Daybook on a February First Friday

FOR TODAY

Outside my window

Winter hangs on, reluctant to release her shivery grip. Patches of scrappy earth poke up through holes melted through a carpet of lingering snow.

On Pandora

Norah Jones crooning 'Sunrise'

Around the house

A few little vestiges left of Christmas/winter decorations. They need to be packed away. The wreath came off my front door this morning.

From the kitchen

Last night, Bourbon Brown Sugar Pork Loin. 

The recipe appears in the January 2011 issue of Southern Living magazine. And you can probably search for it here.

YUMMY!

I am hearing

The Wailin' Jennys harmonizing 'Bright Morning Stars'

now on Pandora. And fat cat padding around the kitchen.

I am reading

 Happily, the mailman (he is a man) very gingerly squished a box from Amazon into my mailbox yesterday. One book is a gift for someone, so I will not mention it here. 

The other two, I am eager to fall into and be swept away:

A Place on Earth a novel by Wendell Berry (thanks Katie & Sam for introducing me to this marvelous writer) and the other, What's Wrong with the World by G.K. Chesterton.

I am pondering

The entire Gospel of John, particularly chapter 6.

I am hoping and praying

for His will to reign

I am grateful for

His real, true, Eucharistic presence

His Word

Jim

Katie, Sam, Isaac

Erin, Kevin, Megan

Friends

Co-workers

my Mama

brothers and sisters

Holly's snuggles and puppy kisses

Books

reading glasses
tooth aches

melting snow quenching a sleepy earth

promises kept

A few plans

Super Bowl party this Sunday! Time with best-ever friends.  
Go Pack!

A truly moving moment this week

Co-workers lining Elden Street in loving support for the wife and family of a deceased Sergeant, as a police motorcade escorted them and his body to Adams-Green, in respect and gratitude for his life; his 25 years of service to the HPD and the citizens of Herndon, Virginia. May his soul, and all the souls of the faithful departed, rest in peace.

A picture thought

So very grateful!