Tag Archives: Memorial Day

Pounding rain, salmon fillets & old cars in the woods

Random Memorial Day facts. 1.  It is Memorial Day. 2.  A red-breasted robin pulls worms from the wet green grass outside the kitchen window. 3.  It rained cats & dogs an hour ago.  Thunder rumbled.  Lightening sizzled.  The electricity flashed … Continue reading

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Preciousness of life

Sometimes the world seems like a dismal place, a sorrowful place, a filled-with-suffering place. Tornados roar and hundreds die.  Wars gun down thousands.  Hurricanes strike.  Earthquakes rumble and swallow.  We humans bemoan health care or politics or dozens of other … Continue reading

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Beyond individual flags…blessing the world on Memorial Day

   On Memorial Day, I give thanks for this life.  For this particular country in which I find myself, its flag flying gently in the late May breezes.   I give thanks to freedom.  To the freedom to express ourselves.  What … Continue reading

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Quiet hush of buzzing bees and blooming wildflowers on Memorial Day weekend

Quiet warm Sunday in the North Woods.  Flowers blooming everywhere.  Birds chattering endlessly in the woods.  It feels like we live in a jungle.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see a monkey swinging from tree to tree–that’s how noisy it … Continue reading

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