Home & Homestead Living
~ put on a happy face ~ “And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, …” ~ Malachi 4:6 ~ “A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” ~ Enid Bagnold ~ “A good…
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~ the road less traveled ~ In spite of…perhaps despite…everything that has to be done to get ready for the picnic on Saturday, I ran away from home. Sleeping, eating, resting, relaxing; having nothing to do other than what I want is a blessing and a gift. Life on the farm is put on hold, chores left undone, fleeces left…
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~ morning breaks again ~ “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” ~ Genesis 1:1 ~ “O God Who Shaped Creation O God who shaped creation At earth’s chaotic dawn, Your word of power was spoken, and lo! the dark was gone! You framed us in your image, You brought us into birth, You blessed our infant…
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~ best buds ~ When I was six, my Granddaddy passed away from pancreatic cancer. It was November in Appalachia West Virginia and that meant cold, wet, raw, rainy as well as clear, crisp, brittle. For the funeral, it was clear, crisp, brittle and I remember wandering around that big ole farmhouse, watching the grown-ups talk in quiet whispers, wipe…
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~ my cache of Mrs. Taber’s books ~ From The House of Edward Pamela asks: what does your summer book list look like? I adore reading and have from my fifth year when I discovered the newspaper. How exciting it was to read the newspaper. It amazed me then, and amazes me still, how people would put the most personal…
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~ Susan’s coconut cake ~ Are you familiar with Susan Branch? No? Oh, then you need to hurry along and visit with her for a while. A good long while. She makes the most delightful art into lots of useful, beautiful things and her calendars have adorned my walls for many years; she adds a lot of happy to my…
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~ the road home ~ “The Lord is the everlasting God, The creator of the ends of the earth, He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom, He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those…
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~ lamb’s ear ~ Aunt Bonnie used to say, “You’re so thoughty!” when someone would speak a deep thought or do a kind deed. In her memory and spirit, here are offered Little Thoughty’s, meant to amuse, make you think, give you a smile. When known, the author has been given. “Live in such a way, you don’t have to…
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~ dancing, frozen on the line ~ It was 90 degrees F here today, this last day of May. Needless to say, the clothes on the line today didn’t resemble the above, no, not in the least. It’s so hot, I can’t get into the garden until after 5:00 or I chance a heat stroke. At dark, I’m coming in…
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~ Boy Scouts raising and saluting Old Glory ~ In Flanders Fields by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn,…
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~ going home ~ “When I am afraid, I will trust in you.” ~ Psalms 56:3 ~ “Father in Heaven, when the thought of Thee wakes in our hearts, let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard ~ “The Servant: …
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