The Quiet Life
Friday, October 18, 2013

Flat tires and Secret Santas

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Last week as I was tootling down the road, my tire exploded. I didn't know what it was, of course, only that a HUGE noise had occurred a...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Shelob lives

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Shelob was the huge spider that lived in fictional Middle Earth. Wikipedia: "Shelob is a fictional giant spider from J. R. R. Tolkien...
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Ingenuity and working with what you have

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I have a small kitchen and not a lot of convenient places to put stove mitts. And I need them close because I am ridiculously stupid when it...

Bountiful Basket Day

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My Bountiful Basket today: a dozen small green apples, 5 red pears, 2 Asian pears, huge bunch bananas, ruby red grapefruit. Veggies: 3 larg...

TV before computers

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I am watching television shows from the 1970s. Mary Tyler Moore, Rockford Files, Columbo, and now, Lou Grant. I loved Lou Grant when it wa...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Using the Bountiful Basket produce

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I mentioned a couple of times that I have been buying the Bountiful Basket co-op basket of produce. It is a huge bunch of quality produce, ...
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Friday, September 20, 2013

Morning commute

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My morning commute is only 10 minutes. It's a straight shot up one road and then I veer off a bit to the school road. I go by pastures a...
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Thursday, September 19, 2013

The kind of conversations you have in Georgia

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Our church has a church supper every Wednesday evening before bible study and kids' church begins. They are heavily attended. Last night...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

Birds are better than TV

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A fellow church-goer said yesterday that she believes that God put in us the desire to nap on Sundays. Everyone naps on Sunday after church,...
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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Insanity is going to the Dollar Store over and over again but expecting different results

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The title of this blog essay is an edit on the old definition of insanity. It's attributed to Albert Einstein but its earliest emergence...
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Christian writer and teacher's aide who loves Jesus, a quiet life, art, beauty, and children.
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