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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Sunday Drive in the Wallowa Mountains
The story behind the painting, Sunday Drive in the Wallowa Valley, by Steve Henderson: Last week we talked about the Land of Chief Joseph, a view of the patrarchal, Nez Perce mountain in Oregon’s Wallowa Valley. This week, we wander the country … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, Green, Growth, home, inspirational, Life, News, Personal, travel
Tagged Chief Joseph, mountains, nez perce, Oregon, Wallowa
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You Can’t Do It All. God Doesn’t Ask You to.
I don’t know about you, but I tend to be relatively pleased with myself. I mean, I’m a hard worker, reasonably intelligent (okay, I think I’m pretty intelligent; I do, after all, enjoy Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice), and being an … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, devotional, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Growth, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Personal, religion, self-improvement, spirituality, success
Tagged Christian, commonsense, devotional, Moses, pride
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Recipe: Lentil Soup
Years ago, I took my two oldest daughters, who were then little people, to a Shoppe for a proper tea party. Five minutes with the menu convinced me that we would need to be creative if we were going to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, cooking, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, dinner idea, Encouragement, Family, Food, frugal living, health, home, Life, Lifestyle, News, saving money, simple living, Uncategorized
Tagged lentil, poor man's food, recipe, soup, thrifty
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The Land of Chief Joseph
The story of this painting, Land of Chief Joseph, by Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Among the Nez Perce Indians of the Pacific Northwest, there were two Chief Josephs: “Old Chief Joseph,” the father and “Young Chief Joseph,” the son. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, inspirational, News
Tagged Indians, Joseph, nez perce, pacific northwest, Wallowa
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What “Should” Your Child Be Reading?
I grew up in a household of books, and given that there were five kids and two parents with widely divergent interests — from molecular biology to Bobby Sherman, the singing heartthrob — there was no end of variety. As … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, books, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Education, Encouragement, Faith, Family, grandparenting, Growth, home, homeschooling, inspirational, instruction, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Parenting, school, self-improvement, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged children, flowers, literature, reading, sex
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Recipe: Pancakes
Pancakes are pretty much the fastest food on the planet to make — and that’s without a mix. If you’ve got the basics in your kitchen — flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, oil, eggs — you can whip together a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, cooking, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, dinner idea, diy, Family, Food, frugal living, health, home, homesteading, instruction, Life, Lifestyle, News, Personal, Random, recipe, simple living, Uncategorized
Tagged breakfast, Costco, pancakes, recipe, whole grains
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Something for Everyone
The story of the painting, Something for Everyone, by Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art: So often, they are forgotten – the dog and the cat – but not in Santa’s world. Within that capacious bag of dolls and blocks and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, Christmas, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, holiday, home, Humor, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, News, Personal, santa, simple living
Tagged cat, Christmas, dog, painting, Santa
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The Simple Life: Adapt. Like a Frog. Or a Finch.
I’m really not supposed to be chatting with you right now. If my schedule, the one I set up last night before the snowstorm, were in place, I would be 70 miles away at Costco, shopping. The monthly hunt and … Continue reading
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Tagged adapt, Costco, life, simple, snowstorm
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Recipe: Soft Bread Sticks
Generally, we eat around the dining room table — with place mats, no less! — but sometimes, when I’m feeling wild and crazy and free, we set up the meal at the living room coffee table and sit on the … Continue reading
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Tagged bread sticks, dough, easy, recipe, simple
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An Unforeseen Encounter
The Story of This Painting — An Unforeseen Encounter by Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Like all lovers of Christmas, Santa enjoys browsing the festive, holiday-decorated streets. On Christmas Eve night, when all shoppers are home in their … Continue reading
