Home & Homestead Living
Adam was a liar Noah was a drunk Abraham was too old Isaac was a daydreamer Jacob was a liar Joseph was abused Moses stuttered Gideon was afraid Samson was a womanizer Rahab was a prostitute Jeremiah was too young David was an adulterer Elisha was suicidal Isaiah preached naked Jonah ran from God Naomi was a widow Job went…
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Have y’all been following the latest on the NSA (National Security Agency), FBI, Obama and Verizon? Or, Obama, NSA and Skype, Facebook, Gmail, AOL, Apple, PalTalk, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo? In my opinion, the Constitution has been trampled on by all President’s since before I’ve been voting. Oh sure, they’ve all had such good reasons…war, terrorism, peace, profit…the list makes…
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~ Levi Lily, my lion ~ A Harley biker is riding by the Washington, DC zoo when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs the girl by her jacket and tries to pull her inside his cage! The biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the cage and, with a power punch, hits…
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~ Cove Road ~ I was going to do a post on Monsanto, and will yet, but time is of the essence lately so will join Patrice today. This is Chat #96! Folks, it takes work and imagination to keep something up for 96 weeks…that’s almost 2 years. Patrice, you’re doing an incredible job, thank you. For those who don’t…
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“A merry heart does good like medicine…” ~ Proverbs 17:22 ~ “You have as much laughter as you have faith.” ~ Martin Luther ~ “If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” ~ Robert Frost ~ “The earth laughs in flowers.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ “Laughter is the hand of God on the shoulder of a troubled world.”…
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~ 1914 Acorn stove, 3 electric ovens, 1 warming oven, 7 gas burners ~ UPDATE: 11/12/2015 I just found out the stove restorer’s name is David ERICKSON, not Livingstone. Haha on me. When Dave and I moved to the farm, he asked me what I thought we’d need most. I told him, “heat and eat”. He looked at me quizzically….
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~ our homestead ~ It’s been said when the first Anglo settler’s arrived on the shores of the New World, a squirrel could run from tree top to tree top from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Old growth, virgin forests provided the fodder for the cabins Anglo settler’s needed from protection from the elements and to provide a home for…
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“I will not drown in shallow water Not with your love within my reach I did not come this far to falter And will not rest until I’m free You are the sun, you are the flower You are the wind across the sea And I will kneel here at your alter And pray you’ll take my soul to keep…
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“One who has no sense, shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.” ~ Proverbs 17:18 ~ “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” ~ Polonius, Act 1, Scene 3 Hamlet ~ “Good times are when people make debts to pay in bad times.” ~ Robert Quinlin ~ “It is the debtor that is ruined by hard…
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Dear Pie: *Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about efficiency Worry about horsemanship. … *Things not to worry about: Don’t worry about popular opinion Don’t worry about dolls Don’t worry about the past Don’t worry about the future Don’t worry about growing up Don’t worry about anybody getting ahead of you Don’t worry about triumph…
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“Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well. The prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.” ~ Micah 7:3 ~ “What we weave in time we will wear in eternity.” ~ unknown ~ “We sleep but the loom of life…
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