You know what happens in the summer? My coffee budget SKYROCKETS because brewing a pot of hot coffee on a chilly day is so much more convenient than making it cold, which requires advanced planning and stuff. So instead I splurge in iced drinks, and that means I am dropping $$$$$ on coffee. Anyone else […]
Continue ReadingI spent the past week in Northern California at Mt. Hermon for a Salvation Army youth worker’s retreat. It was a week full of healing, laughing, and learning. Day 13. Bunk buddies. Sara got top bunk. 🙂 Day 14. Upper Blackberry. Our home sweet home for the week. Day 15. Night Lights. So Claire and […]
Continue ReadingLinking up with Meghan and Sarah again. *Be forewarned: today I am GUSHING about the things I am thankful for.* [1] My new sweater. This past weekend was one ugly day after the other. See… my face is really sensitive to changes in the weather, and at the thought of a new season, it […]
Continue Readingwhen i was in california, i had a sunday afternoon tradition. after {or sometimes in place of} church, i would go to starbucks with my computer and Bible, i’d order a caramel iced coffee with milk and i’d read/write/free refill sometimes until the store closed. sundays were a day of complete rest and relaxation, with […]
Continue ReadingThis is a few days overdue, but I am home in the Pacific Northwest. Pulled in on Saturday night. I held my cat and walked around the house, relearning all of the little details. En route to home, I stayed with the Birks for a few days. Next week I will go back because that […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been a good week here in Pacifica. Just what I needed: a break; a rest; a time with people I love; a time with people who love me. Not everything is captured in this blog, in the same way that a lot of the best things that happen to us cannot be retold but […]
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