All Things Home and Family
September opened with us still logging near St Croix Falls. Our swans floated on the algae clogged pond below the cabin as if winter was nowhere in sight. Perhaps they have flown south by now with this snowy cold weather. The brown colored ducks were rafting though, and eating off the muddy bottom. I sat… Continue reading What’s Next?
Beloved season full of color and spice, on the table and in the woods, I love thee. It is the season of small warming fires in the living room stove for morning coffee time. Yet, children run barefooted in the afternoon sunshine. Evening brings jacket coolness again, ending the day with another fire, this one… Continue reading Fall Is Here
I am dismayed tonight. It is Monday night. Elv is down in St. Croix working while yet it is not too muddy and wet to work. (I was going to say "while yet 'tis day", but of course that isn't true because it is dark out.) And that's my whole point. I'm sitting at home… Continue reading Displaced Person
Dear Mom, In answer to your question on the phone, I write from the couch of the Innsbruck place by the open window. There is the movement of cool, fall air coming in, which I love. Summer can give over now, though it was so short. I love the golden rod and fall asters blooming.… Continue reading Life In The Woods
The title could make our weekend of singing practice and concerts sound as though it was a negative experience for us. The opposite is true: it was full and enriching. Unfortunately, on Monday morning I am hearing words and chords ringing in my ears. My mind is still swirling with the amazing accumulation of the… Continue reading Festival Weekend Debriefing
We had supper on the patio this evening. It's been hot, even sultry, all day. And though Elv isn't at home, I was inspired this afternoon to make a nice supper for Brad and me. We had fried chicken and baked potatoes and fresh cucumbers. It made a pretty plate so I took a picture.… Continue reading Summer Supper
"We're always getting ready to live, but never living." was said by Winston Churchill and was the caption to my sister's Instagram post this past week. I hate to admit how true this is for me. And I would like to say that from now on I shall live. I aim to be present in… Continue reading The Life That I Now Live
We have had some good family discussions lately and in response to a negative statement someone was to have said about worship, Clark said “It is what we bring to our worship time that makes it what it is.” I agree. Our own attitude and willingness to learn and listen makes all the difference. To… Continue reading Worship, Perennials, and a Sailboat
An oasis is a place for rest and refreshment. There should be amenities to sooth tired feet and troubled minds. It is a place to pray away fears. A safe place to shed tears or laugh. We like to retreat from battle there. It is an appropriate place to regroup. To strategize. It can also… Continue reading This Summer’s Oasis
Would they really be here? We had picked them twenty years ago here in these sand lands of northern Wisconsin. So I kept searching in the almost-shade of low shrubbery, small trees, just off the trail, in a sweeping line into the trees and back to the trail. Eventually I found them them, blue at… Continue reading Blueberry Picking Day
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