"Don't do something permanently stupid just because you're temporarily upset."author unknown Yesterday I was ready to throw in the towel. Again. Sometimes blogging is a thankless occupation. Writer's block happens! Comments are all spam...nobody listens...nobody cares! Blah, blah, blah. So I prayed: "Abba, I come with a question that has repeated itself again and again.… Continue reading permanently stupid
Keeping track of the CCB (contentment cottage blog) and D's web sites is about all I can manage when it comes to cyberspace these days. Kind of a let down when I think of the number of sites I worked on back in the old days when I did web-site design 24/7. This week, for… Continue reading been busy
We're back, after a lovely week of just doing nothing special. Now...as summer wends its way softly into September, and Autumn approaches, can school days be far away? Oh, I do hope you enjoy the anticipation of returning to learning, as I always have. Getting ready to go Back to School was always one of… Continue reading September!
The Contentment Cottage Blog will be closed until after Labor Day. We're taking this SPECIAL week off to celebrate our 35th Wedding Anniversary! It's difficult to believe that more than three decades have passed since God joined our separate lives into one. What children we were! How naive and unprepared for all He had in… Continue reading a special week
By now you already know that I have an intense sense of spirituality. But did you know I also have a WEIRD SENSE of HUMOR? I love this ... and this... and especially this... I think this is hilarious... and this is more truth than comedy... After all...laughter IS the best medicine and cynicism is… Continue reading weird humor
My favorite orchid - that I lovingly call "tiny dancers" - came in from the greenhouse this morning. The Oncidium family is very large and includes many flower varieties. The most common flower variety is often referred to as the "dancing lady". These Oncidium types have thin leaves, pseudobulbs, and branching sprays with flowers colored… Continue reading august orchids
If you're a regular visitor here at the Cottage Blog you already know that my posts for the garden and the kitchen have taken a backseat lately. Our focus has been elsewhere. At the end of June we were invited to visit a small church in southeastern Arizona for an interview. Unfortunately, what we thought was… Continue reading ask, seek, knock
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