The fields hold out their plates as God piles them high with lovely vegetables and grains. The valleys, like empty chalices, wait to be filled with the wine of the grapes that hang heavy on the vine. The earth folds its hands into mountains, and the trees bow their heads as the autumn wind whispers [...]

So beautiful is the pinwheel when it twirls— colors reflecting the sun, rotating in the wind; the hum. Most people try too anxiously to get a pinwheel to spin; they hold it too tilted so its pockets can’t catch the breeze; or they hold its face flat against the hard wind, where a gust might [...]

Dearest Readers, We’re starting to have some colder weather around here. I can’t say I’m loving it, but this is the day that the Lord has made! My daughter is talking of snow almost daily. I could live without it, but I’m a party-pooper like that. Some of you have already received snow, but we’re [...]