by Kristin Camp | Mar 30, 2022 | Marta Blog
LIFE ON THE GALAPAGOS Out of the bus window shouts are heard at the spotting! A gigantic solitary tortoise on the side of the lonesome highway extends her telescoping neck out of the ancient looking shell and grazes on grasses and cactus in the desert heat. Only she...
by Kristin Camp | Mar 23, 2022 | Marta Blog
A NEW DAY Away from television broadcasts computer distractions and decisions required of where to go or what to do or eat My brain goes into a mode born of leisure not often seen of late. Enumerated lists of anxiety give way to taking joy in the frothy cranberry...
by Kristin Camp | Mar 16, 2022 | Marta Blog
ATTAINING STRENGTH TOGETHER Sometimes our hearts hurt. for those in harm’s way. The skies darken and we wonder. what tomorrow will bring. Finally, the clouds begin to clear. Through them sunrays boldly shine forth in all directions. God’s intends that we believe....
by Kristin Camp | Mar 9, 2022 | Marta Blog
THE TRUNK For years the old trunk sat at the top Of the stairs of my folks’ home housing treasures rarely beheld. Back in the day, this sturdy trunk made a voyage across the sandhills in a horse-drawn carriage before being transferred onto a train pulled by a steam...
by Kristin Camp | Mar 2, 2022 | Marta Blog
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE OF THESE Little boys using glove-covered hands to build a cool snow fort directly on the edge of the long sled run on a sixty-degree Sunday in late February. One involved father with his son (who knows not that he’s so young) demonstrating great...
by Kristin Camp | Feb 23, 2022 | Marta Blog
Gifts of Silence Prayerfully stepping into the forest a sense of intrigue seeps into my sapped-out muscles and bones. The chatter of the warblers brings the first smile to my face as I recall humans whose voices reflect their lively conversation. Next my attention is...
