Fall is here. It’s my favorite time of year, but in the Inland Northwest it is also the shortest of the seasons. The leaves are just beginning to change colors, nights are getting chilly, and my pumpkin vines look like this. The changing weather makes me look forward to things like traipsing through a local […]
Crockpot Pumpkin Butter
I searched for weeks to find a good recipe for canning pumpkin butter. We grow pumpkins every year, and I decided I was going to try something new with them. The longer I searched, the more frustrated I became, not because there weren’t any recipes, but no one–and I mean no one– had instructions for […]
On Being Offended
Everything will offend someone, sometime. In this age of offense, where when one person offends another, the offender often ends up having to do a lot of backpedaling and quick talking, or hire an attorney because some over-zealous millennial wants to make the news. Take the latest offending word to make the news: MAN. As […]
As the Pendulum Swings: Balance
We left our church after 18 years under less than ideal circumstances. The feeling of being burned is still with me six years later. We started going to a small congregation church where my kids attended homeschool co-op classes. They were kind and friendly and gave us time to heal without asking us to get […]
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