I've always loved horses. It's in my blood. Granddad Cline raised horses for the United States Calvary when my Daddy was a boy. They ranched in Saguache, Colorado, where Granddad was one of the first Forest Rangers in the Rio Grande National Forest. His photo hangs in the Saguache County Museum, cheek by jowl with that infamous Colorado… Continue reading horsein’ around
Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature --if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you --know that the morning and spring of your life are… Continue reading rosemary honey
Dinner tonight is going to be amazing! D is making sushi. And California rolls. And Miso soup. I love it when he makes sushi. It only happens when we are fortunate enough to find some fresh, top quality ahi tuna in the market. It only happens when he feels up to spending hours in the… Continue reading sushi
People seem unable to agree on exactly when Spring begins (in the northern hemisphere at least). Many think of March, April and May as the months of Spring, and yet an Irish tradition dates it from St. Brigid's Day on February 1st . The kick-off from an astronomical point of view is the vernal equinox which… Continue reading now it’s spring?
Each day brings with it the miracle of a new beginning. Many of the moments ahead will be marvelously disguised as ordinary days, but each one of us has the chance to make something extraordinary out of them. __Douglas Pagels Making something extraordinary out of each and every day becomes more important with each… Continue reading seeds
The last twenty-four hours have been crazy! Wind. Rain. Hail. Cold!!! I spent most of the day working on a new eBook, glued to the computer again. Then late this afternoon, while it was still raining, a blast of bright sunlight flashed through the garden. I stepped out the back door to let Kai Li… Continue reading wind, rain, hail
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."_Robert Louis Stevenson By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the… Continue reading plant some seeds
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