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Saturday, June 10, 2017
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ~ Mark Twain I’m sitting in my car at the mall, reaching for my purse so I can run in for a few minutes before I grab some...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
“Wherever I am, the world comes after me. It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it. Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far and high into the mountains, then...
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Saturday, June 24, 2017
“Take time to see the quiet miracles that seek no attention” ~ John O’Donohue The stillness of the predawn morning. Fresh bread on the kitchen counter. A hummingbird at the feeder. The gift of another...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
“After all,” Anne had said to Marilla once, “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple...
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“If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. . .The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother’s life . . . the stronger the daughter.”...
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Thursday, July 6, 2017
“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” ~ Seth Godin Late afternoon–late, because it’s been a busy day–I settle in to my old...
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Saturday, July 8, 2017
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” ~ May Sarton Did you even taste that?...
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Saturday, August 12, 2017
“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.” ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay I’m sipping coffee and looking at the hills across the river–hazy in the smoke...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
“August of another summer, and once again I am drinking the sun . . .” ~ Mary Oliver, The Pond It turns out that the catch was more plentiful than anticipated and I stay up too late canning salmon....
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” ~ William Blake I settle in on the deck with a cup of iced tea and the book I’m in the midst of–one I’m taking my time with, chewing on, and allowing...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017
“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.” ~ Lewis Grizzard Weary, I sink into the sofa at the end of the day. “I’m done,” I tell Gerry. Twenty-five...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017
“The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.” ~ Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees What a blessing these last, hot days of August are. I spent too much...
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Sunday, September 10, 2017
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” ~ Madeleine L’Engle, A Ring of Endless Light I’m baking bread before we head to church this morning. There are beautiful...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” ~ Corrie ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook Sometimes everything tilts suddenly and we are reminded how folly it is to...
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Saturday, September 16, 2017
“I don’t think that we’re meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.” ~ Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember I hear the words from the doctor but seeing the...
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Friday, September 29, 2017
“We must learn to acknowledge that the creation is full of mystery; we will never entirely understand it. We must abandon arrogance and stand in awe. We must recover the sense of the majesty of...
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017
“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” ~ Francis Bacon It’s delicious. The early morning silence in which we sip our coffee, read our books, and I tap out words, wraps around me like a worn and...
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“Occasionally, weep deeply over the life that you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Feel the pain. Then wash your face, trust God, and embrace the life that he’s given you.” ~ John Piper They stand...
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Sunday, November 12, 2017
Rest and be thankful. ~ William Wordsworth Some days these are the only things required—and aren’t we blessed by the gift of days like this? Today: worship and teaching, fellowship and family. We are...
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Thursday, November 23, 2017
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ~ Epicurus The tinkling of the alarm on Gerry’s phone breaks the...
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