. Packing cookies/candies to deliver tomorrow to friends Mamette is in the house. Kicking Valerie out of the garage and living room.... Continue Reading →
I'm tired. I'm sitting here on the couch after a long day thinking about my tasks for tomorrow. I just remembered that I hadn't taken my photo of light. Right in front of me on the coffee table was the camera and just to my left is a floor lamp. Voila! Too simple though. So I... Continue Reading →
Our house is slowly being overtaken by Christmas decorations. We might just finish in time for Epiphany!
My word for the day is taunting me. On a day filled with stress and frustration and missteps, I am supposed to find a photo of "peace." It's a little past midnight and I have just spent the last few hours fighting the printer and going through the very repetitive task of cutting, folding, and... Continue Reading →
The word for today is not church, but "your church." My initial thought was probably the same as nearly everyone else working on this list–take a picture of the structure in which your congregation worships. But that is not the church. That is the church building. Church is the people with whom we worship, not the... Continue Reading →
Sorry for being geeky today... Couldn't help myself. All the components are from a pair of photos I took today. So, no rules broken.
... me a break
We live in a world of instant news. We here about events as they are unfolding. We learn about our nation and world in 30 second or 1 minute sound bites. We are often completely overloaded with facts and tidbits of trivia. Wisdom is a much slower process. It must be discovered. It is hard... Continue Reading →
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