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Friday Five: Whatcha Reading?

This Friday Five comes a little late, but it's a pretty universal one. What are you reading these days?

Any genre, give us novels, magazines, websites, newsletters.... you need not limit it to five if you don't want to!!!!!

Bonus for links to where the items can be found!!!!

Well, first of all: 

 

Next, the current in a massive Kinsey Millhone binge I'm having:

Then there's always:

they are starting a Kickstarter on Monday, so watch for more on this from me.

Then there's

 

and finally

All God's Children

Random thoughts...Begged, borrowed, and stolen.

Earlier this week I was driving down 35 East in packed afternoon traffic, and someone rear-ended me, hard. Hard enough that I then rear-ended the truck & trailer a car length ahead of me.

Then the driver who hit me tried to drive away. And I chased him. And the people that I had hit, they were waving and hollering at me because they thought *I* was trying to run away. I was calling 911 and waving and honking. Once we exited onto the service road and the traffic stopped for the light, I got out of my car and ran up to the guy who'd hit me, and I banged on his window and said, "Hey! You hit my car! You have to stop!"

Yep, I did that. As stupid as that was.

He assured me that he planned to stop, but I am very not convinced of that. As it turned out, he had  no driver's license or insurance and a criminal record. He asked me if we could just handle this between us, because he knew someone who had a body shop. I said, too bad, the police are already on their way. They said he was going to jail.

I am sorry that his day went to hell like it did. He's in my prayers. It kind of messed with my day too, but it could have been a million times worse. Fortunately I was not hurt and my Buick Park Avenue / armored personnel carrier was not damaged. Best car EVER.

The people in the trailer I hit had no damage either, thank goodness. They were hauling a load of items from Oklahoma to be shipped to a medical mission they run in Sierra Leone.

Also thinking about babies. New babies in the lives of people I know: Isaac T., Charlotte S., Lucas H., Madeleine H., Hazel M. I talked to a brand-new aunt yesterday and saw that wonder in her eyes. You know how when a baby is born that you particularly love and care about, it is the most amazing baby in the whole world? While I haven't had a baby of my own, I have experienced it with my granddaughter, nieces and nephews. It is a BIG BIG FEELING!

Yep. That feeling. I think that's how God feels about every one of us. Me, and all the babies and their parents, and the man whose car hit mine, and the people who care for those in Sierra Leone. 

 

 

Friday Five: Random

As posted by Karla at RevGals:

Woo hoo!  It’s not only Random Friday Five time, but it is also Friday the 13th.  And also Lent.  And, in my neighborhood, the snow is starting to melt and I can see a patch of grass in my front yard.  Oh my,  what could be more wonderful?  (Okay, a lot of things, I know.  At least little things make me happy.)

So, without further ado, I present you F13RFF!

1.  What have you got going on today? Working this morning (at lunch now) then headed to see my parents in San Angelo!

2.  What about a prayer request, how can we pray for you today? for safe travels!!

3.  What makes you curious? how the body works. WOW. It is crazy how everything works together! The more I know, the more I want to know.

4.  If you got stuck in an elevator for three hours, (if that is too scary, locked in a room or stuck in a traffic jam), and could magically have any book or activity appear in a pouf to you to while away the time, what would it be? A new Narnia book.

5.  Use these words in a sentence.   Thirteen, lampshade, [a historical person, like Cotton Mather or Judy Garland} basket, hedgehog, and daffodils. Daffodils on the lampshade make my hedgehog happy, but his basket was stolen by Liza Minelli. (how's that for random)

As always, have fun, be fabulous, and let us know you played in the comments, and take care!

Friday Five: St. Pat's

As posted by Anne at RevGals:

Saint Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, which got me thinking about how the “official” saints of the church touch our individual and collective worlds. A woman I met recently was born on St. Patrick’s Day, and her parents honored the occasion by naming her for this saint whose feast day is the cause for much celebration. So for today’s Friday Five, please share with us a little something about the saints that are a part of your life in one way or another.

1) Do you have a “favorite” saint? Tell us about him or her! I'm quite partial to Jonathan Myrick Daniels, a martyr for civil rights. You can learn more about him here.

2) Some of us share names with a saint. If that is the case, has that saint, or his or her feast day, held any meaning for you? I'm named for Mary and Elizabeth, but they are also the names of my two grandmothers. However, I consider them saints in my personal life, so their stories mean a lot to me. Especially my Gramma Beth, who was a faithful Christian and churchwoman all her life.

3) Is there a saint whose life or story intrigues you (other than number 1)? I'm pretty interested in Egeria, about whom I just learned yesterday thanks to Lent Madness.

4) Do you pray with, or to, a saint (or saints)? Not really.

5) Many saints are designated patrons of occupations, needs or occasions (like traveling). Is there such a saint that factors into your life professional, or avocationally? I'm quite fond of St. Francis, who cared for the poor.

Bonus: please share a picture of one (or more) of the saints named above.

here is Francis

 

and here is Jonathan Daniels