Snow! It finally came, just in time to reign in the new year. Or should I say rain in the new year? It’s rained more than snowed this winter, I’m pretty sure. That is NOT normal for this part of the country. And rain followed by a chilly night always makes us plenty nervous, deadly [...]
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Jan 03
mama mondays: white new year
A snowy account of our Christmas and New Year break
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two shovels and a snowplow
Typically, our cul-de-sac is not a neighborhood gathering spot until spring, when everyone begins coming out of the woodwork again. "Hey!" we yell to one another from across the way, showing that we are real, that the houses we’ve driven near and by all winter, as well as our own, really did contain people within [...]
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faith fridays: christmas 2009 -the ups and downs of it
"Roasted marshmallows anyone?" Christmas 2009 – The Ups and Downs of It Well, as with life in general, Christmas 2009 has brought some unexpected surprises — some more welcomed than others. As people of faith, we watch with delight as our blessings rise to the top, even among the splatterings of disappointment that have [...]
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