Another Lord’s Day! Of course, every day belongs to the Lord but it is most often on Sundays (and sometimes Saturdays and Saturday nights) that Christians around the world go to church to celebrate our Saviour. In long ago Etta Bend, there was no church but there was the schoolhouse. People went to the school […]
Feb 22, 2014
Comfort and Quilts
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Yesterday I wrote about my thoughts being a potpourri, a mixture of this and that. The day turned out to be that way too. The good far out-weighed the bad and the bad wasn’t all that bad; I took a tumble but the good part was, I sprang right up with no assistance, I didn’t […]
Feb 13, 2014
When Characters Misbehave
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“The North Wind doth blow, and we shall have snow. And, what will the robin do then, poor thing? He’ll sit in the barn to keep himself warm, and hide his head under his wing, poor thing.” Yesterday I saw two robins. It is far too early! Robins came back too early last year too. […]
Feb 12, 2014
Wednesday Wanderings
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My Minneapolis niece sent me a link to a coffee recipe. It sounds delicious. Thanks, Missy. I’ll reprint the link here, in case any of you would like to try it: http://m.landolakes.com/recipe/1425/hearts-afire-coffee. What could be better than a warm fireplace, a good book, and a cup of this coffee? To my friends in the Southeast: please […]
Feb 4, 2014
Contrasts
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This post was from 2014. But, it’s so interesting, I thought I’d re-publish. Sunday was a Groundhog Day that I’ll remember. The snow started after 8:00 a.m. At first, a few small, tentative flakes, then, gaining confidence, the low clouds threw in a few ice pellets. That done, large, fluffy flakes began falling. It […]
Jan 31, 2014
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
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My coffee this morning, looked strange. It wasn’t the dark, robust liquid that usually poured into my cup from the coffee maker. In fact, it hadn’t a speck of color because I had put the water into the pot but forgot to put in the coffee. So, I, whose alertness depends on hot caffeine, dumped […]
