You can pass this off as just another one of stonehousescribblings’ little rants or not as you wish. I am not writing this to impress you with anything about me. I am just attempting, from my own small and sheltered world view, to blow the whistle on something that I happen to think is important.… Continue reading Mennonites and Movies
Author: Arla
The Short Days
They say that time flies when you’re having fun. We ARE enjoying these short winter days. I looked it up and verified that in Northern Wisconsin we are having our shortest days. About 8 1/2 hours a day from actual sunrise to sunset. So morning coffee is by lamplight and the soft… Continue reading The Short Days
Christmas Songs For You
Christmas music and song is everywhere. I listened in on VCY for a few minutes in the car yesterday. That’s about how long I can last on VCY America, but that is beside the point here. VCY carols run along the same lines as our Mennonite Christmas songs: carols with lyrics telling… Continue reading Christmas Songs For You
It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas
Christmas Lists are in the making. I have always felt silly making a list for Christmas. Somehow it feels presumptuous. But maybe it is time to grow up and think about others more than myself. So I made a list. Lo, it is a lot of fun. On my list, among other things I… Continue reading It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas
Thanksgiving 2012
The Sparta Grabers hosted the Graber family gathering this year. Marlene and Jen went all out decorating and cooking for us. Bruce smoked a turkey for our meal. Mom made the pies as usual. Pumpkin, Apple and Brown Sugar Pies. Mom is in her eighties. Nobody will be able to duplicate her exact Brown Sugar… Continue reading Thanksgiving 2012
Sunday Afternoon Scribbling
Sunday afternoon stretches out before us: no company, no plans, and completely ours to do as we wish. The teenagers head for their rooms or the nearest couch to sprawl and snooze. Elv and I sit here in the living room not talking and on our computers. The fire flickers in the stove,… Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Scribbling
A Cookie Recipe
White Chocolate Craisin Oatmeal GF CookiesWe have been trying to find a good name for the latest cookie recipe around here. Last week I had a couple of cups of Dena’s pecans to use up and so the cookies were… Continue reading A Cookie Recipe
Playing (Planting Tulips, Baking Cookies, & Pictures) Instead of Working (Sewing).
It has been snowing all day. Our first good skiff. It comes down in big lazy flakes or whirling light snow. It is not serious snow, really, but maybe. So we planted more tulips today.
Marmeeing a Two Year Old
We had Benny here for a few days while his mom was in the OB ward birthing and caring for a new baby. Asher James Graber has been introduced. Benny is about to have his world changed forever. Up to this point Benny has been under the delusion that the world rotates around his wishes… Continue reading Marmeeing a Two Year Old
November
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