Category Archives: gift

November 18, 2010

Heritage calls

Growing up a country kid in the north means hunting and fishing is  common. A proud heritage is passed on from grandfather to father, father to son and in my case you can throw in mother and father and daughter … Continue reading →

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December 10, 2007

A Gift that Meets Our Need Is The Very Best

  “Oh. It’s only clothes. “I had an idea when I was younger that all Christmas presents should be something you don’t need. I think others helped me in forming this idea. Gradually my idea of the perfect present has … Continue reading →

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July 25, 2007

Summer Calls and Kids Help It

  Summer is at midpoint and I notice myself and people around me alternating between a panic and plodding moes. We like a collective ant colony movealong the path of seasonal tasks and pleasure. Produce and blossoms come in waves … Continue reading →

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June 15, 2007

Father,Daddy,Papa,Dad,Pop Whatever You Call Him Treat Him

  Father’s Day approaches and men and women the world over are wondering what to do about it?   Men don’t know what they want.   Women respond by trying to give them what they want them to want or … Continue reading →

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April 21, 2007

One Hand for Sorrow Another for Joy

  <!–[if !vml]–><!–[endif]–>   It’s still spring!! I marvel at that because of our late snowstorms which made me wonder if I was in “The Long Winter”. I’ve often read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Long Winter” but had no burning desire to experience … Continue reading →

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