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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Death, Fire and Water Are Never Satisfied
*my cup today… It’s only the end of February and I’m ready to kick 2020 to the curb. There are several reasons, not the least of which, I’m starting the post again as it disappeared the first time. This year began softly, luring me into a sense of calm but then came the maelstroms. Yes, plural. I am struggling to…
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4 Legal Documents You NEED
Some of you know my story…met Dave in 1989, in 1995 we bought a homestead, moved and were married in the Appy Mtns. We spent the next sixteen years restoring the farm, outbuildings, house and, along the way, turned a solid friendship into a great marriage. In 2010, two weeks out from a trip to Paris where we would board…
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Such a Strange Way…
Do you think Joseph and Mary had their entire lives planned? Do you think they talked about their wedding day, where they would live, how many children they would have, what they would name them? Then God showed up and everything changed. Do you think Mary wanted to be Mary? During New Testament time Nazareth was a small, rather insignificant…
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