“When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor E. Frankl When I was a little girl, I had a heck of a time learning how to ride a bike. My brothers insisted that I learn to ride by coasting down the hill on our…
“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.” ― Phaedrus This week in my inbox, I received pitches from a company that wanted to have us use their AI system to write posts, and another from a company that wanted…
“My 3 y.o. learned the Wisconsin goodbye…”Love you Mom…watch for deer!” 🦌😄“ How do you say “I love you” or “I’ll be thinking about you” without actually saying the words? A friend posted the above note on social media, and I thought it was so sweet that her little guy had already learned this way…
“If you want to make small changes, change the way you do things. If you want to make major changes, change the way you see things.” – Don Campbell, quoted by Gabe Brown in Dirt to Soil I just finished reading “Dirt to Soil” recently, and I’d recommend it, even for those who are not…
“A person dependent on somebody else for everything from potatoes to opinions may declare that he is a free man, and his government may issue a certificate granting him his freedom, but he will not be free. He is that variety of specialist known as a consumer, which means that he is the abject dependent…
“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you.” ― L.R. Knost It was such a blessing to…
“Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential.” ― Ellen Goodman 2022 was a year of delays and frustration, but also of abundance. We didn’t get the new outbuilding tackled as planned, because the crew pouring the concrete slab couldn’t get to…
A Homestead Night Before Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and nearby the house Small creatures were stirring, a red fox, a mouse; The duckies were tucked in their warm coop with care, And the chickens all perched on roosts high in the air. The flowers, snow covered, nestled snug in their beds; While ice…
“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.” — Alan Cohen Confession – I haven’t baked a single Christmas cookie (or anything else holiday oriented), and we’ve only put up one small artificial tree. (The tree belonged to an old friend of the family, and it reminds…
“At this season of the year, darkness is a more insistent thing than cold. The days are short as any dream.” – E.B. White Goodness, the days seem to fly by quickly as the year winds down to its end. With the sunrise after 7am, and the sunset barely past 4pm, I am grateful for…