Susandoodles

Susandoodles

Love God, love life, love one another.

Susan is trained in journalism, teaching and ministry;
now retired, the blog provides a means to continue sharing thoughts.

Category: Nature

  • 2018 Snow’Easter

    Yesterday was Easter Sunday.  One’s focus was on the story of the resurrection, but the reality of the day was the weather.  After the East Coast had experienced three Nor’easters during March, the weather that included plunging temperatures and snow/ice captured our attention here in Central Missouri. After getting home…

  • Spring must be close; look what I found

    Living in the Midwest, and truly the Midwest as we are central Missouri, one starts looking for signs of Spring.  Now the sun is out today, but there is still a bite to the air.   Most of us would say that it is very typically a March day.  That…

  • Icy morning thoughts on the Tree of Life

    Since we had to cancel church due to the thin, but dangerous ice coating, I am thinking about my message concerning the Tree of Life.  The more I read and study scripture, the more I realize the significance of the symbolism. Today, we are confined due to the ice, but…

  • And He saw that it was very good: We are the caretakers

    Scriptural base: Genesis 1:26-31 26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings[b] in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth,[c] and the small animals that scurry along the…

  • Snow Days continue

    The snow started here in Warrensburg at 6:15 am.  The radar keeps showing the snow creeping more and more north. I have to admit that I feel like a kid.  I came home yesterday thinking it was worse to risk driving on ice than going out and restocking the shelves…

  • Enough is enough!

    Recently the news surfaced in our community that someone had killed three deer:  a buck, a doe, and a fawn.  This is at least two months after deer season and was just simply unnecessary. As if that was not enough, someone took one of them and left it on top…

  • New Beginnings: God’s Natural World

    given on October 19, 2008 How many of you noticed the moon this week? Since I was thinking about the possibility of having a new grandbaby during a full moon, I was watching the moon this week.  Well, still no grandbaby, but I have really enjoyed looking at the moon. …

  • In Kansas

    I am currently in Salina, Kansas, and have lived through one of the stereotypical weather events:  a super cell that spawned baseball sized hail and tornadoes.  Being from Missouri, these storms are not really that unfamiliar, but the circumstances made this event entirely unique. First, no TV.  Living in an…

  • Return to Summer

    Weeks have raced by since I have had a chance to write down a few thoughts.  This morning my summer routines are reestablished and I have a wonderful set of stories about morning walks to share.  In the summer, my daughter and I like to walk early in the morning…