A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
There are days that try a gardener's patience. I've spent several weeks caring for a sunflower seedling (the only one to sprout from the seeds which had matured enough from the sunflower last year). I had the seedling covered with a little wire cage, then a bigger one, then a net as it grew to [...]
Yesterday, we finished up a long week of ministry with Vacation Bible School and this afternoon I'm resting on the porch. A little bird hops into view beyond my wrought iron gate. A few more hops and it awkwardly perches between two of the beams, fluttering its wings around a decorative curl. It cheeps, then [...]
My family has been enjoying Season 1 of Andor! (If you liked Rogue One, you should give Andor a try.) Following the story of Cassian Andor, it is set "long ago" while the empire slowly tightens their grip, slowly removes rights and liberties from peoples and planets, slowly becomes a totalitarian state. It is terrifying! [...]
I like to have a print magazine to flip through at the breakfast table. Recently, I've been enjoying the Common Good magazine. I was really interested in an article on 102 Ideas for a Flourishing Economy so I thought I would share some of my musings. One principle shared in the article was "real economic [...]
A couple months ago, I was on a walk with my family along the James River when we saw a bald eagle. I have seen many bald eagles in my life, but infrequently enough that it is always a little exciting to see one. Typically, someone points out where they are perched in a tall [...]
I've always been someone who keeps and saves. Someone who makes a good thing stretch as far as possible. Someone who stores up treasures for special occasions, for just the right project. I remember the first time I was able to let go of this tendency for a while. It was when I started to [...]
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend HopeWords Writer's Conference in Bluefield, WV. It was the first weekend I've been away since I started my new job last summer. I typically have to work over the weekends checking emails and texts so this was a big deal! I was so thankful to my team [...]
This is something I have wondered about for a while and I would love responses from you all! When you think of the months of the year (whether to try to remember when something happened, calculate how much time before a certain event, think about a date on the calendar, etc.), what do you see? [...]
Yesterday, I was really looking forward to a day free of obligations so I could write and do some gardening. I decided to do my weekly house cleaning quickly so it would be out of the way and I could better focus on writing. Then if the clouds broke, I would go into the garden [...]
Some of you might have seen the news on social media, but in case you missed it, The Rabbit Room published one of my articles this week! You can read it here. I regularly enjoy Rabbit Room content so was honored that my work was accepted. And...if you remember a few weeks ago I said [...]
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