Category: The Library
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This Is Now
Last month (how is it August already?!) we packed up our RV (we’ve upgraded to Merlin now and Gimli has a new owner), filled our cupboards with weeks worth of food and began a ten day trip through Tennessee. Brian spent months researching campgrounds and parks and RV resorts, planning places to go and days…
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Summertime Living
It seems whenever we have weekends like we’ve just experienced, that I don’t even know where to begin with my writing. There is no way to capture it, and the beauty of trying makes my words disjointed. How do I describe the deep sense of friendship, the longs talks, the conversations over coffee in the…
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Of Feasting and Music and Friendship
“Oh my stars, y’all,” I declared, “I think I’m in heaven.” I had just taken my first bite of ravioli della madre, homemade pockets of pasta filled with prime rib and veal, topped with a creamy tomato sauce and two spoolfuls of parmesan cheese. I boldly asked for two as our waiter came to me,…
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Of Books and Nooks
As promised, here are the pictures of our book nook we created. The boys chose everything from the chair, to the picture, to the tiebacks on the windows, so it’s really their project. I’m still planning to go through the bookshelf and organize it (by color, author and size), but I’ve found Ash perched there…
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If You Give a Mom a Water Gun
If you give a mom a water gun, she will shoot her oldest son while he’s laughing at her from his bed. When she has shot her oldest son, she will then shoot the giggling brother in the hallway. When she puts the gun down to fold laundry, she will find herself the target. When…
A Spring of Joy 