http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys Thoughts on the Journeys of Life Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:18:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For Columbus Day weekend, my big goal was to spend lots of time at my computer and catch up on posting book reviews on my website.  I had been writing reviews and posting them on the blog part of the site, but had more than 40 reviews which I had ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/10/13/columbus-day-interlude/ It was a lovely summer evening after a full day of work.  I asked my son to take a walk with me, and he agreed!  There's a little creek and waterfall at an abandoned corner about a five minutes' walk from our home.  It's nice to walk over and just ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/10/01/an-evening-walk/ Okay, I'm slowly telling the story of my Summer Vacation.  The day after my birthday and graduation, I had breakfast with my classmates and fellow graduates, and then drove back to Virginia.  Along the way, I stopped at Longwood Gardens and spent a few hours there. Years before, when Josh was ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/09/01/longwood-gardens/ Well, today I had some things cast up to me.  Some things I have apologized for about a dozen times, with tears, but the person wronged has not been willing to forgive me, and indeed has cast the worst possible interpretation on the things I said. But you know what?  God ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/08/18/a-new-day/   Summer vacation is drawing to a close, and ever since June, I've been meaning to write about my travels, even though they were much less than when I lived in Europe. So, better late than never!  The summer began with my birthday trip to my MLIS graduation.  In many ways, that ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/08/18/my-summer-vacation/ Today's sermon was titled "Keeping Perspective."  It was about exactly what I've been thinking so much about lately:  The big picture and the little picture. Of course it got me reflecting some more.  I think there will always be a tension between the big picture and the little picture.  We can ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/07/13/more-big-picturelittle-picture/ Today's verse from the Psalms was Psalm 143:7 -- Answer me quickly, O Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit. At first, I was a little taken aback.  Do we dare pray to God, "Answer me quickly"?  What about ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/06/23/answer-me-quickly/ geovisit(); My verse for my birthday this year was Psalm 142:7b Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me. I chose the verse in the morning, and in the evening this wonderful group of people truly did gather about me!  These are my online classmates from Drexel.  We had ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/06/17/a-happy-birthday/ Last week, my son brought home his artwork from 8th grade Art class.  I was especially tickled with his Library Scene.  It was all done with cut construction paper.  The assignment was to make a scene with at least three people. I especially like the READ poster.  Tim said, "It's not ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/06/12/tims-library/ Today we had some silly fun at the Library.  (It was my boss's idea!)  Our theme this year is "Master the Art of Reading."  So we took a poster of the Mona Lisa reading -- and cut a hole for kids to insert their face.  Nancy also added words to ... http://sonderbooks.com/sonderjourneys/2008/06/11/sondra-lisa-reading/