Ah! Finally an October recap!
My blogging schedule has slipped a little bit recently… but I’m hoping to get back into the swing of things here again!
Things worth remembering…
- Delicious and ginormous tomatoes from the garden
- Walks with my sister
- Putting together an aesthetic collage for the novel I worked on this summer
- Making mini watercolor paintings
- Seeing one of my poems actually PRINTED IN A BOOK for the very first time!!!
- Deciding to tackle NaNoWriMo for the first (and perhaps only) time in my life (translation for non-writers: deciding to write 50,000 words on a novel in the month of November)
- Bible studies and banter with friends
- How gorgeous a sunrise on the farm can be
Notes on life…
Getting the salt and vinegar kettle chips instead of the original ones ensures that you get nearly the entire bag to yourself.
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One does not *necessarily* die after finishing a stranger’s pint of gelato.
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Alan Gogoll has some stellar music.
Recent reads…
Papa’s Wife – Thyra Ferré Björn
This is a good read for those moments when you want a good laugh without exhausting your brain.:)
How to Stay Motivated {Energize, Recharge, Relax} – Allison
All the motivational posts and energetic music in the world won’t get your work done. You have to do that.
Oh, man, did this post ever pop up in my feed at the right time!! So, so many good ideas in here.
What Darkness Fears: An Anthology
You are the observer, being observed. The people watcher, being watched. You are a rat that doesn’t know it’s trapped in a maze. – from “People Watchers” by Lara E. Madden
If you’re looking for a smattering of short stories and poetry that portray light contrasted with darkness, here ya go! To be completely honest, I don’t care for all of the content… but there are some stellar pieces in here!
Oh, and yours truly may have a poem in this one…:)
From the journal…
Maybe changing the world isn’t suddenly changing the tide. Maybe it’s doing justice. Loving mercy. Walking humbly with our God.
Lord, give me an insatiable hunger for You. Give me the strength to live my life in a way that nurtures that hunger.
God, give me focus… vision… sense of a mission.
Thank You, Lord… that even in my weakest moments, I still have the strength to make decisions and carry them out for your glory.
Scripture gives us intellectual understanding, which then shows us our failures… then it points out how we can correct them, and then live out a righteous life.
I wasn’t born to change the world. I was born to glorify You.
Words of Wisdom
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” – C.S. Lewis
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“If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?” – Stephen Levine
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“If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa
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“He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” – 2 Corinthians 5:15
What made your October momentous?
Laurel Luehmann 