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    Reading Report, Vol. 25: February Wrap-Up and March Current Reads

    March 5, 2025 - By 

    You wouldn’t really think that February being routinely two days shorter than the other months would make that much of a difference, and yet, every year I find myself surprised that it is March already! But since March brings us longer days with more light and just a hint of spring to come, I certainly won’t complain about it getting a bit ahead of me! I will try and keep this month’s reading report short and snappy, in part because I have other things to do today besides sit and write and also because I have a lot of books…

  • Faith Talk - Uncategorized - Writing Life

    Original: Five Minute Fridays

    February 28, 2025 - By 

    This post is part of Five Minute Fridays Link-Ups. Here is my post for this week’s prompt: Original Time begins now…. According to the Cambridge Dictionary the word “original” means: “existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form of something; “. When I read that definition, I immediately thought of John 1:1-3. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. John 1:1-3 (NIV) God is the Original Originator, the Creator of the created. He is the first,…

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    My Sewing Plans for 2025 (AKA My 2025 Make Nine)

    February 12, 2025 - By 

    Welcome, back friends! This week on the blog I am sharing my 2025 sewing plans as they stand right now. These plans are being held pretty loosely because, as you will see in the photo collage below, I don’t yet have fabrics for all the patterns I am considering sewing. I have seen the term “Make Nine” used around the inter webs for some folks garment crafting plans, and I think it is most commonly used on Instagram (which I no longer use myself). It just so happens that I have nine vintage sewing patterns in my queue, so I…

  • Faith Talk - Uncategorized - Writing Life

    Noise: Five Minute Friday Link-Up

    February 7, 2025 - By 

    This post is part of Five Minute Fridays Link-Ups. Here is my post for this week’s prompt: Time begins now…. Today I ran errands alone and didn’t turn on the car radio. I didn’t listen to a podcast or an audio book. I didn’t even have Siri give me directions except on a very short jaunt to the UPS store that I hadn’t been to before. Maybe it seems like a small thing, to just sit in silence, but it seems like these days we always have some kind of background noise going. My children listen to audio books while…

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    Reading Report, Vol. 24: January Progress and February Goals

    February 5, 2025 - By 

    It has been an unseasonably warm few days here in our little part of Colorado, sunny and balmy and quite spring-like! The kids and I have been taking our school books outside by mid-morning so that we can enjoy the fresh air and sunshine before more snow and cold returns. This mid-winter thaw finds me in a transition not just between months, but also between books. I finished up a couple of things at the end of January and have yet to fill their places in my reading rotation. Perhaps as I write this post, it will help me decide…