31 Days of Paying Attention — Day Twenty-Six

October 26, 2016 By

Our beaches are littered with bits of seaweed. All the time. There is a rich kelp forest in our waters, something that invites all kinds of marine life and keeps the oceans healthy. But seaweed is not … Read more...

31 Days of Paying Attention — Day Twenty-Five

October 25, 2016 By

I love these funny shore birds. They're called sanderlings and they have long, skinny legs and long, skinny beaks. And they use those beaks very effectively, hovering at the edge of the water, digging … Read more...

This Broken Life

October 24, 2016 By

It began with a glorious sunrise, pinks and purples spreading across the landscape, a low layer of fog sitting right over the city below us. We moved to this home, this new-to-us-home, because as we … Read more...

A Prayer for Those Who Ask, Seek, Knock

October 24, 2016 By

Our worship service yesterday morning was filled with many lovely things, including a final song arrangement that was one of the richest worship experiences of my life the past dozen years or so. Our … Read more...

31 Days of Paying Attention — Day Twenty-Four

October 24, 2016 By

As you may have guessed, I do enjoy the panorama feature on my iPhone. It's fun to slowly move that phone from side to side and voila! You've captured a 180 degree (or more) view for posterity. I … Read more...

31 Days of Paying Attention — Day Twenty-Three

October 23, 2016 By

And then, it was my turn to point to something as we walked in the gardens of the Natural History Museum during that poetry workshop last month. I went immediately to this potted plant, which was … Read more...

31 Days of Paying Attention — Day Twenty-Two

October 22, 2016 By

Late last summer, my husband and I took a walk at one of our favorite spots -- Coal Oil Point, on the campus of UCSB way out in Goleta. Actually that neighboring town is only about a ten mile drive … Read more...

31 Days of Paying Attention — Day Twenty-One

October 21, 2016 By

There is one word that jumps out at me from this lovely quotation, the longest one I found on those four stone obelisks at the Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center when I stayed there in September. Can you … Read more...

31 Days of Paying Attention — Day Twenty

October 20, 2016 By

And then there was this magnificence! On our way north to the retreat, we saw a small sign when we stopped for gas: "Pinnacles National Park, 9 miles." National Park? we wondered. So I looked it up. … Read more...

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