is a terrible and wonderful game- terrible in its ability to turn even the smartest of my peers into dumbfounded idiots, and wonderful in that the heartiest of laughter commences. Alas, I cannot share it with you as the co-creators have yet to gain a copyright/patent/whatever you need to get for a game. It's something you really must experience anyway. We're playing at the farm at 8:00. Don't miss it.
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I too line dry. And this puzzles me: It could be the drastic difference in our humidity and rainfall from that of the sandbox (and thus it takes 3 days for my clothes to dry) or maybe my personality is such that I am simply too easily irritated and too difficultly (?!) pleased, but I just don't seem to have the same child-like joy as I hang them as you do. God, grant me simplicity of heart- that I may seek and find joy in simple things, and not merely in the hanging of clothes on a wire, but in all the beauty and nuances of Your kingdom and presence in my daily work, duty and leisure.
oh, and thanks, You, that I live in a place where friends continually spur me on to love and good deeds.
shalom
Jessica and Justin
- jessica
- Van, TX, United States
- I am a farmer and a doula. My husband and I are recently planted into the soil of East Texas. Together we seek, we learn, we dance, we sing, and we grow vegetables, and I attend births. This blog is the ongoing story of our farming and birthing journey.
i think that probably the humidity difference does play a significant role in our respective perspectives about clotheslines. so perhaps i have it a bit easier. but, i do not have hoity-toity, either. : )
ReplyDeleteyour prayer is a good one. it is a peaceful one. i hope that i learn to pray it. (because i think we have to learn to pray certain things)
salaam,
john
sometimes when i read comments and posts between us friends i can only respond with an "amin" (only held a bit longer, with a slight echo).
ReplyDeletepeace be,
jamis
thank you for sharing your prayer. i breathe in a deep peace when i read it. peace...a wonderful thing.
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