If there’s any spot that symbolizes to me the country community near Oakland, Maryland, it’s Saffiticker’s Ice Cream, just down the road from our farm. To celebrate milestones–the end of haying, say, or 80 jars of pears put away–we take our golf cart across 219–a busy highway quieted by darkness–to the hayfield just across the […]
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When I wrote this poem some years ago, I thought it was a bit boring. Such plain subjects: a kitchen, baking, a woman. Now, reading it again, I love it. Plain or no, simple things are beautiful. Reading it, I remember my mom. She is the subject of this poem. And I remember the grateful,
Learn how to make bread-n-bean soup and dried-apple moon pies, a traditional Amish meal.
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The guest post I promised, from Mary Burkholder, author of My Other Name Is Mom. *** Something happened to me thirteen years ago that changed my life forever. I had a baby, and he made me a mother. When I was a little girl, I loved babies. I was irresistibly drawn to their tiny, perfect
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I talked to a good friend of mine after my post a few weeks ago: “Sometimes I Wonder about this Thing Called Separation.” In the process of that conversation, I gained a clearer understanding of what I think about separation. I don’t think Christians should talk about separation at all. Or at least, very little.
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