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Top 10 Downton Abbey Burning Questions
While waiting for my stomach to stop rolling from all the plot twists in Downton Abbey, Season 3, several burning questions came to mind. The top ten made this week's list. Spoiler Alert: If you haven't yet watched Season 3, stop reading now! 10. Would citizens of...
A Rascal at Heart
Sixteen years ago this day, my father died. He was born almost 68 years earlier, the long-awaited and only child of his doting parents, Cyril and Fern Stratton. Maybe because he was an only his parents, who raised him on an Iowa farm during the Great Depression, could...
Knowing God
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 2 Peter 1:2 Don’t quote me on this, but my gut feeling is that Simon Peter didn’t coin the phrase “Good Friday.” For him, that Friday was not his best day. Not only did the man for...
Coconut Cookies–Dairy Free Variety
Just after I perfected a new recipe for dairy-free chocolate chip cookies, Lent came along–as did my choice to forgo chocolate until Easter. Talk about bad timing! Then again, the chocolate cravings turn my thoughts back to Lent and Christ's ultimate sacrifice several...
Top Ten Things to Like about Snowstorms
Winter came to visit last week, not as fiercely as the weather forecasters predicted. But it covered the ground with a clean, white reminder of the top ten good things about snowstorms. 10. The prospect of a humdinger of a snowstorm breaks the monotony of the job...
Remodeling Doesn’t Get Any Sexier than This
Who knew remodeling could be sexy? Certainly not me, until I went upstairs to investigate the progress on the hall floor project. Remember that project? The one we foolishly thought would take only a month or two. The one that enters its eleventh month of progress (or...