How to Find Hidden Treasure (#SmallWonder Link-up)

(photo credit) Our giant black chicken stood outside the open kitchen window clucking with vigor yesterday afternoon.  Despite the high heat and humidity, she marched back and forth in the green grass busily squawking with an air of self-importance, a clear sign...

The Birthday Flock (#SmallWonder Link-up)

We stuffed them into boxes marked “Smirnoff Ice” and “Captain Morgan’s,” small boxes, free from the local liquor store.  John cut air holes on the ride across town, slicing with his utility knife in the passenger seat while I drove.  When we arrived at the...

Gathering Mystery (a poem)

Eggs arrive  one-a-day, like manna.   We run  to check the nest box, Israelites leaping at first light, hands open, to gather the mystery of provision from  unlikely places.   Photo Credit. Linking with Playdates with God and the Unforced...

This is a Mother’s Love

God is the source of all love; whenever we show love, whenever we experience love, we are experiencing an aspect of God.  For me, the role of mother, as one who loves and is loved, has been a revelation of many aspects of God’s love.  The following...

Settling in to Spaciousness

I’m still tip-toeing around this place like an uncertain guest.  Stopping to pause at every window, checking to see that the sky is still there.   Stepping across the road to retrieve the mail, the old corn field opens before me like the ocean. ...
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