Three Word Wednesday - January 2017: Around {the} Town

• Another new month—February! If you're in the northern hemisphere, have you noticed days getting longer? I love the extra daylight that becomes can't-miss-it noticeable a month after winter solstice and carries a promise of spring. For her Three Word Wednesday Kristin Hill Taylor writes about {8} things {she learned} in January; Kristin wonders, "what everyday stories have you been living?" I'm doing another activity reprise that along the way includes some learnings and some underlying questions.

• No new window art from the school that shares the Glendale campus with church and synod offices. They'd been taking down the evergreen tree paintings when I got there; by the time I left the windows were bare. However, I let myself onto campus by punching in the gate access code—does that feel powerful!!



• Orange Tree in the churchyard has plumping citrus fruit (almost) bursting with juice.







• I never ever tire of cruisin' the Wilshire corridor.



• Fish Tacos again! A couple times during January!



• A few sessions of Retail Therapy at Old Navy at The Plant in Panorama City



• Amazing prices on Fair Isle scarf and mittens ... from Old Navy at The Plant in Panorama City



• I fell so in love with the tangy, slightly piquant cranberry mustard sauce Subway introduced last fall for one of their sandwiches I found a recipe and realized I liked it so because proportions are 5::1 cranberry-mustard. I hope it returns to the restaurants!

• In her report for Annual Meeting, interim pastor wrote, "LCM fulfills its mission by opening scripture to hear it say
'Come and see.' 10:00 a.m. Sunday Bible Study with Leah C opening the day's texts..."





• On Sunday 15 January, a joint Episcopal-Lutheran MLK Day eucharistic celebration became a homecoming for me. Even though it included Canterbury? Yes, because Canterbury also is a type of returning home.

• God has spoken, so let the church say... Amen! Andraé Crouch



• Continued affordable prices on blackberries—now blueberries abound!

• A Facebook and blog ring friend wore my name for the Washington DC Women's March. What did I march for? As in my Preservation Project blog description,

• Neighborhood revitalization
• brownfield reclamation
• storefront transformation
• infrastructure rehabilitation...

• Instead of participating in a local Women's March (remember, I marched in DC) on that Saturday I got to Pasadena for the second half of the third session of our judicatory's Reformation Road Trip.



• On Epiphany 3, Sunday 22 January, mother nature or the rain gods – let's make that the Lord of all Creation and Lord of our Hearts – allowed a drenching, spectacular winter rain storm into the county. They claim the severe drought is over now! After worship every Sunday we enjoy brunch and conversation; for Epiphany 3 a church member who loves to try new recipes and always brings a both a vegan and a gluten-free option when she cooks, brought a large pan full of root veggies – carrots; turnips; beets – and a huge kettle full of potatoes mashed with onions.

• Sadly, I didn't imagine trying to go to the afternoon ecumenical worship service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; but happily, National Weather Service reported Long Beach Airport "saw an all-time daily record rainfall of 3.87", while Los Angeles Airport and Camarillo also saw record rainfall — 2.78" and 2.61", respectively."





• On the last Saturday of January AC and I met at our Wilshire & Vermont Haunting Place, had a yummy breakfast...









• ...then we haunted the Last Bookstore.















• Afternoon of the last Sunday in January, aka Epiphany 4, a Meetup at LACMA and yes, the building was golden because I took these pics at the late afternoon Golden Hour.

Kristin wonders, "what everyday stories have you been living?" Here are some of my stories for January; what are yours?

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