Joyce Rupp’s Changing the Landscape
As part of my own Lenten study time this season, I have been reading My Soul Feels Lean: Poems of Loss and Restoration by Joyce …
snow
lessons learned: what snowy daffodils can teach us about resilience
One summer evening when I was 10-years-old, my family joined in a neighborhood gathering. The parents sat on a patio chatting and fanning themselves while …
lessons learned: craving winter
For the past two weeks, I have been working in Wisconsin, in the middle of 2 snow storms and frigid temperatures, and I have loved …
prayer on a snowy morning
Even on an official snow day, the dogs woke me up early this morning. I have been sitting at my kitchen table watching God begin …
Tess Gallagher’s Choices
Choices ~ Tess Gallagher I go to the mountain side of the house to cut saplings, and clear a view to snow on the mountain. …
silent snow
I am reposting this one because we are on our third year of cold, wet winters, and I am longing for snow. Today may be …
winter storms, upcycled Christmas trees–protecting birds in winter
Yesterday, my daughter packed away all of our ornaments, the creche and our Santa collection. Our poor tree looked so pitiful standing there alone when …
reflection on a snowy morning
I love snow. It’s as simple as that. Whether it’s a powdered sugar dusting or an up-to-my-knees accumulation, there is something about snow that puts …
lilies in the leaves
In spite of Winter’s last sigh of snow on Wednesday, Spring has gracefully swept into the farm this weekend, greeting us with chirping robins and …
silent snow
Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, …
lessons learned: the crocus in winter
…. there may not be enough marigolds all summer to equal the first spring crocus ~ Nancy R. Hugo Last week, I traveled to Wisconsin …
recipe: easy gluten-free vegetarian chili
Since I’m gluten-free and don’t drink much milk, no milk-and-bread runs here before any potential snow storms. My staples include homemade chili and/or soups, tea, …