tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.comments2022-09-07T00:30:56.012-06:00la fleur épuisée: just another out-of-print flowercindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-33701223402495584662018-02-21T13:14:37.334-07:002018-02-21T13:14:37.334-07:00It is so very contextual, isn't it? I think th...It is so very contextual, isn't it? I think the bedtime is a fantastic idea. I definitely feel more...centered? rooted? planted in my physicality and spirituality and full self?...when stay away from lit up screens during the last part of the evening, too. cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-9479581620073161822018-02-21T11:02:48.028-07:002018-02-21T11:02:48.028-07:00Your practices seem so wise!
Mine are different b...Your practices seem so wise!<br /><br />Mine are different because of living alone. I'm still trying to sort out how to reduce involvement in social media. Because of my current & future children's books, I need a website & an active online presence. Twitter & FB also inform my social justice commitments. And FB has permitted ongoing contact with & support of far-flung family members, both nuclear & extended. So there are good reasons to be there. But it's also all too easy to stay up too late "just reading one more thing." So I need to, & will, come up with a "bedtime" for devices (or browsers if I'm working on a piece of writing) that precedes my own bedtime by an hour or so. RuthGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614335519388248537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-68949823136916569542016-11-19T14:53:53.965-07:002016-11-19T14:53:53.965-07:00Yes! Thank you for adding it here! Yes! Thank you for adding it here! cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-60468564990273841862016-11-19T12:57:14.823-07:002016-11-19T12:57:14.823-07:00Have you seen this spreadsheet of who to call yet?...Have you seen this spreadsheet of who to call yet? Incredible work. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/174f0WBSVNSdcQ5_S6rWPGB3pNCsruyyM_ZRQ6QUhGmo/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-53946959849043136142016-11-09T20:20:03.129-07:002016-11-09T20:20:03.129-07:00As a Christian, my hope is built in Christ alone. ...As a Christian, my hope is built in Christ alone. He is in control..no need to be scared of the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-76900726370877297952015-11-17T10:22:28.321-07:002015-11-17T10:22:28.321-07:00SO powerful. Thanks for sharing this.SO powerful. Thanks for sharing this.RuthGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614335519388248537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-67131706650792588682015-08-22T04:30:11.124-06:002015-08-22T04:30:11.124-06:00M has taught me to love hummus like never before a...M has taught me to love hummus like never before and now reminds me to praise our Creator for bringing light and life into existence... and for home. <br />She's a good teacher, like her mama. :)<br />RVRichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01461115486212608919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-84662391084985022822015-08-21T16:23:25.621-06:002015-08-21T16:23:25.621-06:00Thank you so much for this, Cindy. I love applesau...Thank you so much for this, Cindy. I love applesauce & M & Tutu & everything else you write about so vividly! Maybe you will enjoy this poem-animation that a friend introduced me to today: the holy movements of the soul finding meaning as it throws its filaments into the world. http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/08/21/walt-whitman-a-noiseless-patient-spider-animated-ted-ed/RuthGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614335519388248537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-66410017796998661152015-08-05T11:23:34.869-06:002015-08-05T11:23:34.869-06:00yes, yes, yes.yes, yes, yes.the habit of beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288593045985365703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-8564920839649603222015-03-09T07:29:48.175-06:002015-03-09T07:29:48.175-06:00I love that line--"Being a mother is like car...I love that line--"Being a mother is like caring for God with our own hands"--yes. "What you do to the least of these . . . ."cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-88837932046310482622015-03-09T06:59:18.027-06:002015-03-09T06:59:18.027-06:00Thank you for this beautiful reflection on motherh...Thank you for this beautiful reflection on motherhood. Being a mother is like caring for God with our own hands. Washing, feeding, teaching, loving. Being a mother viscerally connects us to spirituality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159664358718503077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-48713125991856756372015-02-20T18:55:31.353-07:002015-02-20T18:55:31.353-07:00Yes--the push and pull to extremes. Exactly. The v...Yes--the push and pull to extremes. Exactly. The very real, inescapable Lenten discipline of mama-hood. cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-75985598518292237562015-02-20T14:17:25.380-07:002015-02-20T14:17:25.380-07:00This is pure loveliness. I was so glad to attend a...This is pure loveliness. I was so glad to attend a morning service with my family on Ash Wednesday, to be put into the mindset for Lent surrounded by the very little bodies that push and pull me to extremes.the habit of beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288593045985365703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-4898299400917831712015-02-19T10:19:50.653-07:002015-02-19T10:19:50.653-07:00Thank you, Ruth. Yes.Thank you, Ruth. Yes.cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067443075153048875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-82869819356084017322015-02-19T09:52:38.331-07:002015-02-19T09:52:38.331-07:00Yes. You have ashes built in. I've had seasons...Yes. You have ashes built in. I've had seasons like that too--& last night I actually skipped the service because the cold is so very bitter right now. We are dust, & to dust we shall return. But God sees this dust & says it is very good.RuthGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614335519388248537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-1564687782005203332014-08-03T08:58:50.781-06:002014-08-03T08:58:50.781-06:00Oh yes, I do love that liminal space. I call it th...Oh yes, I do love that liminal space. I call it the soft landing. And then there is life with kids and the need for a nutritious meal. Best of luck balancing both.the habit of beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288593045985365703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-4238998830755659522014-07-13T22:53:54.295-06:002014-07-13T22:53:54.295-06:00Love this. Nothing like a novel on a sticky summe...Love this. Nothing like a novel on a sticky summer day.Laura W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04361250697594936298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-25275848776246362902014-06-28T10:00:06.923-06:002014-06-28T10:00:06.923-06:00Loved the questions you posed in this post, they&#...Loved the questions you posed in this post, they're questions I struggle with and I find the solution is constantly changing because I'm changing, the motherhood gig is always changing. But I believe the answer is to begin with the daily no matter what that looks like on any given day.<br /><br />Also, yay for a desk! We set one up in a corner of our bedroom and I am ever so grateful for this small space :)the habit of beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288593045985365703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-91151077789370671912014-05-14T20:23:24.792-06:002014-05-14T20:23:24.792-06:00yes. daily practice. <3yes. daily practice. <3Laura W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04361250697594936298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-2953362082450981172014-03-04T09:24:34.010-07:002014-03-04T09:24:34.010-07:00a pancake! on shrove tuesday! i love the heart sha...a pancake! on shrove tuesday! i love the heart shape of yours :)the habit of beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288593045985365703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-64840456042076130402014-02-13T13:39:05.569-07:002014-02-13T13:39:05.569-07:00i've read and loved the first three and my lib...i've read and loved the first three and my library has the interestings so i will get to it at some point. enjoyed your reviews.sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966494025294623276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-22935656749246958002014-02-12T13:44:36.681-07:002014-02-12T13:44:36.681-07:00This is a great list. I appreciate your micro-rev...This is a great list. I appreciate your micro-reviews, and this gives me the idea to pick up a few of the books. To answer your very last question: I have The Luminaries from the library, but it is so huge and daunting I just can't find the energy to pick it up. I was disappointed to receive two massive books (700pg+) I'd had on request for months at the exact same time (and just as I received in the mail Jesus Feminist, a great read so far, and Glennon Doyle Melton's book Carry on Warrior). The cumulative effect has been that The Lumninaries is probably not going to get read, unfortunately. Oh well. Perhaps another time.Laura W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04361250697594936298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-20647777827779543262014-02-12T08:39:34.795-07:002014-02-12T08:39:34.795-07:00oh yes, so much of your list resonates! and interg...oh yes, so much of your list resonates! and intergenerational friendships are the best kind :)amandahttp://writealm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-59453715420364811082014-01-25T10:29:29.576-07:002014-01-25T10:29:29.576-07:00sounds like a quiet, simple day full of quiet, sim...sounds like a quiet, simple day full of quiet, simple pleasures. :) lovely.Laura W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04361250697594936298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-599040483549999145.post-3352594607039568132014-01-23T17:45:52.753-07:002014-01-23T17:45:52.753-07:00I'm impressed with your accomplishments all in...I'm impressed with your accomplishments all in one morning, but then writing it all down definitely helps. "See, look! I did do something!"<br /><br />Loving the posts this week. :)Laura W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04361250697594936298noreply@blogger.com