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older and wiser

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 wally metts10 Comments

So many things I can’t change, so many things I can’t do over, and yet He is Himself a quiet habitation, a sure foundation, a shelter in any storm.

Posted in celebration, faithTagged birthday, mercies of god, mercy, silence, six-o, sixty, spurgeon

a common grace

February 23, 2013February 23, 2013 wally metts3 Comments

I still crave that fresh saltwater fish a few minutes from the bay—hot, juicy and oily, served with hushpuppies. I think that’s what Jesus served his disciples on the shore of the Galilee, after the resurrection.

Posted in celebration, family, foodTagged fish fry, fried fish, hush puppies, marriage supper of the lamb, old florida, recipe, striped mullet

The year of the omelet

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 wally metts3 Comments

We have a picture in our head, someone tells us the exact steps to take, and the result isn’t quite what we imagined. We turned down the heat too soon, or we stirred the eggs too long.

Posted in commentary, family, foodTagged american test kitchen, cooking, eggs, omelet, recipes, twisted olive

the end of a love affair

February 19, 2013February 19, 2013 wally metts1 Comment

Marriage is a covenant, not a compromise between drapes and blinds, or white walls and eggplant colored throws. It is not about the art; it’s about the heart.

Posted in commentary, culture, marriageTagged decorating, jackie collins, joe morgenstern, marriage, minimalism, peggy noonan, walt mossberg, wsj

loafing as a virtue

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 wally metts6 Comments

The "miraculous in the common" here is that no effort or words were needed to know we were deeply blessed and greatly loved.

Posted in books, marriage, poetry

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