Whew!

I think this is the most time I’ve spent away from my blog since starting it three years ago: with the exception of a quick (but meaningful!) post of a hymn on Sunday, I haven’t posted anything since Friday. It’s been a busy weekend — a busy couple of weeks, in fact. As we were [...]

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Sweetly Resting

This hymn came to mind last week when I was writing about a quiet heart being one resting in the Lord, so I looked it up this afternoon. I don’t think I have ever sung it in a congregation: I’ve just heard it on recordings or the radio. Unfortunately the only recording I can find [...]

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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, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites or to join in. 1. My semi-annual clothes switch. [...]

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So a private investigator rang our doorbell tonight…

…about 7:30 and said she needed a safe place to stay until about 9:00 and asked if she could stay in her car in front of our house. Doesn’t that sound bizarre? What made it seem even more so was that I had just finished making some phone calls on the couch, had just gotten [...]

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Booking Through Thursday: Discuss!

I haven’t done a Booking Through Thursday for a while, but today they used one of my submitted questions: I was wanting to try a certain author and wished I knew someone who had read her works so I could get a recommendation when it occurred to me that having a “YOU ask the question” [...]

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If you review books or other products on your blog…

…you might want to read this interview with Richard Cleland of the Federal Trade Commission,  which is  revising its guidelines concerning bloggers who do product reviews. I can understand the need to disclose to readers that a post is a paid post or that a book or product being reviewed has been received for free [...]

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Random Dozen #5

Hosted by Linda at 2nd Cup of Coffee. Visit Linda’s to link up or find other participants. 1. On an average, how often do you splurge and buy something for yourself? Let’s just say too often and leave it at that, OK? 2. What is the last creative project you began/finished? Feel free to post [...]

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Bits and pieces

You know how when you shake a snow globe, everything inside keeps swirling around for a while before it settles down? That’s how my brain feels after a busy week and a half or so. It felt so good yesterday to only have a couple of small errands. Then I thought I’d get tons of [...]

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A Quiet Spirit

This is something I wrote for our ladies’ ministry booklet for this month, and I thought I’d share it here: I Peter 3: 3-4 tells us that “the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit…is in the sight of God of great price,” and it is to be more of what we focus on adorning [...]

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Laudable Linkage

Hope you’re doing well this fine fall day! Still have a lot to get done today, but I wanted to share some good things seen around the Web lately: How can I know I have a heart for God at By Grace. The waiting is the hardest part of waiting by Big Mama. Quotes: “…f [...]

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