Monday, May 24, 2010

The Singing Chef: Rum and Raisin Banana Cake

The Singing Chef: Rum and Raisin Banana Cake

This sounds very inviting. Got to try this recipe and shall be
coming for more of what you shared. Thanks!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Writer's Coaching: Free Writing Tutorial - F-R-E-E-Writing Tutorial



Writer's Coaching: Free Writing Tutorial - F-R-E-E-Writing Tutorial

I just finished an F-R-E-E writing in two pieces of paper and less than a quarter.
This is a nice place to visit and there are more to explore.
I'll visit this web often for more help it can give me
in my new found hobby of blogging.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Praise Phrase

To travel life's pathway
A journey without goals
A destination in life undetermined
in death for sure.

To not gain what is meant to be lost
As nothing to lose means gain.

He changes the heart
I know He does
for He changeth mine.

Well written words have changed my life
My changed life needs well-written words to tell
Alas! While thoughts come in torrents,
Inspired, yet lacking for phrases to represent
I sit and anticipate to pound the keys
Its warmth attest to hours I wait
To seize the phrase conveyed by faith.

Note: This also appears in my other posts with a different title

A Journey

I was not born here so I cannot call this place my homeland. 
This is the place where God, in his loving grace led me to choose.
This is the place that embraced me as a lone traveler
     in search for life's meaning.
The place where He proved Himself true to His promises
The place He took me on a journey of the mind and spirit
while I physically put down roots twenty two years ago.

This shall be a work in progress as I gather the pieces together.
I have lived close to this place,


A crowded and noisy night market.
This brings back the memory of a time when I have to put myself to sleep each night
 listening to a recorded phone message of His verse, read in a language I do not yet fully grasp
just to hear a voice directly spoken to me.



A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. — Lao Tzu, Source: Tao Te Ching,













Friday, May 14, 2010

Against Time

Hello! I miss my son so much today.
He is out at a study center somewhere
filling in blanks after blanks
pages after pages of questionnaires
which they have been trained to do
since he started first year junior high school.
Sad to say, I think it started way back, 9 years ago
when he started Grade One.
The pressure was different then as it is now,
seven days to D-day.

I called his cell phone to let him know
How much I miss him.
Our meals together were short and quick if we did take them together at all.
Conversations were hurried as he worked against time to read more.
It is another moment to look up
To ask for Our Heavenly Father's guidance
in times like these.


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

My Nook

This is it! This is where I shall spend hours a day.
This is where I shall visit each day
when I need a place to be
when I need to look out the window
to see what is going on out there,
or when I need to unfurl a bit;

I shall call this my nook.