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One of the themes in the Old Testament prophets is that God will rescue his people from their exile. God is clear that he sees his people's suffering and that he won't let it continue forever. This is all part of his bringing the kingdom of God to earth. Isaiah 61: 1-3 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to besto

We'll start today's post with a picture of Rhapsody begging for food, which is pretty much her only communication except when we're upstairs when she begs to be petted. Otherwise, she's a pretty independent cat who will do her own thing. She and Rory are not too fussed by quarantine except that Rory likes having Patrick home because he scratches her ears more than I do. I'm not handling quarantine as well as I thought I might. I mean, migraines have made me a homebody, so you'd think I'd do great with just staying at home all the time. But, not so much. Now that I HAVE to stay at home, I want to go all the places! Or I have days like today when I have a headache, but not a migraine and I sle

It's April 18. Our governor has announced that we are still under a pretty strict quarantine until May 26. The current order can be found here. The theme of our discussions around here this week have been science. And the lack thereof. I don't plan to outline any of the virology or epidemiology of this Covid-19 pandemic in this blog, but I might, just might, do a little venting. The lack of scientific understanding among the general public in this country is appalling! When that is added to a general distrust of government (which is likely warranted), we have a mess on our hands! The coronavirus outbreak was not handled well at the beginning. We will likely be arguing whose fault that was fo

How's your quarantine going? Today was the day to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and we all got to celebrate just like the disciples did on that first Easter - huddled together inside our houses! OK, probably not huddled. But, certainly not gathered at our places of worship spreading coronavirus to all our friends and neighbors. (And if you were, please don't tell me about it!) Patrick and I are watching tons of TV and movies during this quarantine. We've been watching The Handmaid's Tale in the evening. Wow. That makes the quarantine look like a walk in the park. Talk about dystopia. This weekend, we watched the entire Lord of the Rings extended version. Maybe later in the summer, if w

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 5 “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[a] 6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to

Are you all having fun in quarantine, my pretties? Have you exhausted rooms to explore and people to interview? We are trying to keep things in Maison Martin interesting, but it's getting hard. I do have to say that the two days of watching The Tiger King had us on our toes. That was one wild ride! Now we're waiting for the show about who killed Carole Baskin's husband! Minh has never seen Star Wars. None of them!! Well, we can't let her leave the USA without being exposed to the world that is Star Wars! We've seen number 4, 5, 6, and 1. Tonight we watch #2. And, I've decided that the Coronavirus is not a plague sent by the Chinese, but rather one sent by Disney. Because I finally had to bre

How is your quarantine going? I'd like to say that mine is going great, but, honestly, I don't actually know what day it is. Things are just coasting along here at Maison Martin. Except that the cats are getting worried that the humans never leave. But, we do pet them a lot, so there's that. I got groceries for me and an elderly friend on Friday. That was exciting - the first time I interacted with people outside my family in a couple of weeks!! Of course, the grocery store didn't have toilet paper. I am Warren Cavanaugh's daughter, though, so I already had enough toilet paper to get us through the apocalypse. Who knew the apocalypse would come so soon, though? I was thinking that I needed t