Category: Blogging

  • Just a few thoughts and images to share…November 2025 is special to me as we continue to find ways to support communities under threat and make personal choices to find a spiritual centeredness. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde (Bishop of Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC) visited my church, https://stjohnsstpaul.org/ to do a reading from her new…

  • In November 2013 I started this blog: West Seventh Freelance. What an amazing journey and so many posts! Over the years I continued to meet incredible people and animals who became subjects of my endeavors. Through ‘likes’ and readership, I also met all of you; all around the world! I am so grateful. I recently…

  • While at my local co-op this morning, the little watermelon I bought slipped from my hands and cracked open on the floor. Because we are all like zombies these days, the cashier and other staff ignored my plight as I attempted to wrestle it into a bag to stop the seeping juice. I twice said…

  • UPDATE: I started this post in late April and have since made peace with my rabbit neighbors. ‘Martha’ (a Mom rabbit, distinguishable by an odd ear issue) lives in our yard and there are a variety of baby and teenage bunnies who ramble around eating various grasses and weeds (thank you!) The newly planted rock…

  • Guns, pandemic, insurrection. This is our world. I started reading Flynn Berry’s new novel yesterday, set in Northern Ireland in the time after The Troubles…and then, I heard the news that a Black motorist was shot and killed in suburban Minneapolis. These are our Troubles. They are not new. They are not unique. The Derek…

  • First off: what a blessing all of you are! Reading your posts and updates make isolation a bit easier…and, of course, enjoying a good cup of coffee with friends. All my best, Christine

  •   Recently, people have been asking me to take pictures for them. It is a joy and adventure. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/adventure/

  • Curious? Well, it has to do with my connection to ‘expat blogger’, who writes  Oh My God My Wife is German. In a recent post he wrote about visiting the Portland, OR kitchen store, Kitchen Kaboodle (http://ohgodmywifeisgerman.com/2014/03/10/my-german-wifes-first-encounter-with-kitchen-kaboodle-in-portland-oregon/). I checked out the website and saw this cool tool for avocados (and ordered one- the rest of…