Author Archives: Donna Coulson
The Spices of Life
I don’t consider myself regimented, or severe, or a stickler for perfection. Certainly, I work hard to do things as best as I can, but I’d like to think I am willing to let things go and embrace imperfection as well, up to a point. But then there’s this: The spice rack in my pantry … Continue reading
Drink of the Day
If you are friends with me on Facebook, then you’ll know that the reason I didn’t blog last week was because we had dear friends visiting us. You’ll also have seen daily posts of something called, “the drink of the day”. Those postings are a tradition for our friends, Liz and Greg, when they travel, … Continue reading
Step into my parlor said the spider to me…
We took a hike a couple of weeks ago in the rainforest. Now St. Croix’s rain forest is relatively small, but it offers pretty much everything you’d expect in a rain forest (except large, colorful birds and monkeys. I think it needs flamboyant parrots and macaws and howling, swinging monkeys, but alas, there are neither … Continue reading
Dolphin Encounter
While we should count every day as a privilege we’ve been granted, there’s no doubt that some days just end up being more special than others. Yesterday pretty much pegged the amazing meter for me. About a mile and a half north of the island of St. Croix is another, much smaller place called Buck … Continue reading
Squeaky Wheels
I believe in the adage “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” I’m an avid squeaky wheel. Sometimes when I let someone else know how I feel or what is needed, I don’t get what I want. Other times I annoy the person I’ve encountered. Occasionally, I have even made things worse. When I’m engaged … Continue reading
Beauty
My bonus daughter, Amanda and her husband Jarrett are visiting us here on the island this week to celebrate her thirtieth birthday, so I hope you’ll excuse me if instead of my regular blog this week, I simply share this: in hard times and great times, deep winter or sunshine, God loves you and wants … Continue reading
Rejoice!
As you may know, Philippians 4: 4-9 is one of my favorite places in the universe. There are so many reasons I love hanging out among those words. When I’m floundering it supplies me with a path to follow (let your gentleness be evident to all), when I’m scared I can go sit with God, … Continue reading
Hard questions to begin the new year.
I’m pondering a question this morning. Here’s it is: Are we human bodies who were imbued with a soul, or are we souls who were imbued with a body? One side of this coin would contend that I am human first – that is, I was conceived and then at some point a soul either … Continue reading
Sticks and stones
I took down our Christmas decorations on Saturday. The act of packing away the baubles: the jing tinglers and flu floopers (thanks Dr. Seuss for the proper and official names of all the stuff I hang about the house!) always makes me thoughtful. Lost in reverie as I was un-decorating a metal tree on the … Continue reading
Except. The Child.
We like things perfect. Christmas brings out the perfectionism in most us, I think. The perfect tree and decorations, just the right gifts with beautiful wrapping, the menu for Christmas dinner. Everything for Christmas should be, well, perfect. Except it isn’t. The government is partially shut down, fighting and ugliness increase exponentially nearly daily, some … Continue reading
