Marveling this morn …
My first Thanksgiving/Christmas Holiday Sweet for 2024 …
Sweet Potato Pie
Robert made a Brown Sugar Nutty Topping, but I would only let him put it on half the pie.
Why?
I’m glad you asked.
My mother‘s favorite holiday pie was sweet potato. And she liked it plain without any fancy-smancy.
So that’s why 1/2 of the pie is PRETTY Plain.
Marveling this morning at the invaluable service to our country supplied by our VETERANS.
And my FV (Favorite Veteran) ROBERT (retired Army).
… a few Christmas ornaments for the tree.
At Herb Creek Landscape Supply, here in Savannah, our go-to for all things plant-related.
May you pick up a Tad of Joy this beautiful Saturday evening.
From 1914 to 1918, Flanders Fields was a major battle theatre on the Western Front during the First World War. A million soldiers from more than 50 different countries were wounded, missing or killed in action here. visitflanders.com
The poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’, by John McCrae, went on to inspire the use of the poppy, which once grew on the battlefields of Flanders Fields, to become an enduring symbol of remembrance across the world.
HAVE A BLESSED MEMORIAL DAY 2024
My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.
For quite a while, Robert and I have been planning a trip up to Baltimore to visit a handful of his aging aunts and other relatives in the city and surrounding area.
Our early morning flight from Savannah landed in the Baltimore/Washington International Airport about 9 am this past Tuesday. What a shock it was to us when we turned our phones back on to see the horrorific news about the disaster of the Francis Scott Key Bridge about 15 miles away. And as we found out later, six workers were missing and presumed dead.
1. Ironically enough, first on our agenda before we checked into our Airbnb later in the day was to visit the gravesites of Robert’s mother in Maryland National Memorial Park …
And his father and stepmom in Arbutus Cemetery …
2. We LOVED going back to our favorite Baltimore crab cake restaurant, G and M.
3. Reveling in the ravishing Baltimore daffodils.
Here’s a fascinating little independent film I produced, wrote and directed titled “Daffodil Hunching.” (Watch carefully for my guest star.)
4. Seeing the beauty and truth of this Ukrainian Catholic Church across from Patterson Park in Baltimore.
5. Finding the coolest Free Little Library.
And three books!
I hope you’ve had a Good Good Friday and will enjoy a Great Easter Weekend ahead.
Tonight’s service, again, was beautifully simple and peaceful.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out this post post real quick:
https://nealenjoy.com/2024/02/28/taize/
The chant tonight was centered around this theme:
“There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole.”
Yes! There IS hope, there is the possibility of healing, there is a balm.
So again on this night, may Peace be your Portion.
Last Wednesday, I introduced the first of our church’s four Taize services before Easter. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out last week’s post real quick:
Tonight was beautifully simple and peaceful.
The theme revolved around the idea of our souls blessing God, instead of the usual other way around.
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“Bless the Lord, my soul,
And bless God’s holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
Who leads me into life.”
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, truth;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
Again, May Peace be your Portion
Oh Goodness, Marveling this Morn!
CHRISTMAS GOOD MORNING!
NealEnJoy 