Almost two weeks ago, Daniel, a friend from the old farm came to visit and work. An amazing amount was accomplished in the barn, on the farm, in the house, on the driveway. Seriously, I’ve got three pages of chores/work that’s been checked off. While he was here, Katelyn and Christopher were here as well; Katelyn is a farrier and…
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My Other Self
~ home, where my dreams lead ~ Recently, I asked someone if I’d heard God wrong. I thought He said, “Make the blog a business; tell what you know because every time an old person dies, a library is lost.” I just spent 2 hours writing an article on moving from city to country, hit publish and POOF! it’s gone….
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Vintage Homestead – Windfall Apple Butter
Granny and PawPaw Lynch lived beside my parents; in fact, it was PawPaw who sold my parents their acreage to start their own homestead. Daddy grew up on an Appalachian homestead doing all those things one imagines on a hardscrabble farm. They raised most everything they needed to eat (milk cow, chickens, hogs, garden, hunted, fished) and for many decades…
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Can One Die From Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy?
Be warned, this is a self indulgent post; you may choose to abandon now. I am not a person for whom happiness comes easily now which is one of the great ironies of life. My middle name, Kay, is Celtic for happy but it seems, along with that name, I’ve also inherited the Celts propensity for ennui. A lot of…
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A Holiday From Normal
~ “Where y’all been?” asks Sam P. Spade, Secret Angel ~ By now it’s no surprise I’m a low tech anything technical. When I began doing this post hours and hours ago, I realized there were comments to which I’d never responded so began, an hour several hours ago (sensing a theme?) by answering. Heck, it’s been so long since…
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Great Grandmother’s Soap Basket and Giveaway
As Dave once said, “Goofing off is no fun unless there’s something else I should be doing.” What I should be doing is writing checks, paying bills, stamping envelopes yet here I sit, typing. After the house flood, Mom and Daddy are again sitting in their own chairs, sleeping in their own beds and unpacking boxes galore. The sibs and…
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Blackberry Winter and Apple Trees
~ Come, sit a spell ~ In the second chapter of the Song of Solomon, verses 11 & 12 it says, “For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle dove is heard in our land.”…
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Dear Children, Love One Another
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life s a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is costly, care for it. Life is wealth, keep it. Life is love, enjoy it. Life is…
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25 Years of Social Distancing Still Looks the Same
Over the last quarter century, when I’ve ventured off the farm it’s usually to the grocery store, the feed store, the post office, the library, the gas station or church. Now that I’ve moved closer to family, include family as well as a yearly vacation. My routine varies in that I may not go to each place each time I…
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Saint Patrick’s Day 2020
Some years back I posted this prayer of Saint Patrick along with this beautiful, poignant photo. The photo isn’t mine; it’s actually a photo of a photo I took at the Cliffs of Moher tourism center. If it’d been for sale, I would have bought it as it touches me deeply. The older I get, the more I understand. These…
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