LIFE IN SKUNK HOLLOW

Dear Friends, Before the Thanksgiving holiday is upon us, I wanted to pop in and confirm that I've moved from a blogging break to a bl...

Their house help, a.k.a. his nonlegally adopted daughter, was frying chicken, making potato salad with scallions, bacon, and sour cream, coo...

6584.) for French vanilla creamer 6585.) for warm bubble baths on cold mornings 6586.) for my 85-year-old grandmother's orange and ...

It's great for children to learn and gain new experiences.  But one of the most important things they could possibly learn might surpris...

for the beauty of color and pattern and texture everywhere I look - 6562.) for the "revelations" You gave through Chuck Swindo...

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. -- Ps...

Will is the whole man active.  I cannot give up my will; I must exercise it.  I must will to obey.  When God gives a command or a vision of ...

Photo credit to Eli Druck Photography

for eyes to see the beauty You've made - 6494.) for Saturday afternoon tea with my sister and her friend who adores the farm - I rel...

Several yeas ago I began keeping a Homemaking Articles binder.  Having so often received homemaking inspiration and spiritual insight fr...

This moist recipe makes 3 loaves - perfect for giving one away, tucking another in the freezer and eating one fresh.  Seasonally delicious ....

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. -- Romans 12:21 Many of us see things about ourselves that we wish were different...

for autumn colors - 6444.) for sweet autumn air and exercise as E. and I tied up cauliflower plants yesterday afternoon 6445.) for fres...

There are heavy frosts at night, and though most of the days are bright and warm, some of them hot, the light perfumes of summer are gone ...

(And in case you'd like an autumn decoration for your stomach, run to your nearest Olive Garden and order a [gigantic!] slice o...

Thoughts and ideas to meditate on in October: * Pride is the villain with a thousand faces. -- Kevin deYoung * Kids are heavenly sandpa...

Over the past twenty years I have devoted much time to studying the lives of Christians.  Reading biographies and autobiographies of ninetee...

  The two photos below are layouts from a magazine I picked up a few months ago at a yard sale – Phyllis Hoffman’s Celebrate Autumn...