Singing when no one

Singing when no one else is around is always good. I especially like belters. Good, loud singing is probably better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it’s cheaper, too. I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There’s something about the feel of a … Read more

A new baby is

A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. Eda LeShan

I dream of a

I dream of a world where people from different backgrounds are praying and working for the flourishment of communities different from them, and I find my sustenance not only in these stories in scripture, but in stories of human existence also – the story of the Bosnian Muslim man who took to a Serbian couple … Read more

A baby is born

A baby is born with a need to be loved – and never outgrows it. Frank A. Clark

Me, Polly Garter, under

Me, Polly Garter, under the washing line, giving the breast in the garden to my bonny new baby. Nothing grows in our garden, only washing. And babies. And where’s their fathers live, my love? Over the hills and far away. You’re looking up at me now. I know what you’re thinking, you poor little milky … Read more