To me, Easter is the happiest of holidays. Those who loved Jesus had seen him endure a slow and agonizing death on the cross. When He was placed into the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, their hope was buried with Him. Grief and despair consumed them. But then came that glorious morning when the women […]
Mar 28, 2013
When the Past Becomes the Present
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My dear cousin sent me a connection to a website for our family reunion which is coming up this summer. If any of my family want more information on this, email me and I’ll direct you to her site. Anyway, that got me started thinking about families. I can only imagine the surprise on the […]
Mar 24, 2013
The Woods Were Dark and Scary
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“Now remember to stay in sight of the house,” Mom said as my little brother and I walked into the woods. So began a tale of which, I admit, I was not the hero. My brother was. When we first moved into the small house under the big oaks, I was naturally curious about my […]
Mar 13, 2013
Old Barns
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A post from a few years ago. I liked old barns then; I like old barns now. My Grandfather’s Barn My grandfather’s barn leans to the south. The weathered old boards are gray. The tin roof is rusted and dented and busted; The wind blew the doors away. But once that barn, filled with freshly-mown […]
Mar 8, 2013
The Dining Table
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My dining table is traveling incognito. Sure, it looks like a wood table that has seen a lot of use but it’s actually a lot more than that. Mom bought the table years ago after she saw it sitting on someone’s front porch. She stopped and asked if it was for sale and it was. She […]
Mar 2, 2013
A Tribute to Chappo
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On my Facebook page this morning, I commented that I’m more at home riding a horse than using a computer. A cousin friend agreed. That started me thinking about the beauty of horses and how the memory of one particular horse will always be with me. When I was a girl, we lived at the […]
