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- WHO IS CAROL ANN RITCHEY – WHY THE CHANGE –
- HOME SWEET HOME – BACK ON OUR LOT AFTER THREE NIGHTS AND FOUR DAYS AWAY – WHERE DID WE GO – TO GIANT RECREATION WORLD – THAT’S AN RV SERVICE CENTER – NOT A RESORT –
- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
- Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
- Books Books – I Read – I Read – And I Wrote the Novel – Buddy for David – Key Words – Crime – Family – Hope – Despair – Adventure – Boy – Dog – Ex Convicts – Love – Courage – Victory – Rich in Action Scenes and Dialogue – Movie to Be –
- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
- Blue Sky – Blue Sky – Morning Is My Favorite Time of Day –
- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
- Moving toward Our Next Destination – Driving a Comfortable Distance – Following Our Plan – Reaching Parks We Booked Months Earlier – Three Days to Rest – Three Days that Fly By –
- Everyday Life for People that Live in an RV – What Could Be Better than to Wake Up in the Morning to New Surroundings yet Being in Your Own Home – It’s the Little Things in Life that Make it Okay –
- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
- Where Have We Been – Up to Flagstaff Arizona – Albuquerque and Santa Rosa New Mexico – Amarillo Texas – Oklahoma City – West Memphis Arkansas – Nashville Tennessee – Virginia – Pennsylvania – Long Island New York – Ohio now – Heading for Michigan in a Few Days – South to Florida, West through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Mexico – Back to AZ –
- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Psalm 92 – The Bible
1 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, 2 to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, 3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Bible, Christian, God, Harp, Music, Palm Tree, Praise, Psalm 92, Sing, Stringed Instrument, Wicked
8 Comments
Proverbs 14:4
4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. I was once asked which Proverbs were my favorites. At that time Proverbs 14:4 had caught my attention and touched my heart, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged animal, Bible, Empty, Farm, Farmer, Ox, Ox Crib, Oxen, Proverbs 14:4
10 Comments
Psalm 88 (and one verse of 89)
1O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Bible, Christian, Cry Out, David, Faith, God, Prayer, Psalm 88, Psalm 89, Trouble, Unfailing Love
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There is None Like You LORD
LORD why did you do it Why did you save me Why when I am less than Every other one There is none like you LORD Your banner over me is LOVE LORD because you saved me Please embrace them … Continue reading
Jehovah Jireh – Our Provider
1 Kings 17 Elijah Fed by Ravens 1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Bread, cakes, drought, Elijah, Flour, Food, God, Jehovah Jireh, King Ahab, Oil, rain, ravens
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Psalm 23
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Lord my Shepherd, Pasture, Psalm 23, Shepherd, Staff, Still Water
19 Comments
Fear Naught
I felt no worth Until I knew You died for me I felt unloved Until I knew Unfailing love I feared for lack Until I saw You care for me I felt alone Until I knew You bide in me … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Afraid, Almighty God, Alone, Conquer, Crucifixion, Death, Fear, Fear Not, Heir, Holy Spirit, Inheritance, Lack, Life, Poverty, Power of God, Providence, Provision, Unfailing Love, Worth
12 Comments
The House…
___________ The book of Proverbs portrays Wisdom as a wise woman that invites troubled individuals to come to her table and learn her ways. ____________ Proverbs 9:1-6 1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged Crucifixion, House, Jesus, Resurrection, Rock, Salvation, Sand, Wisdom, Wise
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Psalm 37 – The Bible
1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Bible, Bread, Christian, God, Land, Lord, Psalm 37, Righteous, Salvation, Transgressors, Wicked
17 Comments
Roasted Butternut Squash
I bought a butternut squash intending to tackle risotto for the first time using a recipe posted by My Family Table, link below. When I purchased the squash, I forgot to buy another one of the ingredients for the recipe, … Continue reading
Waiting for the Promise
I ask you LORD For a precious gift I wait for your answer For many long years You change me much Make me grow and yet I wait for your answer Still waiting still want I see your hand Touching … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Humor, Poetry
Tagged Ask, Believe, Faith, Knock, Laugh, Prayer, Rapture, Second Coming, Seek, Time
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Not Again
Hit the bottom Sank below Disillusioned Dejected Depressed Angry too Spoke my sorrow Made my protest Threw my tantrum Shed my tears Will I never rise above my weakness Will I never hold out faithful to the end Testing shows … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Anger, Crash, Fail, Fall, Forgiveness, Jesus, love, Mistake, Sin, Stumble, Tears, Weakness
17 Comments
Sleep Deep
Dreams The lucid ones What are they A mystery A message An encounter A comfort A warning An embrace A phone call A meeting that Fails to happen A movie And you’re a player In harm’s way You wake up … Continue reading
Laughing
Does God have a sense of humor? He created us, didn’t he? (This is what the Bible says. I know not everyone believes the creation story, but I do, so I will go on.) I don’t mean to say he … Continue reading
Posted in Thought
Tagged God, Humor, Laughing, Laughter Medicine, Merry Heart, Sense of Humor
26 Comments
Where Am I
Uncharted path All too familiar The waiting room The long long line Take a number Sit down Resisting Wishing I were Not here at all A hole in the wall A narrow hall The world’s so small Keep going along … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Poetry
Tagged Asleep, Awake, Dream, Faith, Hole in the Wall, Jesus, Lord, Narrow Hall, Sleeping, Uncharted Path, Waiting Room
12 Comments
The Clock Strikes
What time is it What’s going on When will we care When will we know We scamper Like squirrels To and fro What will we do Where will we go Why don’t we care Why don’t we know Our eyes … Continue reading
The Guilty One
Let me hear that something happened that shouldn’t have happened and immediately I wonder how I caused it. This is the way I’m wired. I am sure there is some psychological explanation for such insanity, but I don’t go there. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Christian, Cleansing, Faith, Forgiveness, Guilty, Jesus, Justification, Righteousness, Safety, Salvation
15 Comments
The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20 (The Bible) God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses to present to the Children of Israel as they were traveling to the Promised Land. God’s law is perfect; we are not. We are not able to keep the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Bible, Children of Israel, Law of God, Moses, Promised Land, Ten Commandments
12 Comments
Quiet Place
This sturdy iron bench in the background of the photo is a quiet place where I sit everyday for twenty minutes or half an hour enjoying my mornings. It’s one of three benches under the portico that serves the entire … Continue reading
Jesus is LORD
There is none like Jesus In Heaven or on Earth Worthy Lamb of God Gave his lifeblood once Upon Mount Calvary’s cross To set the captives free Covered all our sin Heaping love and grace on Each believing soul Claiming … Continue reading