Summer Therapy

Early morning

rising sun

chirping birds

cool blue river

 

Line floats

in the air

touch the surface

breathe a prayer

 

Shoulders ease

flick of wrist

waters break

rainbow promise

 

 

Vickie JS Hieb, inspired by Fly Fishing the Payette by Josh Hopping, Requisite Danger

JULY

Jumping crickets wind their way 'cross flares of dry grass

Under shade of cottonwood limbs

Lay young dreamers of distant exploits and the grandeur of mighty tasks

Yes the long hot days and muggy nights of summer

 

. . . → Read More: JULY

Father’s Day

               

What’s Your Style?

So I wanted this website to have more of a blog style. A little less formal – a little more relaxed – just the walking it out day-to-day. Some thoughts, some art, some preachin', some dreaming…with the hopes of it being a little more active!

I didn't think I was doing a good job . . . → Read More: What’s Your Style?

I’ll Go…

It may not be on the mountain’s height,Or over the stormy sea;It may not be at the battle’s front,My Lord will have need of me;But if by a still, small voice He calls,To paths that I do not know,I’ll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in Thine,I’ll go where You want me to . . . → Read More: I’ll Go…

Yo, Yo-Yo!

Does something look out of place in the picture below?

 

 

 

How about this one?

 

 

Seems people have been finding things to do with strings for thousands of years! All the way from the Americas, China, Greece and the Philippines. And even though there are a few rumors of . . . → Read More: Yo, Yo-Yo!

Just A String

It still amazes me what you can do starting with just a string!

One of my favorite books growing up was "A Big Ball of String" by Marion Holland about a little boy who begins by gathering pieces of string and then finds inventive uses for his collection.

I started my own collection and . . . → Read More: Just A String

PreNup Challenge

Just watched a really cool show called Prenup Challenge.

It's amazing in that the couples are put on an island and have to actually learn how to communicate and work together. 

They learn that to truly win takes more skills of cooperation than over-exaggerations of competition.

Wow, a survival game that . . . → Read More: PreNup Challenge

Surprise Me!

So I started my morning off with breakfast huddled before my computer, 22 degrees outside and hot cocoa steaming in my cup. I was a little bored at the prospect of a same old day, looking at the same ol' internet sites, asking the same ol' questions and wanting just to feel even a . . . → Read More: Surprise Me!

The Smallest — The Biggest

You know, we don't always have to think of something big.

 

If the little foxes are what can destroy, then it's also the little things that can build.

Most of us know we're not to despise small beginnings, but we keep doing it anyway. Oh, it's subtle, our rejection . . . → Read More: The Smallest — The Biggest