"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as EAGLES. They shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
– Isaiah 40:31
Kathy Schiffer is the wife of a deacon and mother of three grown children, and currently works as Communications/ Media Relations Coordinator for Guest House, the treatment center for Catholic clergy and religious.
“Darn,” I thought. “The raccoons have been in the trash cans again. There are paper plates all over the yard!” But no. On closer inspection, what first brought scowls, then smiles, was a congregation of plate-sized mushrooms that had sprung up, courtesy of a gentle rainfall, and now turned faces heavenward to bask in the […]
So there I was, bustling about the house getting ready for work, and this Big Brown THING caught my eye. It was a beetle, moseying along on the living room carpet. No husband in sight to rescue me, I did the best I could: I scooped it up in a wad of Kleenex and….. …crushed […]
When I was a child, I had a picture book about insects. Each creepy critter was briefly described by the author, including an onomatopoeic description of the insect’s chirp or whistle or buzz. The katydid, I learned in that book, had a distinctive call that sounded like “Katie did, Katie did, Katie did-did-did.” * * * […]
Well now, here we are—I'm traveling, and I'm so darned busy this week! And in keeping with my new policy of posting an occasional guest blog, I thought I’d share a post I particularly enjoyed. http://customessaywritingservicess.com Russell E. Saltzman, “Thursday columnist” over at First Things, has a splendid column up this week about the wildlife in […]
Wrap your mind around this (can you see it?). It's a Bornean Rainbow Toad. God, in His infinite wisdom and creativity, designed a panoply of creatures so diverse, so fantastic, so colorful, so… well, so HUNGRY. And because no one—not even a lowly amphibian—likes to be someone else’s lunch, God thought up a bunch of […]