Daily Grace, Unpolished: Daily Examen

One Good Thing

March 18, 2020

It is 9:30 pm on a Tuesday evening. I am going to do something I’ve never done before. I’m going to sit down and write a post and hit publish. You should see it in the morning.

Here is what I want to say right now: I am rejoicing.

I am rejoicing in this strange time of Coronavirus because I am able to sit here at the kitchen table and write, and I have a light next to me, and the refrigerator is humming, and the dryer is drying, and we have electricity.

I know it has been a hard few days for all of us. But might I be so  bold as to say that however hard it has been for you, if you are feeling healthy, then it might have been harder if you didn’t have electricity?

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Daily Grace, Unpolished: Daily Examen

On a Lighter Note

February 28, 2020

February forsythia. It’s beautiful and it’s too early. Sigh.

Since my neighbor’s “God, Guns, Country: Trump 2020” sign still has me feeling a little disheartened (see my last post for more on that beautiful thing), and the toxic political situation in our country is depressing me, and the spread of the Coronavirus is alarming, and the fact that for the first time in recorded history Sacramento has had no rain for the month of February, I thought I would share with you something that is making me happy.

Honestly, this post could change your life, not because of any brilliance of mine, but because of these resources. They have been tremendously helpful to me. Also, they are free.

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