Harvesting Others Joy
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt Above: Artist Tom Lockhart A few weekends ago I harvested joy. It was a gift of one…
Underlying Threads
Last week at our Delectible Mountain Quilters Guild monthly meeting, a special presentation Voices of the Past: Quilts and Soddies was presented. A storyteller from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, dressed in period clothing, gave a very interesting overview about pioneer…
Sowing Satisfying Results
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." ~ Ben Franklin "Oh, look! This is wonderful!" I said to my husband grinning widely, "they even attached a critique form. Now I can see what I could have done better." When I…
Firm Foundations
It's seems like prophetic stuff! All the natural weather disasters happening in this country and around the world are taxing FEMA and other relief and charitable organizations to the hilt. Praises for the good Samaritans who are willing to sacrifice in order to save the…
Simple Wisdom
"There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart." ~Charles Dickens As I reflect on the story of Eva featured in the video posted on the previous blog called Stitchin' a Mission, it occurred to me the…
Celebration of Life
My husband and I were asked to participate in our son's wedding this past weekend. He and his wife asked us to select a reading for the ceremony. In pouring over different types…
Pattern for Smartness
In learning you will teach, in teaching you will learn. ~ Phil Collins One day a knock came at the door. Moxie went to open it and it was old Miss Eunice standing in a downpour. "Moxie, dear, it's a…
Prized Friendships
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” ~ Henry Van Dyke It can hardly be called a work of fine art, but that's not the point of…
Come Alive
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman This past Sunday, the new Spiritual Center at the United Methodist…
When the Light Shines
"Go to the people and the places that set a spark in your soul." ~ Unknown Above Photo: Indoor Labyrinth - Spiritual Center, United Methodist Church, Steamboat Springs, CO Above photo: Interior of Spiritual Center, Steamboat Springs, CO When the…