things I’m learning about Wichita
Husband and I found out yesterday that in August we’ll be moving to Wichita, Kansas, so he can serve his vicarage* at Ascension Lutheran Church. I’ve only driven through Kansas, and stayed overnight there twice…once in Kansas City on a tornado-y night and once in the booming metropolis of Hoyt**. I have never been to … Read more
minnie
I met Minnie when I was in high school…maybe 17 years old. I’d gone to church with her and her husband Louis all my life, and while I’d seen them, I had never met them. But then our youth director had this idea that the youth were going to do a secret pals type thing … Read more
It’s 2010? What happened to 2009?
For that matter, what happened to 2008? Have I really been married for two years? Have I really been at this job for one and a half years? Has it really been almost two years since I finished my Master’s degree? Have I really lived outside of Texas for one and a half years? Those things … Read more
I can’t believe I’m going to do this…
I haven’t had much to blog about lately–at least nothing nice, or interesting. And you know what Mom always said…. “If you can’t blog anything nice (or interesting), don’t blog anything at all.” Or something like that. Any time I tried to blog something, it just came out blah, and I don’t like blah. On … Read more
the end of the world
Last night I had a dream that it was the end of the world. It’s the second time (that I remember) that I’ve had an end-of-the-world dream. The first one was a few years ago, and it happened at about this time of year…the season of Advent. The first dream was much more Advent-ish than … Read more
Adventures in St. Louis
We’re in St. Louis now. Of course, we’ve been here for about three weeks, which isn’t very long, but it seems long. We still have boxes to unpack, but most everything is where it’s going to be, or at least in a place where it’s useable. And we’re learning our way around town. Well….I know … Read more
