I was inspired this weekend, by a man from India who came and spoke to our church on behalf of the Pardhi people. They are the lowest people in Indian society, not even considered in the caste system and treated as subhuman. Their literacy rate is 2% (and you can imagine how that pained me.)…
I suppose I get it from my dad, this practical side of me. Quite a few years ago he installed a hand wringer on the front of the house, so when he washed and dried the cars he could wring out the chamois. We all thought it was such a great piece of décor, as…
Will you pause for a minute and enjoy this beautiful picture of my mom’s front room? My daughter snapped this picture when we went for a visit a few weeks ago. She says her grandma’s house is magazine worthy. Doesn’t it make you want to find a book and a cup of coffee, so you…
There’s this feature on my website that gives me either a red, yellow, or green light, to indicate if Google likes me and is going to send people to my site. If I get a red light, the application gives me a list of what I could improve. Sometimes it politely tells me I’ve used…
Lots of talk among my people lately, about tasks we have to do that seem impossible. Like my daughter who is working through senior-level accounting classes. And my mom who temporarily has to fill another role at work, on top of her normal job duties. And my husband who listed off to me weeks of…
On Friday afternoon I went to the grocery store, and as I was going down one aisle I smelled something strong and yucky. Looking up, I saw cones blocking off a damp section of the aisle. My imagination had me thinking maybe they had cleaned up throw up. Was it throw up? As I walked…
On Tuesday morning I was crabby -the kind of crabby that you know is unreasonable but that rises up inside you as a great beast. I was afraid for the very safety of my guys. My son had left a mess where he had been sitting in the living room the night before, and I…
Yesterday I got in a very dirty Mitsubishi with my two children and said a teary goodbye to my family in Wyoming. The kids and I settled in for the 12-hour drive back to the north corner of Montana. Always when I start this trip I hope maybe it won’t be 12 hours this time….
I was stretched out next to him on the couch one evening, and something made me think of old English literature. Quote the Canterbury Tales Prologue for me, I said. Naaaaah, he said. Pleeeeease. Quote it for me. Batting eyelashes. And so he began to quote –stage voice locked on and right hand raised quite…
In the same day I read about corruption in Lagos, Nigeria, I handed that man of mine paper towels while he was flat on his back on my kitchen floor, trying to figure out why everything underneath my kitchen sink was wet. I tried running the water, and nothing leaked. So he left the cupboard…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve realized I probably should go outside. I see pictures of people on Facebook who have been outside, and it seems interesting but foreign. Here I am in the house reading books and…reading books. I opened a friend’s blog post a few days ago and scrolled through pictures of her…
I made the best grilled chicken the other night. You’ll find the recipe at thenourishing home.com. It was the marinade that made my guys happy. My newlywed daughter has been looking for simple recipes, so I sent the recipe to her and asked if she had balsamic vinegar. No. What’s special about balsamic vinegar? she asked….
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