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Becoming
I don’t bounce out of bed every morning with a smile on my face, but that’s the goal. As a matter of fact, not bouncing is my first clue. If I choose to lay in bed and let my mind start running wild, that’s a road straight downhill, so it’s best to get my feet…
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Uncoil the Hose
There are all kinds of gadgets to keep watering hoses organized and most are designed to keep it tightly coiled. For decades, every aspect of my life was wound tight like a watering hose. Last summer, I purchased a large, metal, decorative drum to coil my hose in and my daughter was amused how perfectly…
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Ease into August
I left the music playing in the house as I walked outside to care for the flowers. Stepping back inside to grab a glass of water, this song was playing. As the water filled my glass my eyes well up in sync. That’s what this song does to me. It hits my heart center and…
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Good Orderly Direction
Over the weekend, I walked through a fine example of how God shows off in my life. When people suggest listening to that ‘still small voice’, you can trust it. I pulled the stool up to my typewriter, inserted paper and began typing a letter to a friend. It was late Saturday morning, but the…
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The Chosen Few
While making the first pour of the Chemex, I can still hear her sarcastic remark and it makes me chuckle. My daughter and I are the same kind of crazy. She taught me how to make a Chemex and I watched her pour one repeatedly until it was my turn to try. Each one pours…
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My Life is a Meme
Yes…Thank you. 💜
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Worth the Price
After posting An Outdoor Room, your comments got me thinking about an outdoor chair, so I’ve been looking and found one, but then got my feelings hurt a little bit. I’ve been looking at this outdoor chair for over a week and had it in my cart for purchase, but today it was $100 more…
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Rest Our Wings
The female Cardinal arrived at the same spot in front of the window and fluttered there in mid air looking for what was no longer there. I spent time recently repotting some plants and this hanging basket was one of them. Instead of returning the hanging basket to it’s original spot in front of the…
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No More Flies
I was surprised to be entrusted with this, but they see me taking care of plants outdoors, so assumed I’d know how to attend to them indoors. Those are two totally different beasts, but last Winter I practiced taking care of some indoors and for the most part was successful. My neighbors went to visit…
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That Was You
When I first started writing publicly about him it was under the pen name Hercules. When I told him this he replied, “Barbara. It’s from thinking I was Hercules my whole life that I’m in the shape I’m in today.” We laughed, but it wasn’t funny because his body is in pain every day. I…
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