August 19, 2025, was our 29th anniversary. We were going to take a brief trip to the Oregon Coast area. Because Hubby had a doctor’s appointment, we postponed the trip to Monday, the 25th, this week, and went to Lincoln City for two days. Lincoln City is about 82 miles southwest of our home. My daughter recommended it because it| The Showers of Blessings
I’m over at Sally Cronin’s Smorgasbord Magazine. She picked two posts from my archives and featured one of them today. I invite you to go over to visit. Sally is the most generous and supportive person in this blogging community. Her blog covers a wide range of content, including music, humor, book reviews, and more. I’ll meet you at Sally’s| The Showers of Blessings
This is a re-post from April 2024. Our family traveled to Hong Kong and Kyoto, Japan, in 2019. I highlighted two places we visited in Kyoto. Iwatayama Monkey Park Iwatayama Monkey Park is the home of 120 snow monkeys, which are Japanese macaques in the Arashiyama Mountains of Kyoto, Japan. These monkeys live freely in the park. The park is| The Showers of Blessings
This week for Tanka Tuesday, Colleen Chesebro asked us to create a Taiga. A tanka is a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure, or s-l-s-l-l, which consists of 5 lines written in the first-person point of vie…| The Showers of Blessings
1 post published by Miriam Hurdle during August 2025| The Showers of Blessings
We visited Rome, Florence, and Venice in Italy, and spent three days in each. Instead of taking the tour bus, we took a high-speed train from city to city. Previously, I posted about Rome, Florence…| The Showers of Blessings
Our vacation in Italy was a leisure trip, visiting three cities, Rome, Florence, and Venice, and spent three days in each. In stead of taking the tour bus, we took high-speed train from city to cit…| The Showers of Blessings
2 posts published by Miriam Hurdle during July 2025| The Showers of Blessings
Our vacation in Italy was a leisure trip, visiting three cities, Rome, Florence, and Venice, and spent three days in each. In stead of taking the tour bus, we took high-speed train from city to cit…| The Showers of Blessings
Hubby and I returned from Italy two weeks ago. It took me a week to get over the jet lag, but it took us no time to get back into our grandparenting’s life. The grandkids came for a sleepover…| The Showers of Blessings
Giving and Receiving Blessings| The Showers of Blessings
I’m delighted to have my friend Marsha Ingrao here. Marsha and I had a wonderful visit when we met in person two years ago along with Terri Webster Schrandt and Diana Wallace Peach. Mar…| The Showers of Blessings
Hi, I’m Miriam Hurdle. I grew up in Hong Kong where I finished college and worked for several years before coming to the United States. While in Hong Kong, I taught Chinese as a Second Langua…| The Showers of Blessings
