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Bergie had her first trip to our vet today. Here was our conversation: “Looks like she’s got some Great Pyrenees in her!” “Um, well…they told us she’s part foxhound.” “Yeah…Sometimes these things happen.” It makes sense, I guess. If you take one of these… and put it in a moment of romantic opportunity with one of […]
Read MoreWe are looking for a new dog. It won’t be THAT DOG, of course. She was a one and only. This one will be NEW DOG or SASSY DOG or some other descriptor launched by the arrival of her personality here in our living room. And I’m caught between the excitement of wondering what she’ll […]
Read MoreI spent yesterday with friends who are moving. It was that fabulous kind of hard work where you get to see God blessing people you love. These are longtime friends, really high-faith people. You’d think it would be hard for God to surprise them. And yet He has. It’s incredibly encouraging to see God astonish […]
Read MoreSo the Super Bowl needed the mercy rule, Tim Tebow is the clear winner in the Denver drama storyline, and THIS awesome commercial is making me smile this morning: I just LOVE her facial expression at the end when she sets out her terms! So awesome. In local news, it’s snowing here (just noticed…plan to […]
Read MoreIf we’re friends on Facebook, you know that I’ve been looking at kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls for longer than I thought humanly possible. It’s become ridiculous. Here’s the problem in all it’s mundane glory: The catalogue picture of our cabinets (the picture on the left – but ours are natural maple, without all the […]
Read MoreIt’s my birthday! I don’t typically do anything huge to celebrate January 17th. But I love the chance to reflect on the past year, read my journal entry from my last birthday, and ask God for insight and vision and understanding of where I am & where I’m going. You know, the basics :) We […]
Read MoreHave you ever noticed that some days are just great for no reason? Yesterday was one of those days. I realized this at bedtime. Steve and I pray together before we go to sleep, and I found myself thanking God effusively for the wonderful day I’d had. Which seemed strange to the logical, hyper-analytical side […]
Read MoreIt is WARM here today!!! I can’t really focus on anything else. It has been so numbingly cold for so many days that the very fact that I could walk THAT DOG this morning without worrying that she would die from exposure in the first 15 seconds (she’s so old now) feels MIRACULOUS and worthy […]
Read MoreHappy New Year! We began 2014 with a Turducken dinner at friends’ house, which I think sums up pretty well what I’m expecting as I look ahead to the next 364 days: I think they will be filled with laughter, weird juxtapositions, and experienced/explored/navigated with an assortment of friends. As one friend described the Turducken […]
Read MoreI have done no Christmas shopping. I have nothing. Not a single gift for any of the many wonderful people I love. It’s pitiful. The last time I was this far behind at Christmas was in my first year of law school, where I had final exams right up until 4:30pm on December 23rd and […]
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Trish Ryan 