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                Dear Reader: I think the transition after the holidays with a long (usually cold) January awaiting….leaves us all a little less joyful, perhaps, than we were with the anticipation of Christmas and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Kate-Wolfe Jenson, in her latest blog, provided this famous quote that I love: GOD’S FIRST LANGUAGE IS SILENCE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A TRANSLATION. – Thomas Keating As I went to re-decorate the Franklin Stove yesterday….after removing the Christmas … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A definite God Wink took place yesterday. Here we are just barely with our toe in the door opening of 2016 and a God Wink has already befallen  me. Like most of the mornings recently, yesterday appeared pretty … Continue reading →

        Dear Reader: Don’t we love being around people who can light up a room simply by entering it? These are people who keep a sparkle in their eyes, an amused look on their faces like they … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It’s here, the first day of January, the first day of the new year-2016! Isn’t there such a clean feeling about starting over again with a new year in wait? It’s like smelling a recently cleaned kitchen floor … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: By the time you read this short blog today…we will almost be living in a new year – 2016! I wish for you, certainly, a Happy New Year but more than that I wish for you a different … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: From the devotional Finding Peace at Christmas (RBC Ministries) comes the true story of Simon, an immigrant from the Netherlands to the United States. His wife, Kay, and all three children were born in this country. Then, as … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I think when it finally dawned on me that all kind of “endings” we experience, while going through life, are really opportunities paving the way for “new beginnings” …my perspective on life changed dramatically. Especially at this time … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I hope for you that your memories of opening up Santa and other presents are ones of complete chaos…that you remember opening and opening and then there came another slew of gifts from more family & friends arriving…For … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: The “children” went in together to get me an art pole for the garden by Stephanie Burgess. She makes a variety of these poles for the home or garden. Mollie had seen these and gotten a grandmother … Continue reading →