Blogging in the Middle of the Night

At the time of my last posting on this site, I had a head cold; it’s since dropped into my chest. Ken took me to the walk-in clinic Sunday where a doctor prescribed medication and, while washing my face tonight (Monday), I realized I have a rash rather than the flush I thought I'd observed earlier, a sign of an allergic reaction. Since then it’s spread to my arms, and my legs are beginning to itch. I’m actually afraid to go to sleep for fear of breathing problems so decided I’d try writing. Unable to come up with original ideas on my own, I'll do something I've been meaning to do for some time: mention a few wonderful blogs—knowing I’ll have to check whatever I say in the morning to see how it reads.

Morning—The rash is subsiding and I didn't take any more medication. I’m feeling better but waiting for a call from my doctor. I know I’ll be okay—but desperately need the energy to clean a dirty house! What I wrote makes sense and I'm going with it:

Mentioning a few blogs: After posting on Darwinian evolution on May 14, I read a May 17 post by Jennifer at Conversion Diary and I loved her approach—totally different than mine—actually enticing. I was less than thrilled with her May 18 post, but can’t let that stop me from highlighting what truly inspired me.

I especially want to highlight the work of my friend Cindy at cindyhan 111—who lives right here in Fargo!—even if I might have mentioned her before. Cindy is a poet who has many other things going in her life. Her blog took off like wildfire—something I found interesting when so many say they don’t like poetry. Cindy’s work is accessible and fresh. The most remarkable thing about Cindy is a relationship with God that draws people in rather than scares them away. She has a freedom that welcomes people of all spiritual persuasions.

Then, I've added a few blogs to my blogroll and also want to highlight the following: Be About Your Father’s Business is always insightful and challenging. Family Fountain contains much good teaching from a pastor’s heart. Larry Who takes you on a wild ride, and he tells an exciting story. It's interesting to hear how God moves in different people's lives. Getting Down With Jesus will be a joy to anyone with ties to agriculture, i.e., farming—although that alone wouldn’t hold me—it’s so much more.

Taking pictures for blogs is still my nemesis. I use three a week for Thoughts for Inspiration, most of them shot by members of my beleagured family. The posting today is about God’s faithfulness based on His Word to Noah after the flood. He promises that seasons of planting and harvesting will never cease. A helpful promise when faced by flooding and a late spring planting season. I’d planned to feature a picture of apple blossom buds—and because I wasn't feeling well, asked Ken to take a picture of a tree at church on Sunday morning. But, I wasn’t involved in his departure that morning and he forgot the camera. He suggested taking a detour on the way back from the walk-in clinic that afternoon, but I wasn’t up to a detour at that point.

I forgot all about it until around 9:30 (still Monday in my world at the time of this writing), so then I asked him to take a picture of a budding tree in our condo yard. Although the sun had set, he obliged—pretty neat fellow, don’t you think. Because dark was advancing, he used a flash—and took a picture with the afterglow in the background. I found it so interesting and ended up printing the entire picture rather than cropping it. I wanted to feature the afterglow as much as the tree! And I’m sharing the cropped version in this blog.