At the onset of another freak snowstorm expecting 6-10 inches today, in the last few days of March, Carl and I are staying encouraged by sipping hot cocoa and listening to Christmas music while wrapping ourselves in fleece blankets. We’re trying not to think about the fact that it is snowing and almost April… After braving the [...]
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A Snowman’s Perspective
Posted: March 23, 2011 by mematice in Life in NY, More than you wanted to know, The Daily Post0
Pics from my frozen adventures! The trail down. Such amazing blue skies and glistening snow! I’m glad for my boots! Walking along the creek… This is the creek… frozen solid in most places. Distant icicles… A closer shot And standing next to them… The creek peaks through in places… sometimes in just the size of [...]
The Christmas Tree Farm
Posted: February 20, 2011 by mematice in Life in NY, Marriage, The Daily PostGoing to a Christmas tree farm is one of my most favorite holiday moments. Living in GA most of my life, I haven’t had that pleasure very often. This year, Carl and I got to go for the first time in our marriage. The weather was perfect: a nice drizzling rain with overcast clouds. Just [...]
I can’t believe it is November already! It is starting to get really cold around here. No snow yet. That surprises me.. and saddens me. Everyone around here is saying how thankful we should be though. I’m sure they are right… I’ll get plenty of snow soon enough. I am looking forward to it though. [...]
It’s fall in NY! The hills are dotted with red and gold outside our windows. Carl tells me it’s not the best fall as far as falls go… but it’s definitely the best fall I have experienced in a while. The air is crisp and refreshing! I bought a spiced apple Airwick for our apt. The spice wafts through [...]
One in every six homicide victims known to police in 2007 had a domestic relationship with their offenders. Of 157 total female homicide victims, 55% were killed n a domestic incident. Females were victims in 81% of 72 intimate partner homicides in the state. – “Domestic Homicide in New York State, 2007″ released December 2008. [...]
Dear Binghamton, You are far different from anything I have ever known. You have had some hard knocks. You have seen boom and bust over and over again. So many of your people are hurting, overwhelmed, and discouraged. They are often fighting just to survive. Their faces are burned into my memory. I have hugged [...]
Little bits of Everything
Posted: August 26, 2010 by mematice in Church Planting, Life in NY, Mary's Musings, Spiritual LifeCarl is working the midnight shift tonight and I am up late studying and getting assignments in. I always get the itch to write late at night as my thoughts are the most clear. So I thought I would just talk “out loud” a little. I feel like more has happened in the last week [...]
We didn’t get to look at our apartment before we moved into it. We relied on Carl’s mom and the mercy of the apartment manager to set us up with something we’d call home for the next year. I couldn’t be more pleased with it!! I wasn’t so excited about getting an apartment at first, [...]
