Stone House Scribblings

 Home is the place the family lands at the end of the day. It's our safe place. It's where we rest and rejuvenate. Home is where the family belongs without question. We can always come back home or go back home. Home is where the family lives. We tell each other about our day at work. We… Continue reading Home Things

 How often do you hear someone express doubts or fears or tears? The need for comfort is real. And it is a need that should be met. Especially in others. But I've been noticing that it is far easier to know when I need comfort than to sense when someone else needs a little cosseting.Why? … Continue reading Comfort One Another With These Words

When I can, I like to go ride with him on his machine. The other day I started to see what is right in Elv's line of vision all day, every day.     Wouldn't this be boring? Piles of logs. Pile after pile after pile. Seven sorts right now. A flat tire today on this new… Continue reading The Two Worlds of A Logger and His Wife

 We ran off to Cheney Lake the other evening, looking for some "downtime" and rest. Cheney Lake is an hour away, hidden in the old barrens of Douglas county among jackpine and pin oak scrub and plantation pine. A few popple trees. It's a little blue bowl in the sand owned by the county. No… Continue reading Cheney Lake

AngeleelahI'm keeping a journal in a leather bound book of lined pages. I have been doing this for several years and I enjoy it. It has our own unique collection of facts and "what I think" thoughts written out. Most of it is just the mundane stuff of the unimportant ordinary of us and our… Continue reading Keeping a Record

 The furrowing wake of The Tub "loaded for bear", that is, for fishing, with fishermen large and small. That old boat can actually put a small breeze in your face these days. The little people loved it. We swung away from the dock and headed straight for our fishing hole from long ago. As soon… Continue reading This Could Be a Long Posting: Pictures and Pontification

 We have been going to the cabin for the 4th of July for about five years now. Benny and Asher expect it by now and so do we all. This year the "bugs" weren't too bad yet and the fire flies were just like I remember them from childhood. When Elv and I drove back… Continue reading Goslings and Children

 Pink hollyhocks are blooming in the garden. Just in time to show Dot and thank her for these beauties that she gave us a few years ago. Two years ago they rusted badly. It was sickening. So far this year, they're beautiful.We're in a place of prayer these days. Some of us have vigils to… Continue reading It Matters To Him

 We had a damaging, summer storm on Saturday night. This storm was forecast all week. Of course, forecasters were unsure of timing and significance, but we were assured that there would be heavy rain and perhaps hail and wind. Saturday dawned rather warm and sultry and grew warmer as the day progressed. We watched on… Continue reading Alone In The Dark

This is the week to make meals of the meat we have in the freezer as opposed to buying fresh meat. I need to be creative! I found a pack of pan fish fillets in the fridge freezer. The last of our catches from last summer.We had fish for supper. On the patio. And iced… Continue reading Idyllic Living