Our favorite prairie woman is Iris, our 106 year old great-great aunt. Iris was my great-grandfather’s sister. But lately she has been on my mind more and more as she is going through a time of transition. As I was looking through my 39 blog drafts that I have failed to finish all year I found a photo from this…
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Choosing to quit or to keep going
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There are those that we try to keep at arms length in life. And others in life, we defend. We learn to stick with those we trust. We learn to keep going strong. But even with perseverance… we may lose focus. The opportunity may be missed. The dream may fall. We can see it. But it’s too late. It’s gone. …
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A tale of two different girls at Bible school
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Two sisters with two very different personalities from our house went to our local church’s Bible school this week. On Thursday night we attended the Bible school program where we saw Miss E, age 4, attentively stand at the front of the church, obey her leader’s instructions and sing boldly. I had taught the Bible story earlier in the week…
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Hail falls in North Dakota (videos)
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Garden planting with fresh hail
Filed Under: America's Farm Table, Life in North Dakota Tagged With: agriculture, gardening, growing crops, North Dakota weather, prairie life 4 Comments
Miss A did a little garden dance as we planted the garden this week. She even wore her pumpkin socks under her pink boots for growing luck to her pumpkin seeds. Miss E has a green thumb…for about four minutes at a time. She was very excited for garden planting, more excited than my dear husband. Miss E helped put…
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