https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2021/12/08/the-can-opener-gospel/2021-12-08T18:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2021/12/02/our-christmas-lists/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/my-christmas-list-e1638472257995.jpegMy Christmas ListPastor Elizabeth and her edited Christmas list2021-12-02T19:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2020/09/01/back-to-school-a-lament-part-2-of-3/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/amors-pencils.jpegAmor's pencilshttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lament-definition.jpegLament definition2020-09-16T20:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2020/08/28/back-to-school-an-impression-part-1-of-3/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/close-up-of-sky-out-of-taos-brother-mel.jpegClose up of sky, Out of Taos, Brother Melhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/office-wall.jpegOffice wall2020-08-28T16:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2018/08/22/creative-and-courageous/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/chapel-pic.jpgchapel pic2018-08-22T18:32:56+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/about/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-1.pngElizabeth BucknerAdventurouslyE2018-08-17T14:53:33+00:00weekly0.6https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2018/07/31/scatter-me-here/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lamar-valley.jpgLamar ValleyThis is the spot. This view. This light. Perfection. 2018-07-31T17:57:13+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2017/03/06/words-for-my-father/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dads-50th.jpgdads-50thhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/funeral-books.jpgfuneral-books2017-03-06T23:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2016/09/07/pillow-talk-a-poem-about-second-chances/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/349979_orig.jpg349979_orig2016-09-07T16:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2016/08/31/the-seasons/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/seasons-002.jpgseasons-0022016-08-31T02:20:50+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2016/07/13/procrastination/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/6358868049747624001989172413_procrastinate.jpg6358868049747624001989172413_procrastinate2016-07-13T12:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2015/11/05/pilgrimage-part-2-the-great-holding-in/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/heirloom-tomato.jpgHeirloom-Tomatohttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0715.jpgIMG_0715My produce haul from the City Market in Kansas City. 2015-11-05T17:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2015/03/06/pilgrimage-the-great-letting-go/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1045-jpg.jpegIMG_1045.JPGI used this antique light up globe to show my kids my pilgrimage journey's route. 2015-03-06T04:02:00+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2015/02/23/a-life-in-reverse/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/10869745_10154933175490244_3928430613400184915_o.jpg10869745_10154933175490244_3928430613400184915_oI have no excuse as to why it took me so long to take down my tree since this is the time it took to put it up!https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender-11.jpgFullSizeRender-11My favorite song of Advent. I sang this to my children as a lullaby when they were babies...no matter what time of year it was!https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender-10.jpgFullSizeRender-102015-02-23T12:33:42+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2015/02/09/seek-understanding/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_4134.jpgIMG_4134https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/phonto-4.pngphonto-42015-02-09T17:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2015/01/27/brave-or-foolish/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bravery.jpgbraveryhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/phoenix.jpgphoenixhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nightmares.jpgnightmares2015-01-28T15:00:26+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/12/25/an-anxious-little-christmas/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cover.jpgcoverhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/newcard.jpgnewcardGrumpy Cat makes everything better.https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender-6.jpgFullSizeRender-6My son snapped this of me last night. Laugh! I did!2014-12-25T19:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/12/22/foxhole-partners/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10847887_10152673378579121_3453459880494708292_n.jpg10847887_10152673378579121_3453459880494708292_nThe happy couple!https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender-5.jpgFullSizeRender-5Leah was my children's principal when my family was turned upside-down from divorce and foreclosure and all the other dirty bits of those years. She was a ROCK. Amazing person. Everyone should have a "Leah" in their life. https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3794.jpgIMG_3794We are rallying people! It's what we do!2014-12-22T14:25:14+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/12/10/the-last-time/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/last-time.jpglast timehttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/in-bed.jpgin bedMom, David the Cancer Slayer, and me November 11, 2013.2015-02-09T17:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/12/02/nothing-is-perfect/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3611.jpgIMG_3611Hope. Big, shiny HOPE.https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3620.jpgIMG_3620Ben's first praying in color experience. 30 Nov 20142014-12-03T04:49:00+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/11/11/dnf-did-not-finish/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fullsizerender-2.jpgFullSizeRender-2The shiny silver car that Did Not Finish.https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fullsizerender-1.jpgFullSizeRender-1Katarina sits with other Cadettes as their cars race down the track.2014-11-12T19:57:19+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/10/29/i-am-18-again/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cancer.jpgcancerA Cancer got cancer. Sounds like a great opening for a stand-up comedian.2014-10-29T22:24:50+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/10/10/sasquatch-wears-blue/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sasquatch.jpgsasquatchSasquatch loves the American League's Royals. #beroyalhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mayhem.jpgmayhemOf course it would be that on the only day I stop to snap a pic of this "yart" (yard art) the owner is standing in the yard. #yolo2014-10-10T19:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/10/08/first-signs/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2962-1-jpg.jpegIMG_2962-1.JPGWallace State Park, September 2014https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderThe St. Thomas Aquinas quote comes from his poem "The Divine Intimacy" which you can find in this lovely book.2014-10-09T00:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/10/01/the-common-table/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/plants.jpgplantsShortly after the untimely death of one of my favorite college professors, Dr. David Duke, I bought myself a small cactus to remind myself that life is prickly sometimes. When I moved into my current house after my divorce the previous owners left a plant on the kitchen windowsill--a cactus. This centerpiece is a reminder that this has been a particularly prickly year...and all will be okay, beautiful even.https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tablescape.jpgtablescapeTablescape at the end of a long, shared meal with my dear friend Marianne. Almost every shared meal at my house has colored pencils (and a colorable table covering) at the center. 2014-10-01T14:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/09/12/short-stack/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-12.jpgphoto-12I love lots of books. Here is just a short stack of my favorites. https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-16.jpgphoto-16Every sunny day Mister Muster put on his vest and coat and hat and walked happily along the street to his favorite place...the park zoo. (Opening sentence)https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-20.jpgphoto-20The perfect book.https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-15.jpgphoto-15A pristine cookbook is of no use.https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-14.jpgphoto-14Oh, to still be of an age when reading of murder and detective work and playing with Legos can be a part of your day! Yes, after much, searching, this is where I found this book. #girlsroomsarealwaysamesshttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-22.jpgphoto-22I love that the embroidery floss bookmark I made way back when I was making friendship bracelets by the score still acts as placeholder.https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-23.jpgphoto-23Parker J. Palmer is approachable. He doesn't preach at you. He joins hands with you as you read.https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-13.jpgphoto-13I hope you pick this up one day and settle in for a nice, slow read. https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-21.jpgphoto-21Just don't call me "Carrots!"https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-18.jpgphoto-18Of my ten choices here, this is my most surprising read. I read it because I thought I should. I loved every moment of this story of love and relationships.2014-09-15T21:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/09/08/a-lesson-in-mayonnaise/2014-09-09T04:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/08/13/first-grade-fiasco/2014-08-14T15:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/08/11/the-graduates/2014-08-12T01:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/08/05/100-words/2014-08-06T03:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/07/31/stuck-on-repeat/2014-08-02T01:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/07/28/small-things/2016-08-31T19:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/07/24/the-hope-of-the-not-yets/2014-07-31T19:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/2014/07/21/the-waffle-house-gospel/https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-1.jpgSister SueSister Suehttps://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-2.jpgMy preferred Waffle House hashbrowns come scattered, smothered, and covered.How do you like your hashbrowns?https://adventurouslyauthentic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo1.jpgMugs are $5, fyi. The adventure begins here. Yes, it begins at a Waffle House.2014-08-12T14:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://adventurouslyauthentic.comdaily1.02021-12-08T18:10:38+00:00