NOTE: This week I am combining my (semi-) weekly digest with my (semi-) weekly hodgepodge. See the "I am thinking about" section for a few of this week's hodgepodge questions.
Looking out the window....
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| These Rubber Rabbitbrush plants were outside the Green Mountain Rec Center. |
I've been meaning to get in a walk at Union Square Park before the summer flower beds stopped blooming. I finally made it.
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| These are called Scabiosa, or Pincushion flowers. |
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| ...or daisies. |
Favorite quote(s) of the week...
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Join the fun! Come on over to for the Hodgepodge link-up! |
What's a quote from a book (besides The Bible) that has stayed with you?
"Sober alkies are often asked, ‘When did you hit rock bottom?’ But a more informed question might be, ‘How many times did you hit rock bottom?'" - American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson
What's your number one food pet peeve?
About food or involving food? Well, I've already gone on a rant here about food fads, so I'm not going there again today. My biggest pet peeve involving food is people who smack loudly, chew with their mouths open, or worse, go on camera and turn eating into a grotesque freak show for dollars (one of MANY reasons I avoid TikTok like the plague--I care too much about my brain).
What's one thing about you that is still the same as it was when you were young?
My musical tastes are pretty much the same. I enjoy many genres and eras of music, but the sounds of the 70s and 80s are still my go-to. If you look at my Happy 911 playlist on Spotify, a good bit of it is both Christian and secular music from the 80s. That's my groove right there!
- Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton ✮✮✮1/2
- The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard ✮✮✮✮ (Please see my "first thoughts" and "last thoughts" on this book here.
- Finding the Groove by Robert Gelinas
- The Oxford Inklings by Colin Duriez
- The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
- Mansions of the Heart by R. Thomas Ashbrook
- Streams of Living Water by Richard J. Foster
- On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior
- Faith's Checkbook by Charles Spurgeon
Recent blog posts...
- My previous digest, "Almost Autumn'" is here.
- My previous hodgepodge, "Scraps and Such 04" is here.
- My "25 for 2025" challenge is here. (Updated regularly)
- My "I Can Only Blame MyShelf" reading challenge is here. (Updated regularly).
From the Workshop...
- Insulated tumblers that don't cost as much as two weeks worth of groceries and a tank of gas to purchase.
- A successful "gym rat" summer.
- A good report at my recent physical.
- Getting to see my friends at Table Mountain Baptist.
- Easy to follow YouTube tutorials.
- Free air at the tire store down the street from my apartment. Also thankful for the tech who showed me how to use the air myself in case they were too busy to do it.
- Rice cakes (both flavored and plain).
- God continuing to provide pretty papers and supplies with which to make cards.
- Businesses that still take checks.
- Enjoying my first class of the year. I'll be teaching the course again in a few weeks.
