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Indian Summer
For the past two weeks, we’ve been wallowing in a glorious Indian summer, the longest and warmest in years. Not only a prolonged warm stretch, but a dry stretch as well, the first since early June. We’ve been making up time lost to the summer’s rain and floods -...
Saved by the Bell
Last night I dreamed I was teaching again. At the school I last worked in - the fact that it closed last spring having no bearing on my subconscious mind - pulled into the classroom on an emergency basis. But the emergency continued, and there I was week after week....
The Greatest Generation
If asked to name those who embodies the values of my husband’s side of the family, two names would come to mind: Uncle Harold and Aunt Harriet Walker. Because of their example and forethought, their descendants gather at Shadow Valley each summer for Family Camp....
Apple Crisp
Apple season is in full swing, and I’m loving it. Honey Crisps for eating, cider for drinking, Jonathans and Haroldsons for baking, discounted bags of seconds for applesauce. Life is good! Apple crisp is one of the oldest and most popular apple desserts around. And...
Love Like That
So the ransomed of the Lord will return, And come with joyful shouting to Zion; And everlasting joy will be on their heads. Isaiah 51:11 Not too many years ago, we owned Abby, a yippy, snippy, little dachshund whose bark was much bigger than her brain. Once Anne...
A Little Waspish
After being on the road most of last week, all I could think about yesterday was getting home. I dreamed of sleeping in our own bed, watching our old trees turn colors, cooking and eating comfort food. And when I got home everything began as anticipated, starting with...