FancifulPonderingsofWright

Psalms 46:10  “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. ” I enjoy vegetable gardening on a level that is slightly more than a hobby, but not quite to full off the grid living...(Yet) 😉 June is always a funny month for gardening in our area. I call it the weeding and waiting month. Irrigation has been on long enough and the weather is warm enough that weeds can take over a carefully prepared bed in the blink of an eye. Nearly all of the seedlings I started or bought were planted back in May. It will be at least another month before we really start to see a dent in our grocery bill from our harvest.  It is a month in which a gardener has to be still and know the process of growth is happening. Yet we cannot be idle in our stillness, unless we wish the weeds to take over.  Do you see the spiritual correlation? There has been A LOT of mind boggling things going on in our world over the last few months. The

This is a homemade bread tutorial. I hope to come back and add some pics later, and variations. Sarah’s No Fail Whole Wheat Bread Makes 3 Generous Loaves (About 24 oz per loaf) Also makes tasty dinner rolls, hamburger buns, hotdog buns…. You can freeze this bread. Ingredients 4 Cups Whole Wheat Flour 2 Tablespoons Instant Yeast (2 Packages) 1 Tablespoon Salt 3 ¼ Cups White Flour (Plus another 1 Cup more Set Aside) 2 Tablespoons Honey ½ Cup Butter OR Coconut Oil OR Vegetable Oil 2 Cups Milk 2 Cups Water Grease 3 Bread Pans with Butter. Then put them off to the side. If it is a hot day, put your buttered pans in the fridge so the butter can re-solidify creating a nonstick layer. Option: Grease the pans with coconut oil then dust with flour. Place in Fridge.  Option: Grease 2 pans and 1 cupcake pan OR casserole dish. At the end of the recipe you can roll some of the dough into rolls.  First Rise In a stand Mixer, mix together 4 cups Whole Wheat Flour, Instant

C.O.V.I.D 19 Christ Over Viruses and Infectious Disease Joshua 1:9. My life verse. I have loved this verse since I was a teenager and suffered from severe anxiety and panic attacks. I would say that this is a time period that we could all begin to suffer from anxiety and panic. Here is what i hold onto though: God tells us in Joshua,  "Have I not commanded you? Be Strong and Courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." (NIV) This last week has brought about some crazy changes for us all! In my own necessary outings over these last few days I have ran into and talked with some of the most beautiful people, as we visited in all of the long lines everywhere. I have seen some great examples of compassion and kindness to others on social media with people stepping into help where it is needed, by sharing baby formula, wipes, diapers and food for elderly people who couldn't handle the stress of going out th

"How's your fitness journey going?" I was asked this question the other day by a well meaning friend. It was a simple enough question but the answer I had to give made me feel the gripping fingers of defeat and shame. My answer: "It's been a rough summer here. It hasn't been going anywhere but backwards." And that's the short answer. So. Many. Things. Have derailed me. Owning my choices is hard. I've backslid, painfully. My energy levels show it. The number on the scale shows it, and my tighter pants make me feel it right up to the squeezing of regrets on my heart. A few days ago I listened to a podcast that basically said what I needed to hear to motivate me to make the choice and the changes to pick myself up, dust myself off and get back on the journey. Pulling myself up by my bootstraps, tipping my eyes heavenward and taking the first step. Again. To paraphrase the podcaster (who was actually talking about homeschool

It has been a rough summer spiritually for us here in the Wright Fam. Especially in the Church Attendance Department. We usually average 3 out of 4 Sunday's a month. Not that averages, or attendance records mean anything in the big picture scheme of things. It does however mean something for us in our joy levels from fellowship, and in the "magnitude of our attitude" departments though. Several things have contributed to our lower than usual average. Summer is always a busy season for work for my hubby so often we just give ourselves lots of grace and have a Sabbath at home. However the main thing currently is that Kal-El Wright had a slip-step back during the snow apocalypse of 2019 and tore (by tore I mean completely detached) the main tendon in his left wrist. For which he had surgery to repair it back in June. Now, he's a lefty. So this has far more greatly impacted our lives than either of us thought it would. Fast forward a few weeks of recovery, add in som

I've been pondering fancifully about writing a blog for a while. I have actually been told on several occasions that I should start a blog, and the most recent time was just last month by a friend who I'd poured my heart out to in an email. So, here I am. This is actually a second go around for me on the blog front.  My first attempt was too false. I just didn't have enough confidence in my own voice, and I burned out trying to write how I thought I needed to write. This time around I've been held up for a while in indecision about who my audience is, what I want my voice to be, and should I have a single topical type blog or a blog that is just a hodge podge page of all my own inner dialogues? Most likely the latter is what this will turn to be. Only God knows the direction this will or will not take, and I am confident he will sort out all of those details for me as he always does on my little rabbit trails in life I take. Thanks for visiting and reading!