Meadow Garden at Longwood
It wasn’t an evening sky that started it. It was waking up in the morning, thinking about a wonderful conversation we had recently with a friend from our seminary days.
I teared up a bit, thinking about how much had changed since the 1970s, Read the rest of this entry »
Conservatory at Longwood Gardens
Exactly what the doctor ordered! Fragrance, green-green-green, brilliant flowering shrubs and flowers, the sound of water dripping, running along the stream and falling over small falls. Orchid Extravaganza. Organ music in the ballroom. Lunch in the café. And more photos–see below. Read the rest of this entry »
Sodom is gone. Lot is still alive in Zoar, but afraid. He leaves Zoar, taking his daughters with him, and heads for the hills. They end up living in cave. This is the last time Lot takes any initiative in this story (Genesis 19).
Lot’s unmarried daughters now have a problem. Read the rest of this entry »
spring sun warms steel chair
soaks chilly walkers’ jackets
highlights veiled background
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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 23 March 2015
Photo credit: DAFraser, March 2012
Antalya, Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea Coast
Scandalous. Painful to read and painful to hear. The story is about Lot, his two virgin daughters, two visitors (strangers), an unruly mob of men, and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Read the rest of this entry »
I used to think I only had to deal with being born female; being white was just an accident. I wrote this piece in the mid 1990s. I’ve grown since then, yet the issues named here are alive and well where I live. I’ve reformatted and edited it lightly so it’s easy to read.
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My family is white. Read the rest of this entry »
Dear Readers,
Yay! I’m still basking in the joy of having completed the write-up of our Courtship and Engagement! Here’s what I’ll be posting this coming week.
White and Female
Tomorrow, Sunday, I’m posting a piece I wrote several years ago about myself as a white woman. Issues of race and gender Read the rest of this entry »
Writing about our courtship and engagement has been great fun. Nonetheless, my relationship with D over the years has sometimes been like a roller coaster ride. Fun going up the hills, and downright terrifying coming down. Courtship and engagement were definitely on the fun side.
Our relationship hasn’t always been fun. Read the rest of this entry »
Portrait of a Woman Suffering
from Obsessive Envy,
Théodore Géricault
I know this dour woman
The look in her eyes
The slightly raised brow
The half-smirking mouth.
Her hunched-over shoulders
Unkempt weary hair
Tired peasant bonnet
and weighty brown cloak. Read the rest of this entry »
Telling the Truth 