And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. -Galatians 6:9 Don't give up. Keep going....

I am learning Hebrew. Did I mention it? I think so, but it's been awhile. In order to speak Hebrew like a native, I'm learning that...

Freeman House, Winter 2008 Today I'm dreaming of snowfalls. Of scarves and blankets and roaring fires and bubbling stews. And when I sa...

I watched the sun set from above the clouds this week. Have you ever watched from 32,000 feet as the sun sank to other kingdoms? It stays wi...

When all this is done - the striving, the longing, the hoping, the waiting- I'd like a corner in heaven that looks like this. Or maybe ...

Photo: Preemptive Love Coalition (Sob. Laugh. Grin. Wipe eyes. Laugh again. Sob.)  Leah is home. Read it and weep . Again, thank you. -...

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and privacy; and therefore starved for meditiation and true friendship. -C.S. Le...

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Stop what you're doing and make this. If you have to leave work, all the better. The sooner you get this in the fridge, the better your ...

I don't do much baking in July. I mean, have you ever been to Texas in high summer? It's a huge oven. With grass. No bake desserts a...

Remember this sweetie? She's in Istanbul now, gearing up for heart surgery . Together, we at this humble little blog scraped up $1,200 ...

The apples are nearly ready. Coincidentally, I'm hungry for cold, cold cinnamon applesauce this afternoon. If I could be anywhere righ...

I made pepper jelly. I made pepper jelly because I love pepper jelly. There's something funny to me about the whole concept of making j...

I love that verse in Genesis where Jacob is listing off precious things for his sons to take to Joseph in Egypt: Put some of the best pro...

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. -Bernard Berenson   Trade you a bl...

 Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. - Russell Baker     Happy Memorial Day. And happy summer. From one suffe...

...Michelle Turner who donated on April 27. Congratulations, Michelle!

I can't put words to how touched I am by your generosity. For Leah . Sweet, precious little Leah who's waiting patiently for a healt...

Millie Out Walking by Jim May has been so full and the week days so brutal. I'm staying in a hotel in a strange place, six days a w...

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds. -Aristotle Onassis The winds are... hi...