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The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift

Posted on May 8, 2013 by This Woman Writes

So. You need to find Mom a Mother’s Day gift. The perfect one would be nice, but every year this eludes you. I mean, what do you give this woman who bore you in the midst of great pain — … Continue reading →

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Light and Hope versus Darkness and Despair

Posted on May 6, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From the Start Your Week with Steve newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “In art school, we were repeatedly told to find our own style and paint it, which sounds like great advice if only the people giving it had … Continue reading →

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Artisan Cheese and Twinkies

Posted on May 3, 2013 by This Woman Writes

You’ll be happy to know that the batch of cheese I’m working on this morning is turning out much better than what I made on Sunday. I know. I didn’t tell you about Sunday’s failure because I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Deception, Deceit, Dishonesty — Is This Our 3-D World?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Younger women — under 35 — may find this odd, but not so many years ago, a married woman did not appear on a credit card account as a real person. As the wife of her husband, she was presumably allowed … Continue reading →

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Your Lawn and Your Life

Posted on April 30, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From the Start Your Week with Steve newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Steve Says: “Before we lived in the country, we lived in town, and one year I decided to rework the entire backyard lawn with a maddox. Carolyn … Continue reading →

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Rejecting or Despising One Another

Posted on April 25, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Today’s article was supposed to be about a magazine I used to write for, and how the owners — purportedly Christian — ran the place pretty much along standard, looks-like-any-other-business-these-days lines, but I couldn’t get the tone outside of the I’m … Continue reading →

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Wind Power — for and by Small, Ordinary People

Posted on April 23, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Sunday I spent the entire day reading. For hours and hours I absorbed myself in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, co-written by William Kamkwamba, the proponent of the tale, and Bryan Mealer. I was drawn to the book at my … Continue reading →

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Harvesting Rainwater and Harnessing Wind

Posted on April 22, 2013 by This Woman Writes

From the Start Your Week with Steve Newsletter —  Steve Says: “They say that if you’re married to someone long enough, you eventually start to look like them. They say that about dog owners and their dogs, too, so I … Continue reading →

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A Dead Mouse on the Desk

Posted on April 19, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Despite living the simple life of milking goats and knitting lace and baking bread and participating in all those homey, warm, homesteading goodness activities, I do spend a significant portion of my day on the computer. Which isn’t simple at … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Fast, Cheap, Simple, Fresh HOT Salsa

Posted on April 17, 2013 by This Woman Writes

I thought Norwegians ate dried fish soaked in beer, but my Norwegian Artist has a taste for hot stuff — Thai stir fry with flames emitting from the platter, salsa that kicks your taste buds across the room and pins … Continue reading →

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