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What’s Your Favorite Music? As a child of the 60’s I grew up loving folk music.  What’s Your Favorite Music? As a child of the 60’s I grew up loving folk music. This photo was taken of me and Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary) a few years ago when Woody Guthrie...

Looking for Eagles Yesterday my husband saw an eagle poised on the ice of our lake here in Oklahoma, fishing in an open hole. Looking for Eagles Yesterday my husband saw an eagle poised on the ice of our lake here in Oklahoma, fishing in an open hole. Wow! This photo...

December 29, 2013 – The Starkness of Winter In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan December 29, 2013 – The Starkness of Winter – Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson “In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan. Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone.” The water...

2013 Christmas Poem 2013 Christmas Poem Heading into the wind I stroll the beachand pick up the occasional sea shellthat’s not been bleached or broken,bringing it home to my granddaughter wholives mid-continent, but loves the ocean. I have shells enough from other...

Swedish Tea Rings for Christmas and New Year’s I made eight Swedish Tea Rings for the holidays this year! Swedish Tea Rings for Christmas and New Year’s I made eight Swedish Tea Rings for the holidays this year! Here I’ve taken a picture of one. Would you like a...

Stockings on the Mantelpiece “The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,Stockings on the Mantelpiece“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there…”

Welcome to my Blog! Dear ELCA Friends (and others),  Welcome to my Blog! Dear ELCA Friends (and others), It was really exciting in October to go to the installation of our first woman bishop, Elizabeth Eaton, at Rockefeller Chapel in Chicago. Since then, I have...