Like Wildflowers

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Cheryl Boardman Monday, April 29, 2024 Psalm 103:15-16 talks about how we don’t live very long on this earth. We are compared to wildflowers which can be very fleeting. I’ve been to places one week where there was quite a...

Interrupting

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, April 28, 2024 I’ve been reading the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament night after night, and a couple of nights ago, while doing so, I was suddenly reminded of the prize-winning, best-selling picture book,...

Whiter Than Snow

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, April 27, 2024 This past Sunday on a post-breakfast walk I spotted this startling sight. I’m afraid that when it comes to my own car, I allow the automatic car wash connected with a Shell station to do the hard...

Book Spine Poetry

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Friday, April 26, 2024 A little over a week ago at our local library I noticed this hugely delightful book. It’s called Spine Poems: An Eclectic Collection of Found Verse for Book Lovers. It must have taken a vast amount of...

Connected

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Russell Jurgensen Thursday, April 25, 2024 In this scene overlooking the Columbia River at Astoria, ships are waiting for their next leg of travel up the river. We enjoyed watching pilot boats meeting with ships to transfer river pilots...