The Saturdays of my suburban youth while unremarkable in many ways were punctuated with familial terror, and good sandwiches. Terror because you just never knew how the day would unfold after the previous nights alcohol fueled fireworks, and good sandwiches…
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The harsh beauty of Cape Cod brings forth many thoughts and inspirations, but dreaming about cranberries, and all things cranberry was a surprise to even me. Had I subliminally noticed the cranberry bogs just inland from the desperately sandy coast?…
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There is a definitive calling, that unmistakable voice drawing me close. God beckons me, and willingly I go. The yearning God has placed in me to use my gifts and abilities to reach people, through encouragement and hospitality, with a…
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We awakened to cold sea air blasting through the bay windows, curtains flying, straining against the curtain rod, and rain pelting the cottage roof, made all the louder for the lack of seasonal insulation. Rainy days and vacation aren’t a…
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They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and so, an old, faded photograph of one special day in 1961 inspires me to share this memory. Like the picture, my memory has faded, but glimpses of that ecstatic…
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An impromptu visit to the home of friends on this chilly first weekend of autumn. Just a quick few days out of the unrelenting heat of Southwest Florida. Awakening earlier than the rest of the house, before the solitude erupts…
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