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Crèche Journey – Day 37

2024/01/06 Gayle 0

Today I celebrate epiphany and the end of our nativity journey (it’s a sad day). In some traditions the days of Christmas began December 26th and go through epiphany, in most they begin the 25th and end the day before epiphany (I suppose, I’m playing both sides ). This lovely nativity quilt is new this season. It came from the Upscale Resale at St Paul’s a few weeks ago, donated by my dear friend Pat. I often talk about the patchwork of friends who make a warm an cozy quilt for life, and this quilt reminds me of the community we build together that loves and supports us, that holds and upholds, that challenges and loves us. It’s a patchwork of personality, places, commonalities, and The rest of the story

Love You Marshall

2023/12/15 Gayle 0

Today Marshall opened all his Advent Calendar. He snuggled his brother and us. Went to McDonald’s for a happy meal, visited with friends, and took his final ride in the jeep. To say we’re devastated doesn’t begin to express our grief, but we could no longer manage his pain, and there was no fix for his failed legs. Continuing to suffer was not an option. My theology tells me that God created all, and that all praise God, therefore; I believe today Marshall has gone to life eternal and is no longer in pain and running on puppy legs again. For that I’m happy, but my heart is beyond broken.

Silent Night

2018/12/12 Gayle 0

Silent Night was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in Austria. The organ had broken and a young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, in a panic to keep the Christmas Eve service going took a poem he had written “Stille Nacht” brought the words to Franz Xaver Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the Christmas Eve mass. According to Gruber, Karl Mauracher, an organ builder who serviced the instrument at the Obendorf church, was enamoured with the song, and took the composition home with him. He became the “Johnny Appleseed” of Silent Night, teaching it in the many churches where he serviced organs. I heard this story this morning in a The rest of the story

Be Like Me

2016/01/25 Gayle 0

Love ’em or hate ’em in the past 48 hours the ‘Be Like Me’ or ‘Be Like Bill’ memes have taken over the world, at least the social media world. None of the ‘canned’ ones suited me. So, I made my own. They have been my team since they first took the field in 1995. I hope this is THE year they come home with the Lombardi Trophy.

I brought home a chair

2014/05/20 Gayle 2

It is with regret that I inform you that after 17 years in exile my desk chair has come home. As you can see the chair is broken which is how it ended up in exile. I took it home, to my parent’s house – which I still considered home in 1997, for my father to repair. It was an unusual trip home for me. I’d just visited the weekend before, for Mother’s Day. But I took a day off on Monday May 19th and spent a long weekend at my folks. I had ever so slightly kissed the rear-end of another vehicle in the weeks before and had acquired a new bumper for my truck. That was The rest of the story