Category: Life
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Flying down the road, absorbed in your thoughts,as the beginnings of wildflowers peek out at the sun.Out of reverie with a jolt – What is that smell? Cutting the air like a knife, breaking the spell.Bemused searching eyeslook for the tell – And you see a manriding on the green shoulderof the road on a riding…
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Lord, thank you for the beauty of this neighborhoodFor the trees and flowersThat adorn this place – our temporary home.Let us remember our true journey as we tread the steps that bring us Out of our houses and into the path of opportunity. O, Lord, you are the God who seesEach family and person enclosed within each…
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This lineage of lemon trees has been in my family for over 100 years and I’m very proud to participate in keeping the tradition – literally – alive. My particular plant exists thanks to my cousin…
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Everybody was winding down from the aftermath of Christmas Eve when it happened. Pleasantly stuffed, the adults were sifting through the scattered wrapping paper for the gifts that needed to be gathered and put away, when something caught the corner of Grampa’s eye. My three year old daughter was standing on the bottom rung of…
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Cats, as you probably know, are weird creatures. My parents’ cat shares the name Candace with a first century queen, honorably mentioned, in the biblical book of Acts. I think maybe she knows this because she certainly puts on royal airs. In keeping with her nature, she enjoys hiding under the bed in order to…
Writ & Whimsy 