by Sally | Jan 19, 2023 | Sally Buffington, Seeing and Photography |
A moody November afternoon and I’m at a local shopping center where I usually go to use the ATM, market, or post office, or meet up with friends at Starbucks. But today the primary feature is the sycamore trees—and what’s flying around in them. I’ve been studying and...
by Sally | Dec 26, 2022 | Holidays, Sally Buffington |
Three weeks ago, we chose you, carried you home, installed you in our living room, and decorated you. Who knows how long you graced the woods of Oregon before you were cut and stacked among other fragrant trees and roared southward in a dark truck? On this January...
by Sally | Dec 20, 2022 | On My Mind |
A San Francisco Magnificat Mid-December in a room on the ninth floor of the Marriott, I sit reading the first chapters of Luke’s Gospel in a Gideon Bible. Like Mary a traveler far from home though I’m not “great with child.” I’m full of questions, too —...
by Sally | Nov 22, 2022 | Sally Buffington, Seeing and Photography |
Shazam! An exclamation point word, a cymbal crash of a word, “Shazam” was created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, as an acronym naming the superpowers which Billy Batson—aka Captain Marvel—possessed. S, for the wisdom of Solomon; H, the strength...
by Sally | Oct 25, 2022 | At The Table, Holidays, Sally Buffington |
October 4 How many times do I start a Monday—start any week—by making fruitcake? Also, how many times have I ever made fruitcake so early in the year? (I can count on one thumb). However, this year I am to supply Edible San Diego with my fruitcake recipe, along with a...
