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Comfort

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” -Edith Sitwell     It was a long night last night in our home. Painful ear aches, sleep walking and nightmares, colds and snuffly, […]

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When Commercialism {still} suffocates Christ.

Little twinkle lights warmly glow in the evening in our home. Tiny pink and colored Christmas trees have been set up around the house … Festive Christmas carols can be heard at random times during the day… holiday baking and sprinkles and messes in the kitchen have begun…     And homemade gifts are being […]

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When Old is New Again.

“Cooking is not about being the best or most perfect cook, but rather it is about sharing the table with family and friends.” ~ Skye Gyngell, My Favorite Ingredients   I have always adored the old way of living .. I love antiques, anything *not* from the present day and time … for example, my […]

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{First} Snow Fall of the Season …

“It’s the first snow of the year! I wonder will it stay for good? I wonder will it be here in the morning when I wake up to meet the day will the fresh white snow still around me lay?”  -Hawksley Workman Yesterday, we woke up to find the world covered in a gentle blanket […]

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Work. Good ol’ Fashioned Work.

Wow … It’s been a mad whirlwind of setting up a new house, paining rooms, sorting through boxes and then moving things back into boxes are rooms are ripped apart and changed, 3/4 of a floor being cut open for piping, a furnace that would stop working, electrical issues, severance issues, three out of five […]

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