2012

The grace that Egan picked out of the box for dinner tonight...


No longer forward nor behind
I look for hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here.
- John Whittier


An appropriate blessing to start 2012.

We slept through the official start of the new year, tired from our December travels. Woke up and make pumpkin-ginger-cinnamon scones (times two for coffee hour at church), listened to lovely music during the New Years service, then explored a new greenway/park on the way back to Kutztown and had a picnic, home to do some cooking, dinner was (excepting olive oil, wine, salt, etc) entirely from our garden or nearby - roasted chicken with our onions, carrots, garlic, and fresh herbs, our sweet potatoes with local honey, and greens from the cold frames, house is relatively clean, kids are relatively clean, and now to bed on time. Good start to the year.