These are my feet. This is my view. These are my thoughts... The breeze driven clouds above are creating dark shadows on the glistening water below. The cloud shadows make it appear as if the water is deeper in parts than it actually is, and those inviting depths keep changing and moving. Cloud shadows...just like …
"Come up to the homestead anytime," the farmer wife told us when we checked in to camp for two nights at this 78,000 acre cattle station in outback Queensland. So we did. The old man we met (her father) was no longer able to do a lot on the farm due to failing eyesight, but …
The longest dead straight road on the planet is found in Australia. It stretches 1100 kilometres (684 miles) across the Nullarbor Plain between South and West Australia. There's no way you can get lost because there are literally no detours. Aussies call it the Nullar-boring, because of its lack of visual stimulation! Sometimes we expect …
Welcome to "Bible Ponderings #6" which finds me in 1 Kings 11 in the chronological reading plan. Every few weeks or so I hope to toss out there what I'm currently reading and invite you to ponder with me! Ever noticed how an imperceptible change in course can lead to a widely different outcome in …
Welcome to "Bible Ponderings #5" which finds me in the Psalms in the chronological reading plan. Every few weeks or so I hope to toss out there what I'm currently reading and invite you to ponder with me! Do you have a favourite Psalm? What emotions does it convey? There are Psalms of happiness, sheer …
I still remember this sunset. Captured on my phone it was one of those moments where I was awed by the beauty and my heart swelled full of joy that I got to experience this. Like me, do you long to hit pause on these kinds of momentary moments? To bask in the wonder and …
This was my guest blog post as it appeared on David's Daily Dose a while back. If you don't yet follow David, please do! His writing is always relevant, encouraging, and delivered with punch! At a visit to my husband's work a while back he sat me in the recording studio, put headphones on my …
Magpies are inquisitive and unafraid. Charismatic carollers whose wonderful warbles make them one of my favourite birds. Magpies love a tasty morsel of meat. But I didn't have any to offer this fellow who'd landed on my camping table. But he hung around anyway. 🙂 "Hello there magpie, what are you up to?" (yes, I …
Welcome to "Bible Ponderings #4" which finds me in the book of 1 Samuel in the chronological reading plan. Every few weeks or so I hope to toss out there what I'm currently reading and invite you to ponder with me! Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us …
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"I'm a great-great grandmother!" They were the words of my 99 year old grandmother when I called her with the news that our little granddaughter Eden had been born. Nan is my hero. She's seen both world wars, survived the Great Depression, and raised her four children as a widow. She farewelled her boy to …
Quietly Roaring 