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Have you ever seen how fabric is woven together?  Lines of yarn or thread are interwoven with additional yarn or thread to create a solid piece of material of beautiful design.  It is a fascinating process where pieces of something are intertwined,  weaved together, to make something whole. Once in a while I hear someone say something that resonates deep within me.  It happened for me today at  Read More →

I like a great bargain as much as the next girl, but I am not a fan of shopping in general. There are too many choices – and I always seem get the dressing room furnished with the circus mirror. This Christmas I won a gift card to a fancy department store at my husband’s work party.  I had been inside this store three in my life – never once buying anything. This particular store had an outlet  Read More →

The following was adapted from the Improvement Era magazine of February 1911. Number of Wards The number of wards in the various stakes of Zion increased from 689, in 1909, to 696 in 1910. There are now 62 stakes, not including the California mission, where five wards were organized in 1910. Duchesne stake, with four wards, and Carbon, with seven wards were organized in 1910. Bear Lake stake has 23 wards, the largest number in any of the stakes; Oneida and St. George each has 20; Cassia and Granite each 19; then Blackfoot and Sevier 18 each; and Summit 17. [100 years later, on January 1, 2010, the Church reported 20,518 wards and 2,863 stakes.] Liquor Regulation In 1911 the Capitol building did not yet exist but efforts were underway to choose a site. The Utah Legislature, ninth session, met on January 9, 1911. Governor William Spry read his message to the joint session on the 10th. It is a lengthy document touching on the needs of every department of the state, and recommending the... Read the rest of this entry »

A few years ago I was invited to play on our church basketball team. My immediate response was a resounding, “No thank you.”  I have never considered myself an athlete.  To be brutally honest, I have the coordination and agility of a large drunken man. This is not a complex, it is truth.  I earned an ‘A’ in high school dance class; not because I was graceful and skilled, but because of the level  Read More →

I rejoined my gym again last week. That makes it three times in the past five years that I have joined, quit and joined again. I have come to a quite acceptance that to be the person I want to be takes more than eating ice cream and watching Survivor. So, with a friend in tow, I walked through the gym doors started new- again.On my third day at the gym, I plugged my headphones in and began my  Read More →

Clancy shares this poem, with this introduction: There are times in life where I’ve felt like I’m floundering… bobbing along with no direction and accomplishing very little. It was during one of those times, a January in my life, that I realized, as I walked past my flower garden wherein lay the frozen roots of perennial flowers and shrubs, that something happens to those roots in those cold, dark times that cycle through every year. I don’t understand the physics or biological processes that occur, but the results, when the weather warms, is the beautiful conclusion of that process that I don’t fully understand. From that life-metaphor came this poem which helped me have the faith to get through my own dark, cold cycle in life. Green and lush, with fragrance sweet And variegated colors, The flower thrives on warm summer days With sun and soil and water. As days grow short and seasons change, The blossom dies, the color fades, Withdrawing into its stable roots Vitality... Read the rest of this entry »