Getting ready for the Sabbath

with Alison Kraus:

with words:

and Alison sings Living Prayer on Jay Leno ( way to go):

Come Saturday Morning

A friend sent this song title to the start of today. 
I have been humming the song every since I read the words.

Been doing errands: Saturday errands

~ farmer's market
~ library 
~ looking for a pair of light cotton pants for my son
~ need to go back with him this afternoon
~ Saturday Alg. 2 started with oldest teaching  youngest at the kitchen table
~ cat sleeping above me on the couch
~working on workshops for Childlight Conference this year
~ taco salad tonight before #4 son leaves in the morning for California for a month

Take your practiced strengths and stretch them

Until they reach between two contradictions....

For far inside you,

God wishes to consult.

~~ Ranier Marie  Rilke, mid-Feb. 1924

Roots Sink Deep

Another Buckingham  has started a blog:

Roots Sink Deep : Embracing the Ordinary

She wrote me  letters during her courtship with my son:
the middle son of  5.
Her letters made me cry with joy. 
I knew she knew this son was the one.
I was hoping he would ask. 
" If he asked, I'd be his."
He did and they got married almost a year ago: a few weeks from now. 

Enjoy her writing of ordinary that is extraordinary. 
She will bless you. 

In proper of theme of this journal ” embracing the ordinary”  A hot shower, water beating across my tired face- never ceases to impress me. The water, it washes away the day and leaves one feeling baptized in warmth. May I never grow cold, to the warm gift of hot water. 

This other Buckingham needs to get back to writing:
Swimming in the Breeze.
She did write a current events blog this year. 
It was called: Lollapalooza.

Don't you like all the title names?!!
I do.

School year fini

Grades done and the year is over. YEA!
I forgot I had a blog this last week. Do you ever feel like that?
It is a responsibility. 
It does have " moments that you can feel a blog coming from what you are doing or 
seeing." 
It is fun with its editing and photos and links.

Summer is here. 

Now if I could figure out to get some photos off of facebook, I could show you 
what I did this past weekend. 

Stay tuned..............

Today is Victoria Day!

In Canada, to celebrate the birthday of dear Queen Victoria.

and her dear Prince Albert!

Her diary on her wedding day:

The transcript

Queen Victoria writes about her wedding day in her journal. 

February 10, 1840 

Slept well & breakfasted at ½p. 9, before which Mama came, bringing me a nosegay of 

orange flowers, & good Lehzen gave me a dear little ring. Wrote my Journal & saw Lord

Melbourne. Had my hair dressed & the wreath of orange flowers put on my head. My wreath 

& veil were worn, according to the rough sketch. Saw my precious Albert alone, for the last 

time as my Bridegroom, & he fetched in Uncle & Ernest for a moment. At ½p. 12 I set off, 

dearest Albert having gone before, & Mama & the Duchess of Sutherland went with me in the 

carriage. I wore a white satin dress, with a deep flounce of Honiton lace, an imitation of an 

old design. My jewels were my Turkish diamond necklace & earrings & dear Albert’s 

beautiful sapphire brooch. I never saw such crowds as there were in the Park, & they cheered

most enthusiastically..............

Queen Victoria in her wedding dress by Winterhalter, 1842

The wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Queen Victoria's wedding dress, now sans skirt lace

A middle aged Victoria and Albert recreate their wedding day

Finis

"There is a God, there is a future healed world that he will bring about, and your work is showing it ( in part) to others. Your work will only be partially successful on your best
days, in bringing that world about."

This book helped me see all of my work from teaching to laundry like Leaf from Niggle..
Read the book to see why.
It was in my public library. 
Yea!

Janet Bolton

a glimpse of one of her workshops