One Saturday in Springtime

Today has been a day of near perfect leisure, just what a Saturday ought to be. I woke around eight o’clock to sunshine and a sense that it was a chilly day outside. Mike was still sleeping soundly so I took advantage of the quiet solitude to pray, and then picked up a [...]

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Summertime/Wintertime

With three to five inches of beautiful white snow on the ground, we’ve finally gotten that nice winter precip I’ve been waiting for.  So today is a welcome work-from-home in my pj’s day.
Meanwhile, in the Lone Star State where the sun shines bright, Porgy and Bess opens tonight and John Victor Allen will make his Dallas [...]

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colors/cozy/cat/computer/cooking/cuppas

Life continues to be unusually busy here in Vendsel-land. This week we are planning to journey to the great state of Ohio for some highly anticipated R&R with the Withrows. I am sure that pumpkin pie, turkey, stuffing, coffee, bookstores, and conversation will abound in a great abundance commensurate with the harvest holiday.
Philadelphia [...]

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Reflections on the changing season

“In the midst of Lent I am made aware that Easter is coming again: the days are becoming longer, the snow is withdrawing, the sun is bringing new warmth, and a bird is singing. Yesterday, during the night prayers, a cat was crying! Indeed, spring announces itself. And tonight, O Lord, I [...]

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Warm Wishes from our Snow Bunker

Happy St. Valentine’s Day!
A winter blanket is covering our world this morning. Here are a few pictures we snapped on our walk:
The creek behind our apartments –iced over.

My eskimo hood came in handy to ward off little ice pellets and blustery winds!
Wishing you an abundance of love and affection today, time to be with family, [...]

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winter poem

Snowflakes
Out of the bosom of the Air
Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare
Over the harvest-fields forsaken,
Silent and soft and slow
Descends the snow.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Depression Epidemic Affects Even the Super-Happy

Yesterday I felt as though I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I was tired, irritable, grumpy, and quite unproductive. I couldn’t for the life of me understand why I should be depresed, and even said to Mike, “what is wrong with me?”
To my great surprise, I discovered I was [...]

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autumn bliss

Thank you to the always talented Vero for this beautiful autumn collage.
I wanted to say a special thanks to Dad Vendsel and my Mamasita for the sweet comments you left us yesterday. We love you.
Also, take a little peek at Seasonal Soundings, if you have not already. She featured me there - what [...]

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Of Crickets–Crows– and Retrospects

“September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt,
evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret.”
- Alexander Theroux, 1981
“Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure, our fill of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say we have had our day.”
- [...]

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swiftly summer fades

I’m home. My bags are unpacked and put away and I am getting organized for the fall semester which is due to begin … next week! Ack!
I arrived back in Philly late on Wednesday night after 6 wonderful days with my parents in Sulphur Springs, Texas. They spoiled and pampered me; of all my summer [...]

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