12/27/2025

Time alone Saturdays. Chores. Special projects. Today everyone is out of town and I’m here alone. The weather is warm and fitting to sit outside for a little bit. Daisy has been down to the tank and is drying off. Thank you notes for this afternoon along with some 2026 budget work. I’m excited for the coming year. I think we have a good sense of what we should be doing to help launch a…
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Bedrock Blessings

12/8/2025 Life is good. It's easy to not think of that. Days are full. Schedules are tight. There are more things to do than we can do. And even more things that we want to do but can't figure out how. Every new day brings new problems. Often new problems come quicker than we can keep up with. The schedule get's out of whack and the sink doesn't drain. It's always something. And yet our…
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Stirring up dust

9/20/2025 The dove lit in the tree over my head. I scared it off and shot it flying away. A guy I know just down the fence line shouted, "good shot!" I said thanks and went and got my dove just like it was no big deal. But, though I would never let on about it (duh), I was actually surprised it turned out that way. Because if I don't have time to take careful…
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