Week Eight "Lent" It's hard to believe that February is nearly over, week eight of 2012.  An important day happened this week,  Ashe Wednesday, or the first day of Lent which fell on February 22nd.  In biblicial  terms it is the period when Jesus went into the desert for 40 days where he was tempted by Satan before his ministry.   For those who partake in this belief it is a time of fasting and repenting for 40 days ending on Good Friday, the begining of Easter celebrations.   I have on many … [Read more...]

Week Seven "Rain Water Harvesting" I had the privilege this week of attending a lecture about the importance of rain water harvesting, to collect, contain, and conserve.    To me this means capturing the rain water, from my traditonal home, thru the roof gutters where the rain water will trickle thru the downspouts, then into water, storage collection vessels.  There are a huge variety of water, storage vessels, some trendy, some huge but the most important task of these vessels is to recycle … [Read more...]

Week Six Whitney Houston,  1963 - 2012 "Jesus Loves Me Yes I know" "Jesus Loves Me Yes I know" was the last song Whitney Houston performed at her final concert.  It is a beautiful song.  One wonders, why at 48, a beautiful women's life ended so early here on earth.  There is no doubt she is surrounded by Angels in heaven.   Growing up with her music there are so many songs that I have danced and romanced to but I think one of my favorite songs is "I will always Love You" which she sung in the … [Read more...]

Week Five "SuperBowl, Daffodils and Tulips" Tonight I am sitting watching the SuperBowl, Giants vs Patriots.  I am going for the Patriots, why? because I heard about Marcus Cannon the linesman who is in remission for cancer.  Football is a hard sport to understand (for me), very similar to the sport of Rugby I think.  Brut force!  Oooowh,  how I worry about the head injuries those footballers endure (then I think of  Cassius Clay/Muhamada Ali who endured severe head injuries/trauma. )  The fun … [Read more...]

Week Four "The Potter's Gift" I watched several movies this week, "Horrible Bosses" need I say more? and "Hang Over II" lesser said the better! Funny movies for sure;  I giggled at the actors, and stupidness of their actions and have justified my time watching, in my opinion, garbage.  (I am feeling a little guilty about  spending my time watching this content now - it's kind of too late tho.)  But, what stirred me the most this week was a caption/video I watched about a Potter spinning his clay … [Read more...]

Week Three "The Bucket List" I think most of us have watched the movie the "Bucket List" with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.  So the question posed is,  why do we wait till we are older or terminally ill to create a "Bucket List?"   Shouldnt we every day be working on our "Bucket List" /our passions.    As I reflected on this question I thought of my week and 10 things … [Read more...]