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linda s patchwork quilt linda s patchwork quilt pages new website home writing contact about tuesday march 11 2014 new website i am so glad you found me here but this is my old blog i have updated my space to a new address and a new look please visit me at lindachontos com photo by s etole copyrighted all rights reserved used with special permission at 12 24 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday march 6 2014 whodunit in the seven years i ve been blogging i don t think i ve ever mentioned the fact that i love mysteries perhaps i ve felt a bit frivolous after reading the book lists filled with deeply spiritual tomes of other bloggers i do read those books nevertheless i confess the only thing i like better than a good cozy mystery is a good cozy mystery series my shelves are filled with dorothy sayers agatha christie katherine hall page alexander mccall smith to name a few some of them are brand new hard covers and others are paperbacks whose pages have yellowed with age all of them dear friends i love searching through used books stores for the old mysteries that have been relegated to the clearance tables or piled in corners to collect dust one of my best finds was a full dozen anne morice mysteries i nearly did cartwheels in the aisles i love anne morice it isn t easy to find her books any more she was born in 1918 and died in 1989 her first mystery death in the grand manor was published in 1970 she went on to write twenty two more tessa crichton mysteries did i mention the fact that i especially love british cozy mysteries anne morice perfectly fits the bill the heroine sleuth is a young actress named tessa chrichton tessa is married to robin a detective with the british c i d which comes in very handy when you are forever tripping over dead bodies tessa tells the stories in her own delightfully witty way it isn t unusual to find yourself chuckling while reading about the death of the old nannie she has a definite way with words i just reread for the i don t know how many times nursery tea and poison it loses none of its charm in the retelling on a visit to her godmother serena hargrave s home tessa finds herself in the middle of family upheaval pelham hargrave twin brother of serena s late husband has returned to england with a very young and rather neurotic bride has he some darker motive for returning after all these years than merely visiting the old estate serena s ungainly daughter has harbored resentment for years over the loss of what she considered to be her rightful inheritance she is decidedly unhappy when the heir and his young wife return at the very center of all the trouble ensconced in her nursery suite upstairs is nannie she rules the household has for three generations and is the keeper of far too many secrets she tries desperately to reveal the darkest of those secrets to tessa with her dying breath someone has poisoned poor old nannie and before tessa with robin s help can unravel the mystery a member of the family is found shot to death morice gives us plenty of cleverly placed clues and any number of suspects but it s never easy to figure out whodunit if you re looking for a well written mystery series i highly recommend this one you may have to do a bit of detective work yourself to find them but it is absolutely worth the effort blessings linda at 3 19 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday march 5 2014 love idol dear lord here we are at the beginning of the lenten season again although it wasn t something i understood until just a few years ago it has become a special time for me you ve seen what jennifer is doing i read about it the other day and it spoke to my heart but it s a busy time for me and i thought i would just read her book and let the others join the movement she s started you had other plans i ve come to know your plans are infinitely better than mine besides it s just about impossible to ignore that still small voice so here i am i need to identify the love idol in my life and allow you to sweep it out of my heart i don t need to spend a lot of time pondering and digging deep i know what that idol is after all you have been working with me on this one for a very long time i believe i m making progress but just maybe this is the time to banish it once and for all it s time to stop worrying about what others think of me comparing myself to others and always falling short lying in bed at night rehashing every encounter and conversation allowing discouragement to keep me from doing the things you ve called me to do trying to be all things to all people feeling as though i am constantly letting you down laboring under the weight of the shame and guilt of things past it s time to stop trying so hard to win the approval of others it s time to know deep down in my heart of hearts that i am preapproved by you it s time to stop trying to be a good girl and know i am already perfect in your eyes you gave me that priceless gift when you gave your son to die for me i m surrendering that idol father i m accepting your grace and love with it comes the freedom to trust you in all things and to be all you created me to be and best of all the knowledge that you approve of me what could be better than that with love your daughter please go here to read about the movement jennifer has started perhaps there s something you know you need to let go of sometimes it s a little easier knowing you re in very good company at 1 24 pm 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday march 3 2014 a trail of glory we celebrated her fifteenth birthday on saturday she is the fourth grandchild in a line of seven three older three younger and where have the years gone it has become such a common saying among those of my own generation we look around and suddenly the teenagers we once worried and prayed over are worrying and praying over teenagers of their own and truly where have the years gone we are in the sunset of our lives it looks as though it would linger long a great golden orb hanging over the horizon it colors the world in magnificent hues and we think we have a while to watch but blink and it is gone leaving only a trail of glory i don t long for more days than are written for me i only long to live them well to rest a while and notice the beauty to work a while and give from my heart to leave a trail of glory captured from the son joining my dear friend laura blessings linda at 1 45 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday february 26 2014 the burden for as long as she could remember even before she knew its name the longing for approval resided in her heart she tried her best to please everyone in her little world chastising herself whenever she fell short her longing did not go unnoticed people named her nice and kind but it didn t fill that empty spot in her heart because she knew better she knew there were dark places no one saw things that would cause them to withdraw the approval she cherished if only they knew she confessed those things and understood they were forgiven but her heart would not forget she even began to correct people when they called her nice or kind perhaps she thought the confessing would be its own means to getting their approval still when she lay down in her bed at night the silence and darkness closing in around her she picked up those confessed things and felt crushed beneath the weight of guilt and shame she went on a christian retreat and packed the guilt and shame along with her bible and notebook she sat on the straight backed chair in the large room and the lady began speaking she had never seen her before but she spoke as if she could see right straight into her heart when she finished speaking she asked everyone to write down on a piece of paper the thing they thought could never be forgiven the one they carried like a lead weight in a fragile heart she took her little pencil and put the words on paper the words that had kept her bound for so long now the speaker said i m going to collect all of the papers then after you go back to your rooms tonight i m going to take every single one of them out to the big camp fire and throw them in they will curl in the intense heat and burst into flame they will be gone forever powerless she could hardly see for the tears as she walked into the night but she walked lighter something inside had been released a weight had lifted in the darkness she felt the light of his love and the warmth of his approval it had been there all along she had only to open her hands to receive it let me not dwell so much within my bounded heart with anxious heed where all my searches meet with sin and nothing satisfies my need it shuts me from the sound and sight of that pure world of life and light anna l waring joining jennifer today please come visit she has something very special to share blessings linda at 10 25 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday february 24 2014 they sing my favorite form of exercise is walking it s the one thing i ve been able to do consistently over the years i confess some days i feel too weary to put on my tennis shoes and walk out out the door but once i get started i m glad i made the effort some days i walk with something streaming into my ears every once in a while i grab the camera on my way out the door most days my little stack of index cards comes along for the ride my time to put the word in my heart every once in a while i take my reading glasses off and step outside empty handed on those days i am much more aware of the sights and sounds around me especially the sounds there is the ever resent sound of birds singing their uniquely beautiful songs even on the very gloomiest of days their pure notes fill the air a cardinal calls to his mate and the answer comes back crystal clear and pure a mockingbird perches on the wire above my head and proudly runs through his repertoire the notes flow in and around one another you can hear a majestic song of praise if you listen carefully i walk and wonder at their trusting nature don t they know the sunny day will be blown away by a cold front scheduled to arrive by late afternoon shouldn t they be flying around and doing something haven t they heard it will be a colder than usual winter one would think they would make some sort of preparation instead they seem to glory in the moment and leave the rest to a father they somehow know is watching over them why fret about the future they trill he has always taken care of them in the past he is with them even now he will be faithful tomorrow let s live this one moment and be thankful joining my sweet friend laura at playdates with god blessings linda at 1 24 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday february 21 2014 five minute friday small the word for this five minute friday is small start i am drawn to small things bouquets of tiny wild flowers are more apt to find their way onto the old kitchen table than a more flamboyant mix of larger blooms tiny tea sets make their way onto the shelves of the old hutch my father crafted i hunt for little salt cellars in antique shops and flea markets i cannot resist diminutive china animals and birds how is then i find it so difficult to find the beauty in being small myself oh not my physical size to be sure the me that resides inside the self that prays to become less yet fights this longing for bigness the size that says i matter to you and your opinion of me is of utmost importance he who is larger than anything i can possibly imagine looks at this bigness stuffed inside the small and gently reminds me that i am perfect in his sight just the right size even in my smallness stop i m hopping over to lisa jo s to add my small post to the others won t you join us blessings linda at 7 57 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom my heart s desire is to encourage and point others to the lord in everything i write you ll find my words here on my blog on the devotional website laced with grace and one day in book form as i just finished writing a mystery novel the dream birthed in my heart years ago please visit me at my new website lindachontos blogspot com please visit me at my new website lindachontos blogspot com blog archive 2014 25 march 4 new website whodunit love idol a trail of glory february 9 january 12 2013 144 december 2 november 11 october 28 september 2 august 15 july 8 june 13 may 11 april 13 march 14 february 12 january 15 2012 193 december 11 november 15 october 28 september 16 august 16 july 13 june 22 may 18 april 14 march 11 february 16 january 13 2011 200 december 14 november 14 october 14 september 8 august 17 july 21 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