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June 9, 2012

Wedding Bells – A Villanelle

Our nephew Jacob is marrying the love of his life Baiba today. We are looking forward to attending the wedding and reception. In anticipation of the festivities I wrote this villanelle for them. It’s my first attempt at a villanelle, another poetry form with specific...

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June 8, 2012

Three Beans Baked for Recipe Friday

Last Sunday we had an awesome picnic at church, which was coupled with an opportunity to sign up for a group service project at one of our local homeless and food shelters. Since it’s a Lutheran church it was, of course, a potluck picnic. I...

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June 1, 2012

Grilled Corn on the Cob for Recipe Friday

It’s finally corn on the cob season. It’s early in the season, but there is corn on the cob available nonetheless. I bought some at the vegetable stand that I pass on the way home from church. For several years I’ve talked about grilling corn...

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May 11, 2012

Red Beans and Rice for Recipe Friday

Driving home from work the other night I was thinking about what I was going to make it to dinner. I knew we were going to have leftover chicken drumsticks and pork chops that we’d made on the Traeger earlier in the week. But what...

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May 4, 2012

Cedar Plank Fish for Recipe Friday

For several years I’ve wanted to make fish on my Traeger, but my first attempt to cook the fish in aluminum foil like I do vegetables didn’t work out very well. It turned out mushy and the flavor was not that great. But a couple...

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April 26, 2012

friendship – A Poem

This weekend I will be visiting with old friends and family as well as seeing friends at church on Sunday. As I thought about what I was going to write for Thankful Thursday, I decided I wanted to express how thankful I am for friends...

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April 18, 2012

Faith Is Sight for the Seeing and the Blind

I think that eyesight is one of the best of our senses. It allows us to see the smile on a little child’s face as they play, the beautiful color of flowers in bloom, and the majesty of an eagle soaring in the sky. We...

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