Golfers…is it hazard, boundary or OB?
Some games have foul lines. On or inside, the ball is in play. (baseball) Some games have touch lines. On or inside, the ball is live. (soccer) The ruling is made by an official with regard to the ball and not the player. Unless you’re playing pick up ball, where the loudest and most authoritative […]
If I worry, am I bad?
My friend says, “I am not a worrier.” Is that possible? Real? True? Worry and I have known each other a long time. I can’t say I don’t worry. Can’t say I won’t worry. Worry butts in every now and then and, actually, I think that is a healthy thing for me now. But it […]
I see you
I feel like a Mother Confessor. From my vantage point overlooking the trail of people sauntering up the hill to the the stop sign where Castlevine Court meets Richland Lane. They wave and, without prodding, offer their confession: “This is my cool down; I ran four miles,” says the Mom who competed in the Tough Mudder […]
Righting practices: Channeling my inner weeble
Do you remember Weebles? They wobble but they don’t fall down. I loved those. Somehow, no matter how hard you shoved them in any direction, they managed to spring back into upright. I wanna be a bit more weeble. Folks will tell you they’re stable. They are staunch supporters of this or firm believers in […]
Run the lake but walk the bridges
I’ve just returned from time away at a place that is full of beauty. I’ve been there before, but it was not full of last year’s beauty. It was newly lovely. In fact, daily lovely. Each day, it was filled with a new beautiful. A new personality. It felt effortless to run around this lake. […]
Motion activated
How can you prepare to be surprised by God? My way, truthfully, is to pack every possible option. To bring every book I might need, every piece of equipment I might demonstrate, and more. I prepare and work out the details, sketching and outlining and scratching in more notes in the margin. I prepare out […]
The baton between believe and act
Do I believe myself when I say, “I believe God put me up to this?”
Finding perfect pitch
Tuning pins, I think they call them. Those tiny knobs you twist to wind the strings and pull them taut. I was always fascinated by folks who did this, ear to the strings. They would pluck and turn, pluck and turn, listening for just the right pitch. Are there really people like this? Who have […]
Will there be turf or grass in heaven?
Now THAT’s the testimony of a kid who loves soccer! No question in her mind that the game awaits, just what the field conditions will be like. And that’s something to think about. Seems that “what awaits” has been a serving on my plate these last few weeks. A larger portion than usual. So, let’s […]
Supreme effort
Exertion focuses you. But not on the exertion. When we were much younger, my husband and I went on a bike touring trip to Vermont. It was the intermediate and advanced excursion. Five delightful days pedaling through rolling hills past pastoral scenes of fields and barns and livestock. Vermont ain’t flat, as the t-shirt says. […]