Why procrastination feels like progress
I already posted today. I already wrote about a list I was going to make. Instead, I ate lunch. Napped. Read my novel and ate ice cream....
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Lydia C
- Sep 12
- 5 min
Naming it
“I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter. I didn’t have time to write you a short one.” – Blaise Pascal I'm renaming my blog to be the...
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Lydia C
- Mar 19
- 5 min
The Courtroom
by Lydia D Crouch Amelie stood in the spacious courtroom. The flags, the guards, the very railings that separated those on trial from the...
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Lydia C
- Mar 8
- 4 min
Ralph
This is Ralph. I've had Ralph since I was in junior high. Ralph was my first and remains my only guitar. I have written countless...
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Lydia C
- Nov 18, 2021
- 12 min
The problem with Joy
I’ve been thinking about Joy for years. It’s a powerful thing. But the church I have known has, for the most part, attached guilt or...
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Lydia C
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
a ring of thorns
A while back, we watched a show. I forget which one, but probably The Amazing Race. In one episode, the teams were in Africa in safari...
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Lydia C
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
So good to listen
This was one of those paintings that I absolutely loved, but wasn’t necessarily “sellable” like a landscape or florals might be. The...
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Lydia C
- Sep 18, 2021
- 6 min
How do you weigh your worth
So I've been doing Noom for two and a half weeks. I've lost 6 or 7 pounds, which is great but that's not why I'm doing it. (I'm going...
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Lydia C
- Jul 9, 2021
- 2 min
Come & Dine: the menu verses the meal
Today I was praying for a young friend. He's so incredibly bright that it might just rob him from relationship if he doesn't learn...
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Lydia C
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
the thing about breakthrough
There are buzz words that float around the Church. They are wonderful because you hear this vocabulary and suddenly you can see what the...
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Lydia C
- May 4, 2021
- 6 min
Try to keep up, y'all...
Forgive me, but I’m about to go all Southern on y’all and I might even rant a minute. Try to keep up. ...but I’m just tired of heading...
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Lydia C
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
the girl on the left
I found this pic of me. It was taken when I wasn't looking. I was in my 20's living in Hawaii, just starting to sell art. I felt fat...
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Lydia C
- Apr 10, 2021
- 3 min
what is essential?
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to...
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Lydia C
- Feb 27, 2021
- 3 min
a region of pigs
I've just been reading my Bible. I'm in Matthew 8. I may be stuck here for a while. There's so much. Even as even as a wanna be...
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Lydia C
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
This path I'm on
Most of the time, I'm pretty confident about this path I'm on. I love making art in almost any form. I LOVE being a student! I've been...
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Lydia C
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
SIMPLICITY
Hey. I'm here. I'm not sure what to say. I had dreams about this blog. I kept saying I was writing it just for me. But I'm realizing I...
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Lydia C
- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
Do unusual things?
It's true. God asks us to be different. So often we don't give our "yes" because we're afraid He'll ask us to do something strange. I...
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Lydia C
- Dec 13, 2020
- 2 min
The world is so noisy
I'm sitting in a quiet room in front of a quiet tree in my quiet - no one is awake yet - house. We all have Covid. When you're the mom,...
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Lydia C
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
How to make a really simple wired bow
I'm feeling the need to be home focussed this year. I mean, I'm always about home, but sometimes it's about inviting guests over. This...
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Lydia C
- Nov 23, 2020
- 3 min
HOWEVER!
So this week has been one of "those" weeks, and today in particular has been one of "those" days. I started out with a list. A good list....
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