It happened five years ago ... only two months before Thanksgiving. Renaissance Man and I experienced a collision from which we've never really recovered. I pray we never do. We made our first trip to Brazil. The comfortable life of a college administration career we'd been living for 17 years had recently been turned upside down, and we felt God leading us in a different direction ... but we were still reeling from the sudden changes. What we thought was a world of increased opportunity and hospitality had turned overnight into one of shock and searching. COLLISION What now? In Brazil, we saw poverty beyond anything either of us had seen in Mexico, our closest point of comparison. We heard story after story of ... Keep Reading...
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Some days …
Not long ago, Little Man and I counted these while riding in the car. FUN A short time later ... this bumper sticker Some days you're the top dog. Some days you're the hydrant. FUNNY I hope today's a "top dog"day for you! Happy weekend ... from My Place to Yours ... Keep Reading...
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Second Time’s a Charm … I hope!
Another Sally List project accomplished... What's a Sally List? Read about it HERE. I told you HERE that Renaissance Man and I had a date to spend Friday night at an auction. I even invited you to tag along! Well, as I begin this post, I'm sitting at the auction. I've been watching treasures that once graced my spaces now finding their new owners. What an interesting peek into my emotions I'm getting! At the moment, they're selling rusty old tools, so it's a good time to tune out the prattle of the auctioneer for a few minutes ... As I look around the room, I see items from my past spread before me. A mobile of three ducks that was on my wish list many Christmases ago when I had a country kitchen. (Thanks, Mom and Dad! ... Keep Reading...
