Have a wonderful Memorial Day with your friends and family today. And THANK YOU, past and present military, for all you do to keep our country free and safe and a wonderful place to live. We appreciate your service and your sacrifice.
“A Blessing”
As plentiful as the grass that grows,
Or the sand on the shore,
Or the dew on the lea,
So the blessings of the King of Grace
On every soul that was, that is, or will be.
Slainte, Lisa
That’s right! God willing, I’m recording a new album, “Flight of Freedom,” at the end of May.
Things you need to know:
1. Celtic Christian
2. Independently released in June 2012
3. You will be able to hear portions on this website and purchase your own copy here!
Stay tuned…details to follow. Slainte, Lisa
Some people refer to Ireland as God’s country. I know that God loves all the countries and peoples He made, but I also think He was smiling and laughing a bit more when Ireland was made. 🙂 And it certainly is tailor-made for kids…rocks to climb on, castles to explore, walking and hiking and more walking, sheep scattered in random places along the way, great but normal food they will actually eat, and on and on and on….
Slainte, Lisa
Reencaheragh Beach
I love my blog. I love thinking about what I’m going to write; I love writing in the morning after I eat my omelet; I love looking through my pictures to pick just the right one to insert. But lately, I have been noticing a strange occurrence that hasn’t happened to me since around 9th grade: the incessant desire to have someone “like” my post. Seeing that little orange square light up in the right hand corner, with a number, just waiting for me to click it and see the update. Pitiful, really. This really just comes back to a letter my dad wrote me when I was around 14…just be happy with yourself and make good choices, and don’t worry so much about what others are thinking. Aaagghh! Have I now reverted to middle school angst?!
Another interesting occurrence is happening also: I am turning into Lisa Lyons, Roving Reporter. Like the other day in the restaurant with the cracker basket episode. I looked at the crackers, looked at my husband, and stated, “This would be a great blog!” Then I ran out to the car, grabbed the camera, and began to take pictures like I worked for LIFE magazine or something. 🙂
People always say that writers need to live their lives in order to write about life; writers need to “write what they know.” So it’s important to really live life and be fully awake to what’s going on around you. But here’s the interesting thing…writing this blog has helped me to do this. In writing about life and Ireland and music and God, it has made me infinitely more aware of what is going on around me.
All in all, I’m thankful for this blog. I’m thankful that it’s helping me to wake up. I hope that it might inspire someone else to do the same. And yes, I’m still looking in the right hand corner for the lit-up orange “like” button! 🙂 Slainte, Lisa
Sometimes I love to think about all the millions of towns, scattered in every country of the world. And every town is full of people, living somewhere, and going through their everyday lives. Then I think about how I don’t know most of these people, and I probably never will. But they all matter; they are all created in the image of God.
Then my mind starts to think of the towns that I have traveled to before…ones that I loved and lived in for a short while, like Portmagee, Ireland. For a while, we stayed there, shopped in their grocery stores, ate at their restaurants, listened to their music, and then we came home. Yet life in Portmagee continues, and we are continuing here back at home. The musings of a Saturday….:)
And In the Town…
…there was a cottage. A wonderful cottage.
Reencaheragh Cottage, Portmagee
May your little corner of the world be blessed today; you are important and loved by your Creator! Slainte, Lisa
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