by Robert Louis Stevenson, from A Child’s Garden of Verses

“All image-bearers of God were intended to overflow with effervescent life, stirring and spilling with God-given vision. Our imaginations were fashioned like wicks to be ignited by the fire of fresh revelation, dripping with wax that God can imprint with His endless signatures.” – Beth Moore quoted in The Reluctant Entertainer by Sandy Coughlin Just [...]

Have you ever picked a cherry off a tree And paused to really look To notice color, deep and red Or pale stem’s gentle curve? Then popped it in your waiting mouth, And felt the flavor burst As teeth chew ’round the cherry stone Then cast it to the earth. And if it happens as [...]

It’s no secret that I love my cherry trees.  I love watching them change with the seasons and wait anxiously for the beautiful red cherries to appear. This year our harvest is much smaller than last year.  Where last year there were large groups of cherries, this year we have only a few here and [...]

Yesterday my little one found the missing button for her sweater. She came running to me, holding it.  We found some matching thread and did some mending. As I did it, I realized what a tiny little thing I was doing.  It only took a couple of minutes. But what a big thing it was [...]

Today I finished off my last box of pears.   It yielded a batch of my signature Cinnamon Pear Jam as well as a batch of this year’s experiment:  Cinnamon Pear Syrup.  YUM!  The last Rustic Pear Tart of the year is in the oven, filling my home with it’s lovely aroma for the last time [...]

Just a few months ago, I was celebrating the tiny bits of green that had appeared on my cherry trees. In such a short period of time, we went from green to blossoms to cherries. We came home from vacation and our yummy cherries had turned into deep red, dripping with sweetness, dribble juice all [...]

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”  -G.K. Chesterton I love that quote.  It’s one of my favorites. Earlier this week I was feeling a little bit tired, frustrated, and to be very honest, sorry for myself. I realized that I needed to [...]