How we put in a graywater system to water our vegetable garden. California’s drought required it for fresh vegetables!
Two Years with Oswald Chambers
I’ve spent years reading Oswald Chambers‘ famous My Utmost for His Highest, but two years were memorably intense. My life is richer for it, in unexpected ways. It started in the summer of 2012 when we purchased a copy of David McCasland’s biography Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God. My husband and I read the book avidly and learned much about “OC.”…
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What do you do with Self-Pity?
I’ve been tempted to wallow in self-pity today on several different levels. But I’m choosing not to do it. There are several reasons I’m rejecting the draw of feeling sorry for myself, not the least being words that ring in my ears from teacher Oswald Chambers: “I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God…
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What IS it about the Romanov Family?
I’ve just set aside everything to read a new book about the Romanov family. It’s only about the thirtieth book on the Romanovs to capture my imagination over the years. Nearly 100 years after the regicide of Tsar Nicholas II, his Tsaritsa Alexandra and five children Olga, Tatiana, Marie, Anastasia, and Alexei, still attract writers and readers. A friendly chat…
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UCLA–Back to the Research Library
I returned to UCLA’s University Research Library recently to finish my research on A Poppy in Remembrance. (Back in the dark ages when I was a student, we called it the URL; it’s now the Young University Research Library YURL after former chancellor Charles Young). The years have disappeared in an alarming way, but as I stood on the steps and…
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Hurricanes, Hawai’i and the US Navy
Hurricanes powering through the Hawai’ian islands remind me of several incidents involving my family. In 1982, powerful Hurricane Iwa roared over Kaua’i, the western most inhabited island in the chain, and left it in shambles. Electrical power was out for more than a week in some places on this lush vegetated island, and it was declared a disaster area. Among ideas…
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