Thanksgiving Prayer – November 2022 I am enjoying the holiday week with my family so my normal blog post will be delayed a few days. Instead, here is my prayer for this day. To a higher power, a divine being of love and lightOn this day of thanks, I thank You for the good…
Category: Life in Lakeside
Posts about daily life in for our family
Laundry – Poem – November 2022
Laundry – Poem – November 2022 Folding laundry tonight Memories popping up as I pulled things out A sheet, a memory of folding wet sheets at our motel Pinning them to a clothes line under a sunny, blue sky. Later collecting them, crisp, fresh, folding them and Placing them in our rolling laundry basket The…
Grandparent Poem
Grandparent Poem The world needs more grandmothers (grandfathers too) Old people with time to visit In comfortable rooms with younger people. Offering a cup of coffee or tea Perhaps a shot of whiskey Along with cookies or a slice of bread from a loaf fresh from the oven. The old and young would sit in…
Response – May 2022
Response – May 2022 This morning I had a sight that filled my heart and brightened my day. I was returning from my run on the trail when I saw a large group of school children who were out for a walk. Teachers were with them and the children were busy observing the plants, bugs,…
March 31 – Looking Ahead
March 31 – Looking Ahead As this year unfolds changes continue to occur in my life. I am grateful the changes are not as momentous as events in the last two years. However, they are changes, both sad and happy, which I am gradually navigating. I have also looked at ways to make changes, especially…
March 23 – Grief and Healing
March 23 – Grief and Healing With the events of the last two years, it seems important to think about grief and how to heal from it. Many people want to ignore those events which shifted so many lives. Myself, I think that attempting to ignore things like this cause more problems but I also…
March 21 – Incremental Change
March 21 – Incremental Change Most of the time, change happens in small steps. It is only when we look back at history that we see the accumulation of changes that led to our current world. For most of us, we prefer our change in small, pieces, that are a easier to digest as we…
March 15 – Measurements
March 15 – Measurements Measurements are what we use to track success, failure, progress and other parts of our life. The usefulness of a measurement is dependent on choosing the right way to measure an item, activity or event. Using a ruler to weight a piece of paper sounds nonsensical if we report “This piece…
21 February 2022 – All the Leaves Have Fallen
21 February 2022 – All the Leaves Have Fallen All of the leaves have fallenFinally.Well, except for the oak, the eucalyptus, mistletoe,The lemonade berry bush and of course the pine trees.Although there are a lot of pine needles on the ground Now there is room for spring,A good thing since Spring is elbowing her…
February 17 – Little Steps
February 17 – Little Steps With January 1st 2022 quickly becoming a distant memory it can be hard to stay excited about our goals for the year. What seemed new and fresh is now routine and boring, especially with the short days, cold weather and dreary feel of winter. On some days it may seem…