All Things Home and Family
Wouldn't it be handy if we could always choose exactly the right time for needed change. We want to be in control of when to make improvements: when there's enough money or when we have more time. And while we dally around, changes are commencing apace as usual with or without us. Excuses won't do.… Continue reading When It’s Time To Change
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
The lake scene was typical for Grabers. Everybody's vehicle backed up to a semi central area, tail gates open and doors ajar. Coolers, towels, flip-flops, baskets, blankets, lawn chairs, and firewood from beach to cars. The men cooked. The girls sent the children off for water play and went looking for blueberries in the woods.Elv… Continue reading Juneberry Jam
It is the oddest feeling to be sole cook and bottle washer. Sometimes it is sad, but mostly just odd... something to get used to, like new shoes. Whatever gets done is only what I have done myself. I wonder, as I tend and arrange, what my own style or way of doing this, is… Continue reading Home Things
His text said, "Weather permitting we are going to put green canoe in and putter down Billy Boy with a picnic lunch in afternoon." So we did. We tried to remember when was the last time we took our green canoe out for an 'explore'. Couldn't pin that down. So we concluded that it had… Continue reading In Summer
Summer is here with warmth and sunshine and green grass. The leaves burst out of the bare branches overnight seemingly and the water temperature on the surface of Lake Windigo last night was a swim-able 74 degrees. We asked the family who was tubing last night if it was really warm enough. Mr. looked at… Continue reading Summer Begins
Ten days until Amy's wedding. It's been wild. Suddenly spring came for real making it possible to do the yard work. Everybody came and helped us here at the Stone House and then Elv and I cleaned and raked even more after that. And hauled tires and recycle-able metal away. Tires cost and metal… Continue reading In The Midst
Busy at Northwood Industries where I work, I answer in the affirmative. At home when the phone rings and asked, I suddenly feel confused. Of course, I'm working. At home and working. Truly, my friends, I do want to talk with you, at home or at work. Maybe after this, you'll be asked… Continue reading Are You At Work?
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