Tag: Family
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Sirach on Pride
What is too sublime for you, do not seek; do not reach into things that are hidden from you. What is committed to you, pay heed to; what is hidden is not your concern. In matters that are beyond you do not meddle, when you have been shown more than you can understand. SIRACH 3:21-23…
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Sunday at Middlemay Farm
“One never reaches home,’ she said. ‘But where paths that have an affinity for each other intersect, the whole world looks like home, for a time.” ― Hermann Hesse
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Sunday at Middlemay Farm
As the holidays approach I need to remind myself that when entertaining family and friends it is not always necessary to fill the awkward silences with outrageous judgements or too much information. Maybe we all need a little reminder 😉 TAMING THE TONGUE 2We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault…
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Fiction: Revelations
The Crenshaws followed the men to the camp hospital and waited as Buck sullenly had his face bandaged yet again. Maybe God was punishing him. He’d handled his family all wrong. In a matter of a few hours he had managed to insult his sister, annoy his mother, hurt his father, and fight his brother.…
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While shepherds watched their flocks . . .
While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around And glory shone around. “Fear not,” said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled minds; “Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind To you and…
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“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanks to my new and old friends. Wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving! ***Dancing Lesson by Thomas Eakins
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Fiction: Is Life a Curse?
Following in the footsteps of a murdered artist, William is thrilled … and a little scared.
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Family Histories: How Family Can Be A Driving Force in Your Writing
guest posts by some of my favorite bloggers in which they explore family . . . and history. The families and histories are sometimes their own and sometimes not.
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“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” William Shakespeare
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
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Family Saga Friday
What is a family saga? I found this definition on Goodreads: The family saga chronicles the lives and doings of a family or a number of related or interconnected families. The typical novel follows the generations of a family through a period of time to portray particular historical events, changes of social circumstances, or the…
Author Adrienne Morris 