STL Cards 10th world series championship...

"this says it all..."

game four of the world series...

"Ok blokes, when I touch my nose, followed by my ear, then I rub my chin...that's when you make your move...it's a little like cricket!"

game three of the world series...

"Cracking good job, these blokes are terrific! It's amazing, since the cards have a new staduim they always make it to the world series."

touring busch stadium...

"Meet Bertie's friend, Harold such a cute little man and I must say this Fred bird is quite the character"

game two of the world series...

"Bugger. We're not doing so well tonight, but these are good seats."

game one of the world series...

"This american baseball is quite interesting...the Cards won 7 to 2 or was it 7 beers to 2 brats...it's so hard to remember now...lovely hat - red is definitely my color! Oh, by the way, this is Bertie my third cousin twice removed. He is such a dear and so pretty in pink."

transitions...beginnings

The other day I read this blog about transitions and I found it very interesting and thought I would add my two-cents to some of their thoughts. One quote I like very much was: “transitions begin with endings and end with beginnings." You spend time looking at endings in our lives and the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that accompanied those endings. Sometimes we can see patterns and sometimes not, and sometimes endings don’t end they just jump right to the beginnings. Endings are often shattering in our lives, not because they are always bad, but because they change our lives in such a way that we will never be the same. Sometimes, after giving ourselves adequate time to process the endings, we find ourselves in "the neutral zone," or the time of "do nothingness." I think that this “nothingness” would be a hard stage to stay in for very long.

A great image of this whole concept is walking up a hill and stopping to rest halfway up, and taking time to look back at where one has been and ahead at what is coming. Mostly, just resting (or napping, which ever comes first)…then comes the beginning of something new. Which reminds me of something I wrote a long time ago after receiving a letter from a good friend about beginnings… “Beginnings are hard. Beginnings are good. Beginnings move us forward in a way we never thought they would. You cannot swallow all the world at one time. Be patient, especially with a beginning that you make by yourself. Those are the hardest beginnings of all and they are the most powerful.”

So, in this election year, and in our lives, hopefully the transitions that will be coming will be good ones with lots of hope for our future and peace in our hearts. A transition is not a negative place, but a powerful place; a place that says something good is to come.

computer humor....you gotta love it!

monkey business…

Thought I would share with you my latest e-bay purchase…this is a holy water font from a home built in 1920 in Germany. It has the German markings on the back…a ‘true treasure’. I explained the item to my family, giving the Catholic history of how it was and is still used today. A font is located at the entrance of a house or room to serve as a reminder of the centrality of baptism as the primary rite of initiation into the Christian faith. As a blessing, Catholics dip their fingers in the holy water and make the sign of the cross when entering a house or a room. (It a little like the mezuzah in the Jewish tradition) Unbeknownst to this wacky family, I hung it to see how long it would take for them to find it…Well, wouldn’t you know it, the very next day there he was in his morning glory…monkey-bathing…holy bathing!