Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

     Slowly, yet ever so surely, we are making our way from Christmas and vacation mode to what is more in keeping with our normal routine.  Do I hear a sigh of relief?  Copper has been home with us for a couple of weeks now.  Since crime, and those who commit it, don’t take a…

     What fun I had last evening planning out our menu for the coming week!  We’ve been managing okay without a weekly menu for the last few months, but it was time to get back into the swing of menu planning.  It’s good for the budget and good for the cook, too!  The budget is…

            Quiet evenings at home, watching our favorite Christmas movies together.  The only lights on, most evenings, are the Christmas lights, and the fire in the wood stove.  Cozy.  Warm.  Tradition.                                 Tending to the little details, finishing up the handmade…

            Aaron is out this morning devising some rigid wire covers for my newly planted garden.  In the last few years the local wild turkey have been quite prolific.  About five years ago the first small flock appeared.  We were enchanted and delighted.  Those few turkey have now increased to dozens!!  We have…

     We’ve had a wonderful week so far.  After working 37 1/2 hours of overtime last week, my husband took all of his days off this week, and we couldn’t have been more delighted to have him home and with us!  The overtime was a blessing, of course, but it was good to have him…

     The morning broke here foggy and gray, but by late morning the skies were blue and cloudless.  The fire in the woodstove was allowed to burn out and we began opening a few windows and the back door to allow some good, clean, fresh air into the house.  I do love my cozy, close,…

     My husband is working again today, the second consecutive day of overtime shifts.  Praise God!  I miss my husband.  Lots!  Yet we are so grateful to God for providing this much-needed extra work.  He is so faithful to provide for us.      Our days are finally beginning to normalize after all the changes we’ve…

     I am so enjoying our fall weather.  Our days are cool, with temperatures in the mid-60’s, and sunny.  It is pleasant to be outdoors in the afternoon sunshine, and oh, so wondeful to be indoors in the early morning and evenings with a fire burning in the wood stove!  The walnut wood we are burning…

     We are, bit by bit, day by day, beginning to find the rhythm to our re-worked days.  I think, for a time, I expected for us to pick up our old rhythm, despite the changes made.  Ah, but the rhythm the Lord is giving us is so much sweeter and fits us so much…

     One of my goals in changing our household routine was to make Saturday less of a crazy day.  I’ve not quite accomplished that goal yet, but this week was certainly not a good test run.  With Dani gone, my normal Saturday tasks were supplemented with most of Dani’s Saturday tasks.  Some things, of course,…