I had my week all planned out. The day planner read something like this: Monday? Meeting in Dallas with oil client. Tuesday? Meeting to squ...

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood... - Ephesians 6:12 It was early this morning, the light a soft, golden glow behind the curta...

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. -Anne Bronte Nothing says summer like an ear of fresh corn. In f...

Seduced by pretty pictures in the spring White Flower Farm catalogue, this over-zealous gardening girl planted 27 tomato plants. Softball-s...

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always. -Hippocrates There's nothing like being home when you're sick. Although there may be t...

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. - Joseph Addison I cou...

A bumper crop of purple hull peas this year. I shelled a bushel when I was home last week and eyed the remaining swelling pods that clinged ...

There's such magic here. At Freeman House. When you're away you forget, but then you come home and there it is. Oh, hello magic . ...

It's been a blur of headlights and highways the past several days. Driving from Monticello, Utah, to Ft. Worth, Texas, affords a lot ...

The answers were beautiful... the reasons why our lives - despite their challenges and heartbreaks - are beautiful . I loved them... each ...

I'm constantly tagged and nudged by folks for little blog games like, "Tell Us 7 Things About Yourself", etc. I played along ...

Snow? In June? No. [Grin] Cottonwood fuzzies. They're piling up along the roads and fences, pretending to be snowdrifts. They're no...

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And He s...

Explored Mesa Verde ruins over the weekend, in addition to railing and rafting. More on that later. For now, I have only this to say: I ain...

It all begins so calmly. Beautiful afternoon... sun at your back... still, placid river... laughing life-jacket wearers beaming with antici...

The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.... the D&SNG. I boarded, sleepily, on Saturday morning for a coal-powered ride up the ...