Hopeful
Still over here recovering from the plague that was bacterial tonsillitis plus a viral infection of some sort. I finished antibiotics this morning, and my throat is mostly not sore anymore, but I’ve got a lovely lingering dry cough, that is particularly activated when I talk, which is a problem, since as both a counselor…
5 Things for Today – June 22, 2026
For many years, back in the heyday of blogging, I wrote a daily post that I called my “Daily 5”. Though it was rarely only five items, it was always multiples of 5, and it was always a list of things from that particular day that had made me smile. You see, I’d heard somewhere…
Reading Your Shelves Update #1
In typical Lisa fashion, I’ve read or listened to 6 books for the Read Your Shelves project, none of which are the first book I unwrapped. I’ve been on an audiobook kick lately and have listened to 6 audiobooks from my collection (one of which is also in a wrapped present, which I shall look…
Little Wins That Add Up
I’ll be the first to admit that this journey of revamping how I handle my finances, and trying to save money, is well… painful. I recently sent my brother a meme that was captioned, “I think the universe knew that I’d be too bloody powerful if I could do math.” Math scares me, and money…
The Read My Shelves Project
It’s been just over three years since I last showed up in this space. I thought about showing up here last month, when the fifth anniversary of my first ovarian tumor removal surgery rolled around, but the emotions and thoughts from that week or two of anniversaries felt heavy and personal this time around, and…
2 Years On
Two years ago today I woke up in a hospital room after the first of what would be two major surgeries, nine weeks apart. At this time two years ago, I was still waiting to hear what the results of the surgical pathology were, and in fact, what surgery had been done – had I…
No John 17 goodness
It’s almost the end of another Maundy Thursday. My social media is all over the place tonight. People touting the importance of Maundy Thursday – the washing of feet! the institution of the Eucharist! the institution of the priesthood! And then, then there is the report from Maryland this week. The kind of report that…
Wine Poured Out
Fifteen years ago today I stood in a field in Malta, balancing my weight precariously as it was freshly plowed and the turned up ground was soft and unstable beneath my feet. The field was surrounded by limestone walls. I was with two others, people I’d asked to witness and participate in that moment. Several…
Like Onions
Shrek: Ogres are like onions.Donkey: They stink?Shrek: Yes. No.Donkey: Oh, they make you cry.Shrek: No.Donkey: Oh, you leave em out in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin’ little white hairs.Shrek: No. Layers. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers.Donkey: Oh, you both have layers.…
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