Monday, February 15, 2021 (today’s lectionary)
Haikus for every day of January
Friday, January 1, 2021
Austin sun shines again
Bright sky, bright mood, lifts us up
God’s Day rest and joy
January 2
Visit the Calverts
Campus house so long ago
Great to stay in touch
Sunday, January 3
Walk across the street
In our backyard, church we love
Grace at 9:15
January 4
Great day with grandkids
School, lunch, naps, walk, and then a
Pre-school bean bag chair! (from the local Buy Nothing group, picked it up just 5 minutes away)
January 5
Bought a rug last week
Turkish, red, 8 feet around
And we both love it!
January 6
First gingerbread house
Brown, red, white, green, jelly beans
Waits to be eaten!
January 7
Once again, the sun
These are days of quiet joy
Deep down, I relax
January 8
Met neighbor Rosa
Plants cover her patio
She will be our friend
January 9
Installed one bidet
But second – old plumbing broke.
Just one toilet now
Sunday, January 10
Snow storm, fine big flakes
Austin kids can’t believe it
Make back yard snowmen!
January 11
Charles fixed toilet
That I broke last week, then our
Freezer came – I left (for Urbana)
January 12
Furnace dead? Dim lights?
Not how I want to get home
Frank is my hero (and Ameren man)!
January 13
So much to take back
Fourth trip for filled-up Prius
And there will be more
January 14
Read, write, listen, pray
Simple life from dawn to dark
Then it’s time for sleep
January 15
Lansford birthday lunch
Smokers outside at Bunny’s
We kept our distance
January 16
Take your time, David
Eight hours to pack the car
Got to Mom’s at last
Sunday, January 17
Oklahoma roads
Churches full during co-vid
Choctaw casinos
January 18
Biscuits and gravy
Breakfast treat during my trip
Too much black coffee
January 19
Small problems turn big
I think we are both tired
Forgiveness rises
January 20
Bird feeders with Miles
Put them on the patio
Wait for birds to come
January 21
Growing up so fast
Miles almost hurt himself
But still, real tools call
January 22
Pizza outside with
Boys, Andi, cauliflower
Crust, pepperoni
January 23
Ideas float free
Catch on, let one carry me
Don’t keep us on earth
Sunday, January 24
Our kids joy, to teach
And share with other couples
While we watch their kids
January 25
Why not? We should go!
Picnic, Hundred Acre Wood!
Just across the street
January 26
No, these are not just
Days of wine and roses
Wait for God to heal
January 27
Charles snakes dryer
Kids ride golf cart through puddles
He is leaving soon
January 28
Thomas Aquinas
Finds his way through the wheat field
Leaves behind the straw
January 29
Hold five syllables
In a warm room of my mind
Let them each be born
January 30
Big weekend – car seats!
Farmer’s market, Jimmy Joe
Played guitar – we talked
Sunday, January 31
Mincemeat is very hot
Old English as the sun sets
Dickens sing to me
(Genesis 4, Psalm 50, John 14, Mark 8)
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