If you are a person of faith, and a progressive, then I urge you to visit the Sojourner's website. Started by Jim Wallis, it is an inspiring collection of faith-based opinion on every imaginable issue from politics to poverty to justice to creation, with a refreshing and positive twist.
I went to the site to help cleanse my brain after seeing a report on our local news about a Kalispell Baptist church pastor who is calling the US an abomination now that Obama has been elected. He claims we are on a path of wickedness and that people of faith should not commune with the wicked (see liberals). I pray God helps this poor delusional and hate-filled man. I cannot begin to understand how he can interpret the bible in such a way. I am sad for him.
So, off the the Sojourner's site I went. And now I am uplifted and rejuvenated by their inspiring words and glad hearts. Bless them.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Hope Reigns
I may be engaging in a little hubris here, but I believe that yesterday, November 4, 2008, is the most remarkable day of my lifetime as a citizen of these United States. This country experienced something that may change our collective destiny for the better in ways we can’t even begin to imagine. I am awed, stunned, delighted, and deliriously happy. And I am incredibly proud of us. We have given ourselves an opportunity to rise above our petty differences and create a positive and hopeful future for our children and their children's children. I hope and pray we can live up to our promise.
I pray that our United States once again enjoys the blessings of doing the right thing, by being a responsible global citizen and leading once more by example. When we are at our best, you can almost hear the angels sing.
Yesterday proves that hope reigns. Hallelujah!
I pray that our United States once again enjoys the blessings of doing the right thing, by being a responsible global citizen and leading once more by example. When we are at our best, you can almost hear the angels sing.
Yesterday proves that hope reigns. Hallelujah!
Found Magic
Last week our friends Sally and Earl visited from Colorado. While they were here, we harvested some English walnuts at a neighbor’s and then found some black walnuts at Sacajawea Park in Polson. I have been playing around with the idea of being a wool maven, and am hoping to do some dyeing of the wool we had spun this summer. Perhaps a sweater for Albert?
We processed the walnuts over the weekend and found that different walnuts give different colors. The larger fleshy black walnut husks produce a dark khaki green, their shells a lighter tone. The English walnut husks produce a much warmer soft brown; again the shells produce a lighter tone. In for a penny…I shelled a bunch of organic hazelnuts and boiled the shells for about six hours. It produces a very light pinkish-brown color. It will be interesting to see if it is colorfast.
I’ll post color swatches soon.
We processed the walnuts over the weekend and found that different walnuts give different colors. The larger fleshy black walnut husks produce a dark khaki green, their shells a lighter tone. The English walnut husks produce a much warmer soft brown; again the shells produce a lighter tone. In for a penny…I shelled a bunch of organic hazelnuts and boiled the shells for about six hours. It produces a very light pinkish-brown color. It will be interesting to see if it is colorfast.
I’ll post color swatches soon.
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