July 2011
23 posts
June 2011
33 posts
On Mangos. :-)
“The mango has made an optimist of me. After all, how bad can this world be when something this good occurs naturally?” - Diana Shaw from the book Almost Vegetarian
~G
Photo credit = not mine.
“The saying that life is a bed of roses is not completely inaccurate, people just...”
– Anonymous
Interesting.
Apparently Delta Airlines now has a policy that no Jew can fly on their airlines per an agreement/deal with Saudi Arabia..
News Source
Although, given the world’s culture, this isn’t too surprising, it still is shocking in light of the fairly recent effort (in WWII) to wipe out the Jewish race.
~G
P.S. It appears that this policy is part of something connected to the SkyTeam...
“23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;...”
– Psalm 139: 23 - 24
Simple Joys. :-)
One of my favorite-ist things to do is exercise. Go ahead and laugh but I really do enjoy it! For me, it’s more than staying fit and healthy (although that is a big part)… I actually find it relaxing! When I feel stressed or overwhelmed: exercising makes me get over those feelings amazingly fast. Probably a release of endorphins or something..
Anyway, during the summer months, L...
Life... yeah, that thing. :-)
So.. it’s been awhile since I’ve updated what I’ve been doing - mainly because I’ve been so busy trying to do it. I don’t know how successful I’ve been, but hey! As someone named Edward Bliss said,
“Success doesn’t mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. It means winning the war, not every battle.”
...
“I have learned that faith
means trusting in advance
what only makes...”
– Philip Yancey
“1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
2...”
– Psalm 121
“God! I feel as cold as gray stone
as if naught but a fish;
Give me burning,...”
– Anonymous (via karlluft)
“ Unless the LORD builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
...”
– Psalm 127:1
Strawberries!
Today we picked 103 pounds of these:
, which we then processed into:
50 cups of jam and 24+ bags of frozen berries.
Needless to say, the color red is a little bit old right now!
P.S. I did not take the picture. I think the credits belong to someone working for Food Network.
