Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details. 1. Blooming dogwoods. Most of the dogwoods in the neighborhood are in pretty much full bloom now. So pretty! I love [...]

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Yes, I got dressed in a hurry. Why do you ask?

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Melli’s ABC Photo Challenge: W and X

It’s time for the next-to-the-last edition of Melli‘s ABC photo challenge! Most of you know the drill by now, but in case there is anyone new, Melli challenged us to find letters of the alphabet in the things around us. We’re not to make the letter out of anything or take a picture of the [...]

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Book Review: Les Miserables

Yes, I finally finished it! All 1,400+ pages! I’ve read a couple of different abridged versions of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and made it my goal to read the unabridged version. A brief synopsis for those who might be unfamiliar with the story: Les Miserables at its most basic is the story of Jean [...]

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Characteristics of faith

I’m thinking out loud here… I’ve mentioned that for our ladies’ luncheon this year, instead of a speaker giving a devotional, we’re having a lady do a dramatic presentation of Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler Rose, an autobiographical book about her confinement in a Japanese prison camp while serving as a missionary to the [...]

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Heaven is even sweeter now

We found out early this morning that one of the dear saints at our church passed away. She was a good friend, one of the first people here to invite us over. She had myriad physical problems but never had a self-pitying attitude. She volunteered long past the age that people retire to their rocking [...]

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End of a long day

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Poetry Friday

Poetry Friday is hosted at ayuddha.net today. I have two springtime poems today. One by Robert Frost is one of my favorites — I think I have posted it every April. Spring The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out [...]

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Booking Through Thursday: Library Week

The weekly Booking Through Thursday question for today is: Suggested by Barbara: I saw that National Library week is coming up in April [12-18], and that led to some questions. How often do you use your public library and how do you use it? Has the coffeehouse/bookstore replaced the library? Did you go to the [...]

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O Baby!

(My ABC Challenge post is here.) I saw at Linda’s 2nd Cup of Coffee that Rachel at In His Hands is having a picture carnival called O Baby, asking people to post pictures of themselves as babies and little ones. This is one of the earliest I have. I was maybe 6 months old there, [...]

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