Questions Die Away
I remember, a year ago, how uncertain I felt when I wrote my New Year's Eve post on my blog. I was in one of those dark periods of life,…
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January 1, 2021
I Won’t Be Home for Christmas (Not Even In My Dreams)
I'm trying, I really am, but sometimes my efforts feel as broken as the candy-cane from Canada that I just stuck in my coffee to make it feel like Christmas.…
December 21, 2020
In Spirit and In Truth
The first Christmas didn’t actually happen in Juniata County, and it wasn’t white. This thought just dawned on me a few minutes ago as I watched the sunset behind the…
November 28, 2020
How Beautiful
Last week, one night, I lay in bed, in exhaustion, and listened with my eyes closed to the song "How Beautiful", by Twila Paris. How beautiful the hands that served…
November 13, 2020
Of Dirty Fingernails and God’s Grace
I don't like to think that I'm a germ freak or a clean fanatic or anything. I like to think that I'm pretty flexible and easygoing. I don't like to…
October 16, 2020
Alison’s Adventures in Quarantine Wonderland
I just got done baking cookies. I don't think they turned out very well, but it is possible that certain people may choke them down and say they are good…
September 28, 2020
Peace and Love from a Girl on Bangladesh Quarantine
This morning finds me a little happier, a little more at home here in the apartment in Bangladesh where I quarantine—a little less jetlagged, a little more like I might…
September 21, 2020
The Journey Between the Old and the New
Right now I have few words--just a stillness as I arise into the sunset, above the tinted pink clouds… I have come though a rapid night and a rapid day.…
September 18, 2020
The Tale of Two Little Pigs and Other Things in my Life
This evening before supper I had a fun experience, the kind of fun I don't have every day. My friend Judith, who is back at our place again since school…
August 27, 2020
Never Again
I searched frantically for a place to pull over, finally drawing my car into a church parking lot. I went up the hill, up into the graveyard, and perched on…
July 28, 2020