After Caesarea we left the coast, turning north and ascending Mt. Carmel to Muhraka, the site where Elijah fought the 400 prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:30). At a quiet spot, Sara Lee read the story from the Bible, then we took in the vista seen from a viewing platform above the church on the… Continue reading Israel Trip – Day 3 (Mt. Carmel & Megiddo)
On day three (June 12) we hit the ground running. After an early breakfast, we boarded the bus with all our luggage and were on the road by 8:00 a.m. Our first stop was Caesarea Maritima (or Caesarea by the Sea—a port built by Herod). As our itinerary explained: “Here Pontius Pilate had his base,… Continue reading Israel Trip – Day 3 (Caesarea Maritima)
A bucket-list trip Earlier this year, I went on a trip of a lifetime. Visiting Israel has been on my bucket list for decades. My husband and I finally got there with a group from our church earlier this month. We left Vancouver June 10, toured June 11-18 and finished with a conference (Jerusalem Encounter)… Continue reading Israel Trip – 1
It’s been really quiet here as I’ve switched my focus from writing to learning to draw. (Somehow the same creative muscles seem to be involved in both, and lately, learning to get things down visually has captured my interest.) However, there is a writing project that I’ve been working on since 2014—a sequel to my… Continue reading An end…and a beginning?
HOME - what a huge topic. I love it! As I have wandered more into the world of art, subjects of home hold the greatest appeal. Ordinary things can become beautiful when one takes the time and attention to reproduce them on the page. When I look closely at the things in my home and… Continue reading The simple things of HOME (SJT)
My One Little Word for 2018 is/was FOCUS. I wrote about what I expected my focus on FOCUS to do for me back on January 4th, and did a mid-year evaluation on July 5th. Since then I haven’t actually dwelt on my OLW a whole lot. But reading these two posts and looking back over… Continue reading 2018 in Focus (Spiritual Journey Thursday)
Just over a week ago hubby and I returned from an autumn holiday. It involved a fair bit of driving in places altogether unfamiliar to us as we explored Canada’s maritime provinces: Nova Scotia, PEI, and New Brunswick. To avoid having to navigate with my head buried in a map, I prepared for the trip… Continue reading The humour of Ms. Google
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien My rating: 4 of 5 stars I recently finished reading The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien—all six books, a Kindle edition purchased May 9th, finished reading around August 14th. Here are some of the things that impressed me about book(s). The contrast between… Continue reading The Lord of the Rings (review)
Unknown Enemy by Janet Sketchley My rating: 5 of 5 stars When Landon Smith gets a call to help Anna, the woman who was an anchor to her in her troubled past, she leaves her college dorm in Toronto for a weekend in Nova Scotia with hardly a second thought. Once there she is immediately… Continue reading Unknown Enemy (Review)
January 2018 seems like just yesterday in some ways—and like a long time ago in others. As I look back and ahead, here in the middle of the year, I see several trends. FOCUS My one-little-word for 2018 is FOCUS. I began to put that word into action early in the year by cutting out… Continue reading Look both ways before proceeding (Spiritual Journey First Thursday)
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