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When Hope is Hidden

  We’ve all been there.  You might still be there.  Today.  This minute. I am. You’re hoping for something, but you can’t even begin to comprehend how it will ever come to fruition. You want to have hope.  You need to have hope. Hope itself is something […]

Monday Mondays 1.23.17

Monday Mondays 1.23.17

My gosh. Not a democracy, but a republic (that’s a pet peeve of mine) can be a very very messy thing, even if the passing of power is peaceful. Regardless of who you voted for, my wish is that we would start focusing more on […]

monday mondays 1.9.17

monday mondays 1.9.17

Happy New Year!!! Well, with a new year, I aim once again to blog more.  I probably could’ve  posted a whole bunch of these Monday posts if only I’d actually taken the time to post them; I have tons of links I’ve sent to myself […]

How to Deal with Endings

How to Deal with Endings

A few years ago, a family that we spent a lot of time with through homeschooling had to move out of state.  They were pretty well entrenched in the community, their church, and the list of people that were sad to see them go was […]

monday mondays 10.10.16

Lately, I’ve been letting my creative juices flow in other areas besides my blog. I’ve made a few small decorating changes to my home, although, they weren’t quick by any measure, worked on a painting of my dogs, done a little sewing here and there, […]

Monday Mondays 9.19.16

That’s my buddy in the picture above.  Since my dog Ginger died about a year and a half ago, this one – although technically my daughter’s dog, but we all know how that is! – sticks to me like glue.  When Ginger was alive, I […]

It’s A Different World After All

This past Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of 9-11, and to me, it still seems like yesterday I was watching that horrible day unfold on every single TV channel. I think we could all agree that the world has changed since then, but especially since we […]

Monday Mondays 9.12.16

It’s college football season!  My favorite season of the year.  Well, if we’re talking real seasons, that would be Spring, but otherwise, I could watch college football all day every day.  I’m not an LSU fan, or a Boise State fan, but I pay attention […]

Monday Mondays 8.21.16

  Enjoy the road that you’re on this week!  Be blessed & live well!   How you think about gold, silver and bronze and what it says about your personality How & why the most iconic image of Rio came to be I just canned […]

Paleo Fig Muffins

Every year my favorite grocery chain has Black Mission and/or Brown Turkey figs BOGO (buy one get one free) and I can never help myself from buying a couple containers of them. Dried figs are one thing; fresh figs are immeasurably better.  The problem is […]