Hearing from everyone through cards, letters and calls is one of my favorite things about Christmas. To quote Clarence, the angel, from the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, “Remember, no man is a failure who has friends”. So thank…
So what are you to do when it’s freezing Oregon day out and snowing? Make cookies of course! So we did just that and made a huge mess with frosting. Oh and the kids where bouncing off the walls…
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork…Ps19:1 This photo is raw, no filter no editing. Who needs that when you have an amazing God who makes stuff like this for us to enjoy!…
Today it snowed – endlessly! And then it snowed some more. It was an indoor kind of day, so we skipped the beach, and the fire pit party. Perhaps tomorrow. We baked, played, cooked, painted pictures sang…
Life eventually includes hard days. Whether its trials, brick walls or days that are just plain crazy. So, what are we to do? Well, it was a tough week in Bonanza—one where my life felt so overwhelming, I struggled…
When it snows heavily like this, and nothing escapes the transformation into the white blanket that you see here, I think of the verses, “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow“………..Is 1:18b “Wash me…
During our 14 1/2 years of a bliss-filled marriage, we have lived in about 12 different places. This trailer was one of them. No, it was not my favorite dwelling – but it is in our history of ‘places’ God…
“I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving” Ps 69:30 At dusk this morning about 30 yards from the house, I spotted a coyote sprinting through the deep, fresh snow. It’s so…
This blog is my attempt to stay in touch with all my family and friends. I don’t see many of you, with us living in the middle of nowhere in Southern Oregon, but you are all too precious to me…
Yesterday, my three oldest boys were struggling to walk after spending the afternoon chasing quail through thick mud. It was hilarious listening to them describe how difficult it was to pull their legs out of the sticky muck just…
