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Our Mountain. Heading Home in Fog We’ve had springtime weather here, cool and damp, with promises of rain hanging in the sky. I’m leaving work, destined for home. It’s a short drive, as commutes go: the city gives way to countryside in only seven miles. When I reach the cows on a hillside above the intersection […]
Wisteria. And a Utility Pole … The Incredible Sweetness of Being, Part Seven After I nearly missed the plum flowers, I made wisteria my priority. Our neighbor, down at the corner of the main road, grows wisteria along the fence line protecting the orchards from the deer, and whatever else threatens orchards. It is abloom […]
A Few Bibles. Can We Multiply?Will you please send my friend Brian a Bible? Or two Bibles? or ten? They’re for a good cause. My friend Brian Short and I went to junior high and high school together. We reconnected via Facebook not too long ago. Brian has found his salvation in our King, Jesus […]
Just Don’t. An Answered PrayerMy tongue can be much sharper than I want it to be. Sometimes at work I’m so focused on the goal that I forget that real people are working to accomplish that goal. Sometimes my speech doesn’t take into account their needs or feelings. It’s worse at home. My sweet, loving, devoted […]
The Orchid (and the Ivy). What Makes Paradise So Special? “Who brought the orchid?” I asked my husband, Rich, when I returned home from work on my birthday several weeks ago. I hardly needed to ask him. “Sue,” he said, confirming my hunch. On a street filled with amazing neighbors, our next-door neighbor Sue stands out. […]
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