Ah, glorious Spring is on the way and finally our days have taken a turn for the warmer. Yesterday I opened all the windows to let the fresh warm air inside (and thankfully the cows were not “nosed” one bit). What a wonderful feeling.
Spring is Coming!
March 16th, 2011 by Aubri
“So long now I’ve been out in the rain and snow,
but winter’s come and gone a little bird told me so.” The Great Gillian Welch
Toys for Tots?
March 13th, 2011 by Aubri
Ok, maybe it shouldn’t bother me as much as it does, but this new trend really makes me mad. Not only because toy makers are messing with the toys I loved as a child but because I don’t think the message these new toys are sending our daughters is good at all.
I’m already frustrated that most of the clothing marketed to young children are the same styles I see in the Ladies sections of the same stores. I don’t want my 2 year old looking like a 25 year old woman thanks. Now it seems that even some of the toys that I would like to let my girls play with someday look like 20 year old bar hoppers I used to see on 6th St. in Austin! Yuk.
You can read articles on this problem here and here. Want to see more of what I’m talking about?
Lent Begins
March 11th, 2011 by Aubri
“This present season, which Thy infinite goodness has again permitted me to reach, reminds me of the bitter suffering to which Thou didst submit willingly in accordance with the counsel of Thy heavenly Father, in order that as the Lamb of God Thou mightest take away the sins of the entire world, and render satisfaction for them.” Johann Friedrich Starck Starck’s Prayer-Book
The Lenten season began Wednesday with Ash Wednesday. I read from Starck’s Prayer-Book, the following exhortation that though written in the 17th-18th centuries is still such an accurate description of many in our day begin this season and a wonderful reminder to the Christian of what the time of Lent is to point us to, Christ’s suffering.
