October Twenty-Twenty-One

 

October invites us into the present moment. Don’t hurry through nature’s most glorious sermon. Know that change will come - the turning toward the winter of things. The seasons are the earth’s liturgy of life and death, and October is that liturgy’s thanksgiving of abundance, of harvest, of slanted light. Of coming to rest in the grace of change. -Diana Butler Bass 

blessed are we, remembering that the world is not ours to shoulder alone.

help us put one foot in front of the other

as best we can.

God, today, give us strength to go on,
give us hope to see a future,
give us joy to make it not simply bearable…
but beautiful. -Kate Bowler 

O Extravagant God, in this ripening, red-tinged autumn, waken in me a sense of joy in just being alive, joy for nothing in general except everything in particular; joy in sun and rain mating with earth to birth a harvest; joy in soft light through shyly disrobing trees; joy in the acolyte moonsetting halos around processing clouds; joy in the beating of a thousand wings mysteriously knowing which way is warm; joy in wagging tails and kids' smiles and in this spunky old city; joy in the taste of bread and wine, the smell of dawn, a touch, a song, a presence; joy in having what I cannot live without- other people to hold and cry and laugh with; joy in love, in you; and that all at first and last is grace. -Ted Loder, Guerillas of Grace  

Eternal one- Silence from whom my words come. Questioner- From whom my questions arise; Lover- of whom all my loves are hints; Disturber- In whom alone I find my rest; Mystery, in whose depths I find healing and myself; Enfold me now in your presence; Restore me to your peace; Renew me through your power; And ground me in your grace.  -Ted Loder, Guerillas of Grace 

Halloween 2021

 

Halloween 2021- Pure Joy! 

Poppy the Chef 

UW students in my small group who came down to trick-or-treat 

Wheel of Candy 2021 

Boston Tea Party 

at the Hutchinson's annual Halloween maze in their alley 

Maggie Sweeney 

Mary Margaret (who is a freshman at UW) and Maggie 

Away for the Day

What a fun day away over on Whidbey Island helping out with some landscaping and with some house projects for Dave & Tamara's new place they have been building on Whidbey the last 18 months.

morning glory with the view from the ferry ride 

view from their cabin 

men at work 

the golden hour 

Last Minute Costumes

 

Last night, Taylor came down with me to our costume box to see if any of these costumes would work for school today. Ultimately, he decided that none of these were quite right. 

  

However, this morning, he saw that Josiah and Felix were dressed up so he raced back in the house and grabbed Anna's dinosaur costume from her closet. It's a little small, but he made it work. 

  

Throwback Thursday 10/28

 

October 28, 2005