Church Online and Bloopers
Our family volunteered to do the “kids’ minute” for this week’s online church service… And here are the bloopers!… Here’s the whole service…
Month: June 2020
The Irony of Reopening Here
Orcas Island was militantly careful with sanitizing, not touching, not traveling, and not communing for three months, and that was when it was just us islanders here. Now that phases dictate our activities and restrictions have mellowed drastically, tourists from all over the place are coming in thicker by the …
Meet Colleen Stewart
Last night I went for a long walk and happened upon Colleen Stewart, the gardener in charge of all of the wonder in the public school garden. Except for people I passed at Buck Park, she was one of the only other humans I came across. She didn’t know she …
Marooned – I Got My Wish!
Be careful what you wish for. Years ago, I wished to be stranded on an island someday. I was thinking tropical, but this is pretty darn good. I’m well-fed, clothed, warm, dry, and loved. That’s a pretty big step up from what I imagined. God has a sense of humor …
Gratefuls, If You Need a Boost
Life is heavy right now – the virus, the protests, the lack of personal contact and community, cancelled family reunions, empty streets, empty calendars, even the constant rain in June – one of our coveted summer months to hope for sun. We’re all experiencing lack in some way. We lack …
COVID Won’t Obey Phases
I miss humans so much. I miss community activities. I miss crowds. There is a definite hole that can’t be filled with exercise, cookie dough, Zooming with others, or conversing with the same three people in my house (no offense, family). We humans just plain need a lot of other …
Orcas High Graduation, COVID Style
The video production for Orcas Island High School’s graduating seniors is outstanding. Take that, COVID! Watch it… What sweet graduates! It was a joy to celebrate them on the streets today – celebrating is something we haven’t gotten to do for months, and they deserved it…
Ignorant, Maybe, But Loving
I hadn’t planned on writing about race. I was simply listening and learning from the voices coming out of the George Floyd tragedy. Then it occurred to me that my life experience may actually help the dialogue in some way… My grandmother never told my mom what her heritage was. …
