It's been such a long, long time since I've actually written a post! I mean a real, written post. A blog post. For most of the past year my writing has been of the Facebook sort. Now that my direction has been re-focused to the Blog, I find myself with something akin to 'writer's block'… Continue reading re writing
Tag: odds n’ ends
it’s fun again!
A day to remember. After months of wrestling with the settings and situations on the Blog where I've written our story since 2012 I am finally, at long last, satisfied with what's happening. New Beginnings can be a huge blessing! In actuality nanaellen.com was first uploaded in November of 1996 but there have been so… Continue reading it’s fun again!
help ! please
Thanks for dropping by. I love your visits But something is seriously broken in the comments section of the site. Would you be so kind as to try leaving a comment on this post? And if it isn't working go to Contentment Cottage on Facebook and let me know what you experienced. Thanks for your… Continue reading help ! please
be optomistic
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy._ Dietrich Bonhoeffer We all have moments of… Continue reading be optomistic
new year…old baggage
Today's devotional was written by an old friend of ours. It struck such a note in my Spirit that I must share it with you here. Thank you Pastor Jack...for showing me that the Lord never intended that I simply open up my old baggage, examine the contents, fold it all up, return it to… Continue reading new year…old baggage
another do over
Well...I've just spent the past two days doing this "Contentment Cottage Blog" over. Again! You won't notice much on the surface. It's all in the coding. If you don't know what that means, right click on the page and 'view the source' code. Not sure how that is gonna translate to your 'smart phone' but… Continue reading another do over
end of the drought
Welcome Rain! California isn't the only area suffering from a long-term drought. If you have been a follower at my "Cottage" for any length of time, you know posts have been few and far between for the past couple of years! And non-existent since late in 2015. Lots of reasons [uh...excuses?...] for the sparse posts. The reason for… Continue reading end of the drought