Simply the Best

Simply the Best

Joanna Young at Confident Writing is sponsoring a group writing project ending Christmas Eve called Simply the Best.  The goal is for each blogger to scour their posts over the past year and identify the one post that they believe is their best writing of the year.  Then, write a post that links to that best post and completes the sentence “This post is simply the best because…” in 30 words or less.

This is not as easy as it sounds.

For this challenge I have selected my post “My Mother’s Gift,” which was my Mother’s Day post this year. Have you read it yet?

This post is simply the best because I was able to be candid about my family, its an unusual and interesting story, and I was able to touch just the right emotional notes.

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During the Holiday Season, Remember to Share

It’s so easy to get caught up in the idea that this time of year belongs only to us.

Newsflash: the existence and acknowledgment of other beliefs does not damage or diminish your beliefs – unless you choose to let them.  It’s all on you.

If you think that your Governor acknowledging the existence of other beliefs is oppressive to Christians, you’re lucky that you haven’t experienced real oppression and you don’t really understand what oppression is.

thanks to The Stranger for the image

Water Fowl in the Snow

water birds in the snow

This city is just not equipped to handle snow; everything shuts down and only major arterials are plowed. The accumulation this year is really out of the ordinary, and this weather has lasted longer than I remember as well.

We had to get out of the house yesterday, so we walked to the lake.  The snow was deep enough that the one block hike was exhausting.

I was blown away by the number of birds in the water.  I can always count on this spot for some bird watching, but not this many birds.

birds on lake union in the snow

ducks on lake union in the snow

snowy ducks and houseboats

birds trees boats snow