https://lizryder.com/2020/10/19/getting-your-house-in-order/2020-10-25T01:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/about/2020-10-19T02:23:48+00:00weekly0.6https://lizryder.com/2019/01/02/anatomy-of-an-altar/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/altar.New-Years-2019.jpgaltar.New Year's 20192019-10-29T16:15:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2017/04/16/resurrection-sunday/2017-04-28T19:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/06/13/raspberries/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dark-helmet.jpgdark helmetThere's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry: Lone Starr!https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/raspberry.jpgraspberryFirst fruits.2016-05-15T05:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/07/26/we-have-an-art-show/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/furniture-from-john-and-judy.jpgfurniture from john and judyhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/after.jpgafterAnd here is my beautiful new gallery wall! I'm really happy with how it turned out. I did end up cutting two pieces that had been in my final draft--one large piece will go better in my "kid" guest bedroom, and the other ceramic plate had a wonky hanger so it would have looked all lop-sided. Otherwise, I love it!!https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tea-cups.jpgtea cupshttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/before.jpgbeforeHere is how my living room was arranged before, and you can see my draft of the gallery wall. Many thanks to Carrie for helping me edit the art and arrange it artfully.2016-05-15T05:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/10/02/so-i-have-a-home-gym-now/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pump-you-up.jpgpump you uphttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/home-gym-e1443760190554.jpgmy home gym2016-05-15T05:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2016/05/15/gratitude-and-shabbat-shalom-2/2016-05-15T04:04:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2016/01/07/christus-mansionem-benedicat/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/epiphany-2016.jpgepiphany.20162016-01-07T05:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2016/01/02/happy-new-year/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/walls-beginning.jpgwalls.beginningBeginning.https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/walls-middle.jpgwalls.middleMiddle.https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/walls-end.jpgwalls.endEnd.2016-01-02T06:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/12/23/happy-anniversary/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/first-day-selfie.jpgfirst day selfie2015-12-29T17:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/12/09/on-waiting-and-things-to-do/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bulbs.jpgbulbs2015-12-09T06:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/10/19/in-the-closet/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/liz-and-carrie-on-the-farm.jpegLiz and Carrie on the farmhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hall-closet.jpeghall closethttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/garage-pantry.jpeggarage pantryhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fall-front-door-entry.jpegfall front door entryThe horn of plenty. A home of plenty.https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/buyerarchy-of-needs.jpgThe Buyerarchy of Needshttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/baby-autumn.pngBaby Autumn2015-10-19T05:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/10/04/all-dogs-go-to-heaven/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/blessed-penny.jpgBlessed Penny2015-10-11T12:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/08/19/i-love-music/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hells-canyon.jpgHell's Canyonhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tent-city.jpgTent Cityhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sweet-lou.jpgSweet Louhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pilgrimage-to-music-mecca.jpgpilgrimage to music meccahttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/i-heart-walla-walla.jpgi heart walla wallahttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gotr-union-jack.jpgGOTR union jackhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gotr-cement.jpgGOTR cementhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gotr-poster.jpgGOTR posterSo a few weeks ago I was home listening to the current recording on Pandora that is Mumford and Sons playing a live show and featuring their new album--"Wilder Mind." I love that title, by the way. I've grown to love my own wildness--not to resist it or resent it, but to embrace it as a wonderful part of who I am. Cheryl Strayed's powerful autobiography "Wild" helped me acknowledge my own wildness--both its destructive power as well as its beautiful uniqueness. Thoreau said this: "All good things are wild and free." I am good. I am wild. I am free. So anyway, I decided that night, rocking out to Mumford while laying on my couch staring at the ceiling (not for the first time, I might add... :/ ) that there was no reason (not even a Presbytery meeting!!!) for me not to drive out to see Mumford in Walla Walla, WA. (Anyone remember that hilarious piece from Mike Birbiglia about visiting "Waya Waya, Washington??" If you haven't heard it, look it up, it's hilarious.) So Mumford are headlining a select few shows called "The Gentlemen of the Road Tour" in relatively small/potentially obscure towns that normally wouldn't be host to a huge music festival featuring one of the biggest bands in the world. So, Walla Walla: the quintessential farm town meets college town. It is located in an absolutely stunning part of southeastern Washington. You know that opening line from "America the Beautiful"--" O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain--well that pretty much describes Walla Walla, or at least the drive right up to the town. There were just endless rolling hills of wheat resting under the wide open blue sky. Slowly the fields transitioned to orchards, where they grow delicious peaches and apples. And those orchards eventually transition to the onion fields--you know, the ones that produce the famous "Walla Walla Sweet Onions." The local minor league baseball team is actually named the "Walla Walla Sweets" and their mascot is Sweet Lou." I had a few friends from high school who attended Whitman College for undergraduate, but I'd never actually been to Walla Walla. It is in the heart of wine country--I guess I forgot to mention the thousands of acres of vineyards that also surround the town--and the town is filled with lovely shops and tasting rooms. The GOTR tour is so unique and incredible because it's designed to essentially take over a great town for a whole weekend, so that it's like a full-immersion experience of place, people, and music. They achieved their intention. The weekend was sooooooo amazing. Posters for the GOTR tour were plastered everywhere and welcomed everyone to the town for the festival weekend. Everyone camped on the local golf course across the highway from where the mainstage was, and the town was set apart as a pedestrian zone, so basically there were just thousands of people walking around, listening to various shows and enjoying a truly "festive" festival atmosphere. It was so awesome, and the music was only part of that.https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gotr-logo.jpggotr logohttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/brandi-carlisle.jpgBrandi CarlileSo the headliner that night at the Botanical Gardens was Brandi Carlile. I wasn't very familiar with her--only had heard a few of her songs on the mainstream radio--but had heard that she has the best and most unique female voice currently out there. She was SO amazing. They totally rocked the house all night, and I loved so many of her songs. I wish I had such a strong voice and could move people as a singer the way she and other musicians do. She also has amazing hair, I might add... And, she's from Seattle, so how could I not like her..??2015-08-19T15:26:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/06/30/sacred-space/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image41.jpgimage4The cup of the new covenant. https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image31.jpgMy altar.https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image21.jpgWhole.https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image11.jpgimage1Broken.2025-08-04T14:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/06/14/can-i-get-a-roll-of-quarters-please/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/laundry-mexi-dinner.jpglaundry mexi dinnerhttps://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/laundry-shoes.jpglaundry shoesI thought I was bad about waiting as long as possible before taking my wash in, but it looks like this person was hopping out of the their dirty clothes right in the parking lot...https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/laundry.jpglaundry2015-06-14T05:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/06/01/the-news-from-satis-house/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image5.jpgimage5https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image4.jpgimage4https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image3.jpgimage3https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image2.jpgimage2https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image1.jpgimage12015-06-01T05:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/27/media-vita-in-morte-sumus/2015-06-27T21:53:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/21/first-fruits/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/csa-box-kale-slaw.jpgcsa box.kale slawBe creative and add whatever either needs to be used or what you think would taste good. The dressing is a bit sweet like standard coleslaw dressing.https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/csa-box-1.jpgcsa box.1So my first basket included a bag of spinach (which I put in my smoothie every morning), a bunch of bok choy (which I'm going to have to figure out how to cook), a bunch of turnips (again, don't think I've ever eaten a turnip), a bunch of fresh oregano, a bunch of kale, and as I mentioned, an heirloom tomato plant that purportedly will produce flaming orange beefsteaks weighing on average 9-12 oz. [Squeeeeeeeeal] I'm so excited.2015-05-21T05:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/19/shabbat-shalom/2015-05-19T05:00:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/17/yard-waste-1-me-0/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chipper-4.jpgchipper.4https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chipper-2.jpgchipper.2https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chipper-1.jpgchipper.1Ok so the perspective from which I took this picture does kind of falsely exaggerate how big the pile is, but I still like how tiny it makes the chipper look. 2015-05-17T01:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/11/under-the-boise-sun/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yard-2.jpgFront yard--freshly mowed!My neighbor Kurt lets me use his electric lawn mower. It's only the second time cutting the grass, but I made sure to set the blade to the lowest setting to make sure I get at least two weeks out of this cut... :)https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yard-1.jpgyard 1https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yard-4.jpgyard 4https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yard-3.jpgSide yardHere is the side yard. The grass was like a foot high (woops....) but now it's like white people live here.2015-05-11T04:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/09/walkabout-rideabout/2015-05-09T04:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/05/love-thy-neighbor/2015-05-05T04:46:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/03/boise-chainsaw-massacre/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yard-work-1.jpgyard work 1https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yard-work-3.jpgyard work 3https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yard-work-2.jpgyard work 2Hopefully when I eventually can park my car in my garage, this shrub won't scratch the side now that it's been trimmed. I might still have to run the electric hedge trimmer over it a bit.2015-05-03T03:49:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/05/01/we-are-the-champions/2015-05-01T02:51:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/04/30/patiowarming-gifts/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rocking-chair-with-pillow.jpgrocking chair with pillow2015-04-30T04:23:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.com/2015/04/29/welcome-home/https://lizryder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/front-house.jpgfront house2015-04-29T05:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lizryder.comdaily1.02025-08-04T14:06:03+00:00