My garden is growing like crazy these past few weeks. We’ve had some very hot, humid days and a few rain showers which is the perfect recipe for Michigan gardening goodness. I can’t believe I actually have a growing, producing garden. I’m rather ignorant in the ways of gardening, but with the help of my […]
Identifying the Imposters
After reaping the fruits of my garden labor in the form of radishes, I recently set out to thin and weed my row of carrots. I hadn’t gone very far down the row before I encountered a plant that looked like a carrot seedling. I leaned forward on my knees scrutinizing the plant, and was […]
Circle of Friends Radio
*Update – Today’s radio interview is now at the bottom of this post. Several weeks ago I had the privilege of recording several radio interviews with Circle of Friends Ministries in Ohio. We had a wonderful time in the studio getting to know each other and sharing our hearts. Yesterday, an interview with me and […]
Radio Interviews
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of recording a series of radio interviews with my dear and new friends at Our Circle of Friends ministries in Ohio. I hope to be able to post the interviews on my site later this week, but if you are online, you can tune in between 10-11 […]
Bountiful Blessings
I’m sitting here waiting for a pot of water to boil so I can start blanching squash from my garden to put in my freezer. What’s that, a watched pot never boils? That’s why I’m sitting here blogging! I entered my first year of gardening with quite a bit of doubt. I wasn’t sure I […]
A respite
Vacation: : a respite or a time of respite from something Respite: an interval of rest or relief Kedron and I agreed that this was the first vacation we’d had in about 8 years. Oh, we have taken trips over the past years, but we always came home feeling like we needed a vacation […]



