At church yesterday as the bread and water was passed to the congregation, I pondered how I could improve my worship experience and spirituality. An idea came to my mind that has never occurred to me before. This idea is related to the account in the New Testament of Jesus retiring to the Garden of [...]
Last Friday, in a moment of sheer stupidity, I chose to go to see the movie “10,000 B.C.” for our weekly date. Truly, now that we have a large plasma television and high definition reception, going to see a movie is much less comfortable and much more of a gamble. A [...]
I’m approaching one year since I first discovered that I had cancer. Easter Sunday fast approaches and I have to say that Easter has a new dimension for me as I feel that I have been given new life. I’m more sensitive about wasting time, wasting opportunities, and wasting my energy. I [...]
During the Jimmy Carter presidency, I had my second child, my husband tried to launch a business, and we bought our first house. The economy and the mood of the nation was dreary, demoralized, uninspired. Oil prices and interest rates sky rocketed. We read books about living off the grid, wood heat, self-sufficient [...]
After work today I found that I had a little extra time on my hands and I could do one of three needful things: go home and work on our taxes, go home and write a post for Embattled, or go grocery shopping. And since I like to eat and I would [...]
I’m a bit bored with the presidential race, of course, because my favorite candidate is gone. I’m uninspired by anyone that remains in the race. Because I am a diehard conservative, I’m left with having to vote for John McCain. He is the only realistic choice left for me. John McCain [...]
Last week my husband went on a four-day business trip. He traveled to Soldotna, Homer and places in between, lucky man. It is a beautiful trip down one of the world’s most scenic byways. He brought home a present for me: a snazzy metallic purple, high-tech walking stick with a flashlight [...]