“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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The End of an Era
Yesterday, we pulled down the kids swing set/fort/backdrop for all things magical. We’ve been planning to take it down for a couple of years now — when we had the time. But time is one thing that we always seem to be lacking. Finally, MTG went out and took a look at it. He […]
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Happiness Is Bad Dancing Around the World
Matt is back from another trip of dancing badly around the globe! All of his videos make me happy. We live on a beautiful planet and there are beautiful people everywhere. And bad dancers. I’ve compiled a playlist of all his excursions for you. I enjoy both the evolution of his “dancing” and watching his […]
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Ready or not
Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heav’n and nature sing, Advent is the season in the Church calendar when Christians prepare their hearts to receive their King. December (well, really starting in November) is the time when we prepare for the […]
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Pulling a Scarlet
There’s a lot of really bad thing going on in the world right now. Frightening things, heartbreaking things, things that make you want to smack some sense in people. But I won’t think about that right now. I’ll think about that tomorrow. The world is often an ugly place, but there is joy. So I […]
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Oh, Monday, Monday, Monday
Why do you have be that way? Some pick-me-ups for this very Mondayish Monday. Raise your hands if you’ve ever done something this foolish. *raises hand* Everyone dreams of a job that pays decent sums and cialis tabs 20mg better growth prospects. But, with awareness among order cheap viagra http://www.learningworksca.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LWDOF2-04-2015.pdf people, organic based beverages are […]
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Beauty from ashes
The world is sometimes a hard and cruel place. But as bad as things get and as awful as people can be to one another, sometimes they are almost too wonderful to behold. The people of the Philippines have been hit by the worst storm in recorded history. They are suffering greatly and will need our […]
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Surprised by joy
Life News reported on the story of Paulo Henrique Machado, a man who has lived in a hospital his entire life. He’s a computer animator who is making a 3-D movie about his life. The story is picking up steam in the media and looks like it may go viral. I don’t know if that says […]
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Cute posting
Today has been a busy, busy day because of a thing I can’t yet talk about. It’s also about a hundred bajillion degrees, which makes thinking — ergo blogging — difficult. Yes, I do put some thought into this blog. Anyway, I can’t think of anything better than this adorableness I saw this morning. You […]
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Relearning old lessons. I ought to do better.
I just finished Dancing with My Father by Sally Clarkson, and I remembered this post I originally wrote on Satchmo’s first birthday (back when he was known as Gigglemeister on the blog). For me “I ought” is the biggest joy stealer in my life. It was then and it is now. Someday, that lesson is […]
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Joy comes in the morning
This has been a hard, painful week, and what we need is some laughter and some joy. So here is my contribution. Share your own and pass it on. And hug some people today. Side hug, if you need to. A cat on a roomba, dressed as a shark, chasing a duckling. Yeah, you […]
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