Modern Day Canning – 101

June 26, 2012
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Can you believe until a few days ago I was still canning green beans in an old fashioned, as in not pressurized canner? Why, because I?m just not one to fix something if it?s not broken. But this year when I gazed out the two long rows of green beans that are climbing their way […]

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Words to Ponder on Your Anniversary

June 18, 2012
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Genesis 2:20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. This week my husband and I will celebrate thirty-six years of wedded bliss. I might be stretching the bliss part a bit here, but […]

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I Hear Voices, Don’t You?

June 11, 2012
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In a recent episode of Gunsmoke, I heard Festus Haggen say that he had the ?second sight.? Miss Kitty, who Festus thought was ?looksome? and ?thoughty? wasn?t buying into his latest revelation. She was kind to Festus so he often went to the Long Branch to throw down a beer with her, but this time […]

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The Calm After the Storm

June 4, 2012
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Last week we loaded up the old RV, and I do mean, ?loaded? and took off for a few days of fun and sun at Emerald Isle, North Carolina. When we left on Tuesday it was hot and sunny. I couldn?t wrap my mind around the weather forecast for the next day saying there would […]

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Thank You, Memorial Day 2012

May 28, 2012
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During the Memorial Day Weekend I started wondering about all the men and women who had lost their lives in the eleven wars Americans have fought in. Each person who lost his, or her life was a unique individual. A person God created with a face, personality and soul like none other. Each fallen soldier […]

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Sweet Summer Time

May 21, 2012
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Summer has officially begun at my house. No, it isn?t June 20th. But, it is the day my granddaughter, Emma gets out of school for the summer. I cannot believe another school year is over. And, in only eleven weeks it will all start over again. When I was a youngster summer vacation began sometime […]

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Rain. God’s Gift or Curse?

May 14, 2012
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It?s raining, it?s pouring the old man is snoring. Yes, really. I woke this morning to my husband Jerry snoring, and the rain pitter-pattering on my window. What a glorious day to be alive. I love rain. For me it is God?s way of telling me to slow down, to sit back and listen. Have […]

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Friends and Festivals

May 7, 2012
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This past weekend kicked off another fun-filled season of festivals in, and around my hometown of Elkin, North Carolina. After being mostly inside all winter, snuggled up to my computer it felt so, so, good to get out into the world. I felt like a caterpillar bursting forth from its cocoon. Now free to once […]

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Miracles?

April 30, 2012

Are miracles still taking place in this crazy, topsy-turvy world we live in? Yes, I believe they are. What about the ability to get up in the mornings? Isn?t it a miracle the way blood pumps through our bodies, and our lungs retract and expand, pulling life-giving air into our being? Man can do lots […]

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Create. Is That All There Is To It?

April 23, 2012
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I love the 1998 movie, Field of Dreams, which stars Kevin Costner. It has been a long time favorite of mine. It inspires a feeling of hope in me. Even after fourteen years the quote from the movie, ?Build it, and they will come,? often rivets through my mind. I have a tin ornament that […]

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