Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The last couple of days have been days of tending to just the basics in my home – feeding my family, keeping up with the laundry, that sort of thing.  Just the necessary stuff.  You know what?  That’s okay!!  There are times when other things are more important.  Spending extra time on child training.  Strengthening friends in time…

We had a lovely morning, really and truly.  Tuesday morning is the day for our big breakfast together – turkey bacon, fried eggs, and chocolate-zucchini muffins.  I have a wonderful griddle attachment on my stove and I’m able to fry about 14 slices of bacon at a time, and enough fried eggs for all of…

I’m sitting down with a tall, cool glass of water, and taking a break for a few minutes.  It’s been a busy,  catching up sort of day.  I’ve had the normal Monday laundry and straightening, of course.  There were some e-mails from late in the week that needed answers, and a few new ones to…

This week’s menu features a couple of Mexican dishes, as well as a couple of main dish salads (one for lunch, and one for dinner).   Monday’s dinner is a nice fix ahead, kid friendly meal since we’ll have the grandbabies for the evening.  Our corn is ready for harvest, so I’ve included corn on the…

     I’m still here, just busy, busy, busy!  We were out all day yesterday for our shopping and errands day.  We didn’t get home until after 6:00!  We are back on a “cash” system for our shopping, and that slowed me down quite a bit.  Swiping that ATM card is quick, but it’s oh, so…

I don’t remember much about my grandmother.  My Granddad, her husband, passed away when I was four; and my dad’s parents were gone long before I was born.  Grandmother, the name she preferred, lived 2,000 miles away on land that she and Uncle Bob owned and he farmed.  Most summers we took a two week vacation…

What a lovely day we had!  We drove a couple of hours up into the mountains to a state park, and then drove all the way through the park to the river.  The guys fished all day, from a bit after 9:00 until a bit after 4:00.  They caught six, but only three were keepers. …

“Every morning that breaks, there are mercies anew Every breath that I take, is Your faithfulness proved And at the end of each day, when my labors are through I will sing of Your mercies anew. When I’ve fallen and strayed, there were mercies anew For You sought me in love, and my heart You…

Our days of 100°+ heat are behind us for awhile.  We woke up this morning to overcast skies.  In fact, they were downright cloudy!  It was such a nice change from last week’s heat, that we opened the whole house up this morning even though it was chilly!!!  The sun finally broke through in the…