Vineyard Harvest
It’s almost harvest time! Our vineyard manager says “late next week” should be perfect. This is our first harvest since moving to our new home, and we look forward to seeing the process begin. The…
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Judge Sewall’s Apology
I’ve written in the past about my interest in genealogy. It was a topic that seemed boring until my Dad passed away, and suddenly I just wanted to know: who were we? The curious thing…
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Sadie Reading
In our house, even Sadie likes to read before going to bed.
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The Murderer Who Built Our Waterfall
Taking a break from blog posts about wine, books, or spiritual insights…and sharing a story from my youth. My childhood was a weird mix of suburban predictability and wrecking yard madness. On the predictable side,…
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Human Trafficking and SOLD
My daughter is a beautiful woman, both inside and out. Watching this video reminds me of that. Seeing the work that she is doing always amazes me and it’s why I support The SOLD Project….
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Happy 88th Birthday, Mom!
If you want to see something truly special, follow this link to a post about my Mom. It’s her 88th birthday today! Two years ago I wrote about my Mom and it is all still…
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Olive Grove Tuesday
Jesus spent a lot of time in an olive orchard this week. What is often called “the Olivet Discourse” was probably a Tuesday evening discussion with His disciples, sitting together in the grove as they…
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The Genealogy of my Barbarian Conversion
A few years ago I was reading a book about the spread of Christianity across Europe, and a reference was made to the book The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity by Richard Fletcher. I…