“I form the light, and create darkness.” Isaiah 45:7 Happy Sunday, Folks. Only one day until the April 8, 2024 Annular (ring-shaped) Total Eclipse! My son’s family of 4 has traveled from central Maryland to a cozy HOA campground in the rustbelt. From Basecamp Corona, solidly in the path of totality, they hope clear skiesContinue reading “A Great Sermon in the Sun”
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Heidel Holiday Greetings 2023
I sit here at 9:49 p.m., Christmas Eve, hurrying to set down a few clever thoughts. You’ll be the judge . . . Starting off with a bit of Holiday Whimsy from the Upper Chesapeake Old Bay Region, I wish you and yours a Merry Crabsmas . . . Now onto less whimsical things. Alice is happy thatContinue reading “Heidel Holiday Greetings 2023”
2022: Thirteenth “Wreckiversary”
August 20. This morning I read a note from my daughter, recalling correctly that today was an anniversary of my bicycle’s demise. My being astride that two-wheeled rolling steed, when the physics of negative acceleration suddenly took over, only served to further complicate things. Her note remembered and marveled at God’s faithfulness throughout these thirteenContinue reading “2022: Thirteenth “Wreckiversary””
Fourteen Years
Once again, not one of those weighty multiple-of-five years occasions . . .
Blackberries, Or Bushes Afire?
Thanksgiving has become a calendar marker more significant than other holidays for several reasons. Time and Distance are two. But more significant are certain events on Thanksgiving Day 2009. While our expat and eldest daughter and her family (five in all) are living lagom in the distant realms of Sweden, we travel southwest this yearContinue reading “Blackberries, Or Bushes Afire?”
He Is Risen! Just As He Said.
Happy Easter! Diabolus now holds sway in mere feigned absoluteness. Our once great and horrible adversary, the king of terrors now the atonement-silenced accuser. Death now vanquished and stingless. Dominator turned doorway. A favorite song of mine below. Watch “Easter Song” on YouTube https://youtu.be/8ClwvRJMmZY Hope you dig the ’70’s moog-synth riffs.
A Wee Bit o’ Surgery
I re-read these this morning. I needed a chuckle and a boost as I go under the knife this afternoon for a few plumbing repairs. I tend to worry easily and early, before seamlessly shifting to grumbling and resentment. My DIY stress management. It’s a better idea and a good thing to make time toContinue reading “A Wee Bit o’ Surgery”
2020 Heidel Holiday Greetings
This year’s Heidel Holiday card is placidly inattentive to 2020’s global virulence and U.S. political throes, themes of which we were daily and painfully aware. If you squint and count carefully, you will see a new grandbaby and a new in-law. Daughter One added a son, and so we welcomed grandbabyboy #5. Daughter Four wasContinue reading “2020 Heidel Holiday Greetings”
Heidel Holiday Greetings
It’s that time of the year again when holiday cards are exchanged (send me one and you’re gonna get one). And so, Shutterfly’s 30% Off promotion dangled in front of me, we once again received 100 holiday cards and envelopes, we bought 100 holiday themed postage stamps (two for a dollar), and out they went.Continue reading “Heidel Holiday Greetings”
Thanksgiving in the Time of COVID
Thanksgiving in the Time of COVID It is a good practice to look back. Not an easy one, but a good one. There are lessons once learned, then forgotten, which we benefit by recalling. Thanksgiving rolls around again tomorrow. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce . . . and a side of COVID. My state continuesContinue reading “Thanksgiving in the Time of COVID”
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