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Autumn Apples
When the Year from fruitful labor turns to rest… Founts of warmth and comfort in my being flow…. —C. B. GALBREATH, “Autumn Afternoon” Some of my favorite things about autumn are apples and apple cider–and those freshly-made donuts you can buy at some cider mills! But freshly-picked apples are always a treat, and these rustic organic apples…
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Ginger-Pear Muffins with Crumb Topping
Now that it feels like autumn is in the air, I thought I’d make some muffins with one of my favorite autumn fruits—fresh pears! A friend and I did some pear-picking, and I picked enough to make these muffins. If you like moist muffins filled with lots of small chunks of fresh fruit and topped with…
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Surrender
I marked a page in a book I had read several years ago and came across it the other day. A Prayer That Moves Heaven offers comfort and hope for those going through difficult times, and we all have gone through or are going through difficult, challenging times, right? As I reread the page I had marked, I…
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Orange Reboot Detox Smoothie
When I heard about the book Whole Body Reboot by Manuel Villacorta, M.S., R.D., the thing that got my attention was the 5-day smoothie detox plan, because I love smoothies. But this book is about much more than smoothies—it’s about Peruvian Superfoods and, as the cover mentions, includes a healthy eating diet plan and recipes to detoxify, energize,…
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It Is Well
If you’ve never heard the story of Horatio Gates Spafford, it’s quite inspiring. Born in 1828, he became a well-known lawyer in Chicago in the 1860’s. Spafford and his wife Anna married in 1861, were active in their church, and began a family. In addition to his position as senior partner in a successful law firm, Spafford also decided to…
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Chocolate Chip Coffee Toffee Scones
It’s been a while since I’ve made scones. I think the last ones I made were Blackberry Scones, and that was about a year ago. So when I had the chance recently to try some different coffee blends, compliments of Community Coffee, I thought of making scones because they go great with coffee in the morning. And…
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Your Unique Blueprint
God made you exactly as you are. He wired you and gave you the temperament and the experience and the background that you have because He wanted someone just like you in this world right now. Today. In this generation. Memorize all twenty-four verses of Psalm 139 if you have to, but don’t lose sight…
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Eggless “Egg Salad”
I had a block of extra-firm tofu in my fridge, which I was originally going to try baking. But then I came across an eggless “egg salad” recipe using tofu and I decided to try something like that instead.
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Easter Trail Mix
As I’ve mentioned before, something that’s hard for me to resist when I see the long aisle of Easter candy at the store are those malted milk speckled eggs–malt balls covered with a candy coating. I eat way too many of them! One year, I told myself I would not buy any of those eggs unless…
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Unbroken
I just finished reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. A friend had given me the book a few years ago, and I had it in my stack of books to read. I never have as much time to read as I’d like, so the book sat in my stack for awhile. When I heard the story…
