Tag: timeshare

• A Vacation Filled with Kind Strangers

  Last week Mim and I returned home from our third vacation of the year. We’re making up for the past 16 years of almost no vacations while we were doing assisted living in our home. This vacation had lessons for us to learn just as our earlier two vacations this year had. Our July vacation…

  Marian

  November 8, 2019

  Book Recommendations, bucket list, Nature, Reflections, Vacations

  Cape Cod, Cape Cod National Seashore, Cleveland, fall colors, fall foliage, Finger Lakes, Indiana Dunes National Park, kind people, kind strangers, kindness, kindness of strangers, Lebanese restaurant, make someone’s day, Mike McIntyre, National Women’s Rights Historical Park, October vacation, paid for dinner, Penniless across America, Plainfield CT, random act of kindness, school security guard, Seneca Falls, Sturbridge Village, The Kindness of Strangers, timeshare, vacation, women’s movement

• Progress

  Last week I was at our Christmas Mountain timeshare in Wisconsin Dells again for a 4-day, solitary getaway. I packed heavier than usual this time. It took me 9 trips to bring everything from the car into the condo. I had one small suitcase with a few clothes, 3 briefcases full of books and notebooks,…

  Marian

  May 2, 2017

  Music, Reflections

  All People that on Earth Do Dwell, Anglo-Genevan Psalter, Catherine Winkworth, Christmas Mountain, David the Psalmist, devotional book, Doxology, favorite hymns, getaway, gift of music, God’s gift of music, Halle Halle, Halle Halle Hallelujah, hymnbook, hymnbook of the Bible, hymns, Joachim Neander, King David, Listening for God in Music, Marty Haugen, Old Hundredth, Praise to the Lord the Almighty, Psalm 100, Psalmist, Psalms, retreat, Thomas Ken, timeshare, William Kethe, writing project, writing retreat

• The Joy of Being a Piece of the Puzzle

  

  I’m drafting this blog post on Thursday morning. I plan to post it on Tuesday, my usual day for posting to WhisperingWindsBlog.com. I’m writing this post so early because I plan to spend a few days at our Christmas Mountain timeshare, and I want to spend my time reading, walking, and putting together a picture…

  Marian

  April 12, 2016

  God’s Love, Jail Ministry, Lent, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  big picture, Christmas Mountain, Dane County Jail, humbled, jail, jigsaw puzzle, joy, Lent Devotionals, life story, Maundy Thursday, Messiah Lutheran Churc, picture puzzle, piece of the puzzle, pieces of God’s puzzle, pieces of the same puzzle, puzzle, separate vacations, stay awake, testimony, timeshare, vacation

• Gratitude and Surprises

  

  “Gratitude” has been an interesting word to think about for a whole year. Last December when I chose “Gratitude” to be my special word to ponder for 2015 (instead of making any New Year’s Resolutions), I had no idea how much my perspective on everyday life would be altered by thinking about being grateful every…

  Marian

  November 30, 2015

  God’s Love, Jail Ministry, Life’s Challenges, Reflections, Reunions

  best new thing, grateful, gratitude, gratitude jar, Hy-Vee, Jeff Vanden Heuvel, Jesus Calling, Pastor Jeff, pray without ceasing, praying together, sarah young, special word, thankful, thankfulness, timeshare, Wisconsin Dells