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41. A winter’s eve
The new fallen snow and ice of winter is beautiful when the sun shines or when it lights up an otherwise dark night or when the icicles glint like crystalline daggers protecting the house within or...
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42. Tackling the mudroom
This wonderful warm weekend I discovered that it’s not just the sun I miss during winter; I also miss being outside without coat, hat, mittens, and boots! It was really warm this weekend. Like 65...
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47. Caramel Apples for your ♡Sweetie♡
We were sitting around a conference table at church a few years ago – about 18 of us – trying to figure out when we could have our next meeting. It’s hard to find a time, an evening, when 18 busy...
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For my friend
My friend Nancy died last night after a long fight with cancer. This is for you, Nance. A blue jay came to sit on my window sill as my friend was dying. I thought Do birds take our spirits to heaven?...
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92. DIY Organic Hand Cleaner for Oil-stains and paints (that’s actually good...
I had an amazing brainstorm discovery yesterday — and really? These things don’t happen to me that often, folks! I got so excited, I have to share this with you. Since we have been redoing the cottage,...
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126. Bluebirds in January
On the thirty-first of January I long for warmth — hands and feet always cold… the sun — so far away it doesn’t even melt the icicles hanging from the roof, or the snow on the spruce branches. Blue...
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The Promise
The promise of Spring is here buried under the snow of February. The earth awakens from sleep. Just as Jesus can awaken the frozen darkness of your soul and resurrect it to life and beauty and promise....
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Troubles behind the Green Door
The trouble with winter … is not snow. The trouble with winter in the country… is not snowy unplowed roads. The trouble with winter in the county in an old house… is not frosty, drafty, arctic air. The...
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Eminent Domain: 4, Willis and Nelle
This is Chapter Four of the novel, Eminent Domain. The introduction and the first three chapters can be found under the heading at the top of the page, Fiction Projects. 4, Willis & Nelle Nelle...
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Kale, again?
I thought I had settled the whole kale issue in the fall with The Trouble with Kale. Turns out, I didn’t because last week, on the eleventh of February, I walked down to check out the garden. I...
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Eminent Domain: 7, Phyllis
To read from the beginning of this novel, Eminent Domain, you can click here or on Fiction Projects in the top menu bar. 7 PHYLLIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988 Phyllis woke with a start when the cat...
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Eminent Domain: 8, Jack Stuckey
The first seven chapters of this novel, Eminent Domain, can be found by clicking on Fiction Projects in the top menu bar. 8 Jack Stuckey Wednesday morning, Feb. 10, 1988 The dented blue and white...
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Eminent Domain: 9, Mary and Rufus
The first eight chapters of this novel, Eminent Domain, can be found here or by clicking on Fiction Projects in the top menu bar. 9 Mary and Rufus February 10, 1988 Mary stirred the coals in the wood...
View Article41. A winter’s eve
The new fallen snow and ice of winter is beautiful when the sun shines or when it lights up an otherwise dark night or when the icicles glint like crystalline daggers protecting the house within or...
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This wonderful warm weekend I discovered that it’s not just the sun I miss during winter; I also miss being outside without coat, hat, mittens, and boots! It was really warm this weekend. Like 65...
View Article47. Caramel Apples for your ♡Sweetie♡
We were sitting around a conference table at church a few years ago – about 18 of us – trying to figure out when we could have our next meeting. It’s hard to find a time, an evening, when 18 busy...
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The twenty-eight long days of February inspire me to find beauty in the ordinary things of the day. Today’s inspiration is Happy Soup. It’s perfect for beginning a Valentine’s meal, and it’s also...
View ArticleGrateful on February 20th
The country world is a mess; governments are failing in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, Syria, United States; there are wars and rumors of wars everywhere; Australia is burning; there are diseases and...
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