Tag: Happiness
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Granny’s Glassware
Don’t let the cupboards overflowing with beautiful china and glassware give the wrong impression, we are far from delicate here in North Idaho. You have to love the four seasons to make this home. Especially the deep, white, wind-blown, freezing landscape that arrived this Presidents Day long weekend. I was on a roll with the […]
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Off Grid
Since closing the tiny house front door, I’ve gone off-grid for a bit. It seemed as though every creative juice I possessed had been sucked through a straw with a crack in it. I was elated to be closed in and suddenly really pretty tired. Time for a rest. This time of year for me […]
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Unchurched Church
I worked at a church for 18 years … 18 years of Bible studies, services, ministry and leadership. It has now been over a year since I’ve attended a church service at the building I called home. Two decades ago when I went through a Celebrate Recovery Step Study, there was a woman who was […]
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Thawing Out
There is a hole in my shoe. It’s probably been there all winter, but just became noticeable because everything is suddenly very wet. I live in what is touted to be a pedestrian friendly town, but this winter has been a challenge. Sidewalks were kinda, sorta shoveled and mostly covered in ice so the roads […]
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Downward Dog with Dogs
If you are reading this from outside of Northern Idaho, then there is something you should know about one of America’s “Top Ten Small Towns” …. we have WINTER. Sometimes it looks like this … And sometimes it looks like this … The winter rain that comes after large amounts of snowfall creates one […]
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Dishwater Tears
This winter of snowdrifts and deep cold has been a blessing. Like all big winter years I’ve had some challenges, my furnace became stingy with heat output and the hot water heater took note and is withholding hot water. I even climbed up in to a very awkward attic space to look at the […]
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Honor the Ending & the Beginning
Honor the Ending – The journey of a year is drawing to a close. Honor the lessons you’ve learned, and the people who helped you learn them. Honor the journey your soul mapped out for you. Trust all the places you’ve been. Honor the Beginning – Beginnings hold the promise of new lessons to be […]
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Simple Is A Feeling
It is the day after Christmas and I feel content. My family cooked together, watched Bob Ross paint a winter scene on Netflix (sounds boring but we laughed and laughed and were amazed) stood around a fire in the snow with the dogs, listened to music, attended a candlelit solstice yoga class at Sandpoint Hot […]
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The Games We Play
During the cold, dark, short days of winter the puzzles come out, it’s how I avoid the temptation to slip into sleep before 7 o’clock every night because it’s been dark for hours already. The title of the latest winter puzzle is “The Games We Play”, and it’s full of nostalgia as I have always […]
The Trek to Tiny 