Category Archives: God

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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August 1, 2007

Chutney is Life?

    Watching all the turmoil around me, sometimes my attitude seems to be a bit fluffy. Maybe some of that is on purpose.  I try to maintain a certain amount of denial so that the seriousness of it all doesn’t … 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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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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April 17, 2007

I HAVE An Irony

“I HAVE A VOICE” was the first thing that made me laugh today.   It is proclaimed from my daughter’s teenage wall. Song hung it up on her return from a rally where she also collected laryngitis. Irony often makes … Continue reading →

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