AT THE WATER’S EDGE:
LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
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Happy Birthday Happy
I thought focusing on this verse this week would be appropriate since we are celebrating our dog Happy’s third birthday. I think it’s interesting how one’s attitude and actions toward animals is indicative of his actions towards people — but this proverb turns it around from the way I usually think of it. You often…
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Pickled Hop Shoots – A Delicious Appetizer!
At the back of my perennial garden is a special garden space that really belongs to Tom. This is where his hops grow — with the bines growing up twine that reaches to the roof of our garage where they can then expand out sideways. Hops grow fast. Really fast. The shoots come out of…
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Divide and Conquer and Other Spring Garden Happenings
Spring came early this year. Then it quickly faded back into winter — jumping to summer for a couple days and then back to winter. Kind of feels like the changing of the seasons in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. At any rate, I’ve been trying to get outdoors whenever the weather decides it…
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Adding to My Learning
Going back to the theme of this blog, you might guess that this is a proverb of importance to me. I understand the importance of learning and I have a strong drive to always be learning something new. But there’s a part of this verse that has always been very hard for me. See below…
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Planning and Plotting this Year's Garden
The first crocus of the season – Spring is coming! Every winter, I have a tendency to hibernate. The cold and I don’t get along very well. The past couple years, I made a concerted effort to get out and enjoy winter and the snow for what it is — and we actually had a…
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Heart Check: Above All Else
For my 31st birthday, I decided to write down 31 of my favorite proverbs, or wise sayings from the Bible that I had been studying. This year, I am hoping to take a deeper dive into each of them and share some thoughts on them with you here. The book of Proverbs in the bible…
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Could the Groundhog be Right?
I’ve said it before — I take issue with Punxatawney Phil and his shadowy predictions. This Groundhog Day I was too busy with Rheumatoid Awareness Day to pay much attention to Phil, but I did hear that he didn’t see his shadow. In theory that means that spring is just around the corner. Well, judging…
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Taking Advantage of Opportunities to Do Good
For my 31st birthday, I decided to write down 31 of my favorite proverbs, or wise sayings from the Bible that I had been studying. This year, I am hoping to take a deeper dive into each of them and share some thoughts on them with you here. The picture above is from a Mission…
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4th Annual Rheumatoid Awareness Day: The Real RD
*This post is part of a Blog Carnival put on by Kelly at RAWarrior.com. Click here to see the other blogs that were a part of the carnival on this topic. February 2nd marks the 4th annual Rheumatoid Awareness Day — established in 2013 by the Rheumatoid Patient Foundation (RPF) to educate the public about the…
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No Fear
Remember that clothing brand that was popular in the ’90s: No Fear. That’s what came to mind as I read through this proverb — and I think it works as a slogan or mantra for life in Christ. It’s easier said than done, though, isn’t it? How easy is it for us to fixate on…
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