by Michelle Sutherland | May 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I was 8 or 9 years old, I would sometimes sneak out of my bed, creep over to the south window in the room I shared with my sister and slowly open the casement. I would sit there with my arms criss-crossed on the sill and let the Kansas wind blow across my face;...
by Michelle Sutherland | Sep 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
I just love September, October, and November. I know some of you are reluctant to let the warm blue and green days of summer go, and I understand! Because it’s true that the trees that stun in gold and red and orange in late September and early October...
by Michelle Sutherland | Jul 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I’ve been looking for all my life though I never knew it till now…Come further up! Come further in!” ~CS Lewis, The Last Battle Time is such a funny thing....
by Michelle Sutherland | Apr 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
When Shelly and I were in college, we would get ice cream from the University cafeteria, then go sit out on the steps of the Administration Building and talk about anything and everything. We told each other that any excuse to go on an ice cream binge was good enough;...
by Michelle Sutherland | Feb 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
I stood at the edge of the Pacific off the coast of Wailea one night. I was thinking about how small I felt in comparison to those dark waves stretched unendingly out in front of me. It was so beautiful that evening. On the one hand, it was a bit unsettling; the ocean...
