Did anyone see the solar eclipse? We enjoyed observing it through a pinhole projector my sister, MJ, made from a cardboard box. We also took advantage of small holes in our barn’s tin siding, which acted as giant pinhole projectors and spread several crescent-shaped patches of light across the barn...
After cleaning a particularly dusty mini-blind and the window behind it, I decided to leave the blind rolled up as I continued cleaning further into the room. It’s a little thing, but it always amazes me the difference this makes. When a curtain is pulled back, a blind up, or...
I feel like I’m making a new discovery. As if I was an explorer – hearing the heavy scrape on the top of a long-lost treasure, yet knowing exactly what I’m looking for. Time after time my heavy digging fork hits the ground with a rock on metal “thunk.” Time...
Day before yesterday, my brother came by with a whole grocery sack full of peppers from their garden. And when I say full, I mean about as stuffed with peppers as a grocery sack can get! There were globular green bell peppers and slender red cayenne peppers. There were “Big...
Greetings, friends! The past month has been a flurry of activity, surrounding a very special family wedding. What a blessing it was to see so many friends come together to witness the joining of two lives together as man and wife! The newlyweds are now happily settling into married life....
Everyone has a story. Sometimes it is grand and inspiring, but for the most part life is made up of the simple, little everyday moments. The people we interact with. The routines we establish. The struggles and frustrations we face. The dreams and aspirations we work toward. They all add...