whimsy

Cuppycake and I

recently celebrated an Anniversary!

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Oh, joy!  To still employ such wedded-bliss, as this!

And in typical fashion we spent the day doing what we love best:

 

Spending time together!

 

On a whim & with a whisp of whimsy in our hearts we set out for nearby Canada for a anniversary day-cation to Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario. Continue reading “whimsy”

he offered his life

 

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“Hatred is not a creative force.  Only love is creative power.”

St. Maximillian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr (1894-1941)

 

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Sentenced to hard manual labor at the death camp in Auschwitz, St. Maximillian Kolbe offered his life in exchange for that of a family man.

 

His zeal for souls and love of neighbor  leave us all striving for God’s glory by eagerly serving others.

 

 

Today, and every day, may we spread this message to the ends of the earth! Continue reading “he offered his life”

formed on the shore (a granular whale-tale.)

I found a pile of sand.

So I stopped to ask, “What do you wish to be?”

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I was happy to see

a whale was he,

buried amongst the grainy pebbles below! Continue reading “formed on the shore (a granular whale-tale.)”