Happy 2017, everyone. I know many who are glad to leave 2016 behind! It was filled with a lot of rough stuff for not only me but countless friends, too, and on a much wider scale in the USA, the world. I personally think this turn into the new year feels somewhat different than many […]
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A chunk of years ago I started taking a month of blogging in the summer; then it was two months, and for the last few years it’s been three. It’s always been a good decision for my soul. This year, I need it more than ever. Even though in general I haven’t blogged as much […]
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Thank you all for all the dog love. It means so much to me! I’m trying to ease out of the fog and catch up a bit and meant to post this last week. One of the fun things I sometimes get to do is talk about church and life and Faith Shift and Down […]
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Every January 1st is this blog’s birthday. And this week it’s 8 years old! I am so glad that I jumped in the waters all those years ago. It has been a gift to me in more ways than I can count, mainly the risk that’s been involved in saying out loud some of the […]
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It’s been a while! My last post here was june 4th, and it feels like just a few weeks ago but it’s been 3 months, wild. I am glad I took a longer break this year; I needed to not be thinking in blog all of the time. And it worked. I stopped thinking about […]
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I’ll miss you all over the next several months, but I’m really looking forward to a summer break from blogging. A few years ago I took one month off. For the past two years I took two months off. This year, I’m going for three! I need it. I keep learning the value of rest […]
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I always consider this blog’s birthday January 1st of every year. I had written on the Refuge Blog a few years before here, but The Carnival in My Head officially started on January 1st 2008. How could 7 years have gone by? Seriously, I’m getting old. It was interesting today to read my first real post […]
Read MoreSometimes I don’t blog much here, but I’ve got other posts floating around in various places. I usually always write them at totally different times but then they all hit at the same time, which is kind of weird. This past week was one of those weeks! Here are some posts out and about that […]
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it’s july 1st. we just got back from dropping our #3 off at college on the east coast for his summer-start and we are tired & sad & happy & proud & missing him already. as i mentioned last week, after a wild and full week of grief, i am going to be taking 2 […]
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