I remember back in the day . . . . . . when there really was nothing in the fridge. I was just young enough that I didn’t know then how to make something out of nothing. I knew how to bake a prune cake, homemade thousand island dressing, how to wash a chicken but not fry it, how to … Continue reading →
“Catch us the foxes,The little foxes that spoil the vines,For our vines have tender grapes.”~Song of Solomon 2:15 God gives. . . and the little foxes come to destroyto destroy the vine He has grown me to,and from the flourishing He has wrought,the fruit, the tender fruitneeding to grow and bear the seedof what God has given. . . Fall in our Tennessee … Continue reading →
(This is a playful post. I am thankful for the blessings of the week – the blessing of my husband, the blessing of all who walk through my porch door, a plate of scones shared, grandchildren making merry in a pile of leaves, little hands helping pull out tomato vines and learning to savor a chocolate mint leaf from the … Continue reading →
“Though your beginning was small, your future will flourish indeed.” ~ Job 8:7 “You only have two months to cook for me, Mom,” said the baby. He’s moving out to do a co-op for a year for his engineering degree – over an hour away. Only two months to cook – not the year and a half I’d thought. Being … Continue reading →
It was time. Nothing had prompted me to pull my camera out with its big lense until the last day of our trip to Historic Williamsburg. . . and we walked. We walked through the gunmaker’s store where we learned there was a 12 year wait for a reproduction rifle like one George Washington used. We walked through the coffee … Continue reading →
Our little mountain in Tennessee is actually having a traditional, authentic autumn season. Instead of boiling hot weather followed by two weeks of what feels like a classic autumn, to be immediately trounced on by our local version of bitter cold. I’ve lived here 31 years – and this has been the first autumn that has felt like a traditional … Continue reading →
Monarch butterfliesOn Beggar’s Ticks seedsYellow seeds with barbed awnsSticky, burring yellow awnsDesigned to be carriedto Other places and other soilsBy unsuspecting flutterbyscarrying unsuspected messagestarry heretarry thereliving breeze to breezedropping Beggar’s Tickfuturesan inheritancefor other seasons CarrierflysWork to waitwait for just the rightbreeze-stirred airdesigned forpara-sailing flutterbymissionsAcross sand and shellsPast orange and raspberry sherbetBeach towelsPast old and younglittle and bigarms, legs and noiseplaying … Continue reading →
The earth is full of things God-designed to teach us about our relationship with our Creator. From planting and harvesting, the rivers and streams that wash us clean, to the bird singing their song from the highest highs to the lowest lows, muddy mountain paths, the faithfulness of sunrise and sunset, . . . . tree limbs, lilies, clematis – … Continue reading →
I’d never much like meatloaf until one day within the last decade, I rummaged through my aunt’s recipes at her kitchen table. I came across a recipe of my great grandmother’s,(Mary Eva, called Maymie to her friends and Muddy to her grandchildren). The recipe for her chili sauce my grandmother made. I’d never much cared for it as a child, … Continue reading →
“Increasingly, as he got older, he enjoyed things. As his personal humility deepened, so did his awareness of the amazing bounty of God. .. so many things. . . one by one the small joys fell; only, to Hillary no joy was small–each had its own mystery, aflame with the glory of God.” ~ Elizabeth Goudge, The Herb of Grace … Continue reading →
