The plants need watering. It’s best to do it at the coolest part of the day. That would be now. I have a sermon to write and the order of service pieces need to be in by today. I should work on that now. We have travel plans. It always takes a bit to not…
Author: wordhabit
why 500
It’s a challenge via an app I have that encourages you to set goals and reach them. It didn’t seem at all daunting when I found it. 500 words? In my sleep! Well, maybe not. It’s actually been very hard. In my attempts to write every day, I’ve found three things to be true: I…
war stories
It’s easy not to pay attention, not to care. It’s not my family’s history. It’s not my native land. But ever since moving here, I’ve wanted to know more and, thankfully, my husband is also a forever student. So we went to the cemetery, baby and one set of grandparents in tow. It was beautiful….
500: pacifiers and other whole matters
She reached over and picked it up in a manner that spoke to ritual, to surrender. It’s nap time; I should get my pacifier. That’s what we call it. No abbreviations or nicknames. Pacifier. I’m determined to teach her whole things, real things. I don’t want her to be 7 thinking Adam and Eve ate an apple….
500: breaking rules, baking bread
For a Sunday, we were up early–one of the perks of having a baby. Before eating breakfast, I decided it’d be nice to make a sweet bread of some sort, something quick, a little sugary and a lot tastey. Baking isn’t unusual for me. Neither is baking bread nor baking something for the first time….
500: Sabbath
It’s an appropriate topic given the day, the 24hr rest, the come-away time, the break, the long nap, the escape, the excuse to go nowhere, the convenient practice, the reason for not doing homework, the reason for not clocking in, the oddest day of the week, the most special time… I keyed in that paragraph…
500 words
I have one particular goal: to live more fully than I have been. Sure, that could manifest itself in a ton of ways. Too vague! Ok. Here are a few specifics. Write more. It’s the way I process best so why not make the time to take advantage of a good thing? I’m starting by…