Author: debanncuster

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.~Psalm 51:7~ Sweet marjoram…is more than oregano’s understudy.~Su-Jit Lin~ Marjoram, a magnet for bees, butterflies and insects, is also a culinary delight in the kitchen. Considered to be a wild cousin of oregano, marjoram truly takes center stage with… Continue reading Marjoram

“For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror;then we shall see face to face.Now I know in part;then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”~1 Corinthians 13:12~ “Things I will never like: 1. Drying off with a cold, damp towel. 2. The feeling of seaweed wrapping around my legs.… Continue reading Licorice

https://youtu.be/Pmau3tkeEh0?si=z200xOZMk-bZ5Xbi It is awesome to talk to God,but what is even better is when He talks to me.~Bob Sorge~ The floods have lifted up, O Lord,The floods have lifted up their voice;The floods lift up their waves.The Lord on high is mightierThan the noise of many waters,Than the mighty waves of the sea.~Psalm 93:3-4~ I… Continue reading Loss

Chris Tomlin https://youtu.be/hYGxaW26SiA?si=3YDl4aABuOMVKomv “What if one thought held the power to interrupt our spiralsand bring peace to our mental chaos?”~Jenny Allen in Stuck, p. 37~ “When we think new thoughts:we physically alter our brains,we make healthier neural connections,we blaze new trails,everything changes for us.~Dr. Dan Silgel~ At first glance, the dry panorama of Egypt may… Continue reading Boundaries

God Bless America, https://youtu.be/syOEI9y7miM?si=tSCC6EPZA6pCm1UB “But our citizenship is in heaven.And we eagerly await a Savior from there,the Lord Jesus Christ.”~Philippians 3:20~ “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”~2 Corinthians 5:17~ I’ve not really given much thought to my citizenship. I’m a natural-born citizen of the… Continue reading Citizenship

Scattered. That was my oregano, all over our lawn! I found it growing out of the cracks of the old rock retaining wall, along the borders where the lawn mower’s blade can’t reach, even in the middle of the lawn, where its seed is scattered and keeping a low profile. Scattered is how I feel… Continue reading Oregano

“So that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will,and in your company be refreshed.”~Romans 15:32~ If you drop by my house unannounced, be prepared to stay for a cup of tea! Affectionately pulled into the Custer vortex, you may find yourself unintentionally committing to a longer visit than originally planned. A haven… Continue reading Mint

You will bring trouble to the house if you pull up the houseleek from the roof.Sussex saying(educating.com) And the gardener shall have house-leeks growing on his house.Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor Believed to be protection from lightning (hence, Romans called it Jupiter’s beard) and fire, houseleek looks as if it were leaking out of the rooftops… Continue reading Houseleek

“Blessed in the one…whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”~Psalm 1:1-3~ “On each side of the river stood… Continue reading Eucalyptus

“It was white like coriander seedand tasted like wafers made with honey.”~Exodus 16: 31~ How sweet are Your words to my taste!Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!Psalm 119:103 Bearing double nomenclature in the United States, cilantro is a delicate annual with umbelled flowers which mature into coriander seeds. Cilantro is translated as coriander in… Continue reading Coriander