I woke up this December 26th with one thought clearly on my mind: Okay, Christmas was awesome but now it is over; let's bring on the New Year already! Thus inspired, I began almost immediately to set my sights on resolutions, reading up on whatever productivity tips, nutritional research, and other "new year, new you"… Continue reading Giving 2016 the Sendoff It Deserves
As part of our 2016 New Year rituals , my family decided to spend our final day of winter break this week in the garden. We made this plan expecting to uproot and discard leftover dead growth from last year's harvest, and to cover the newly bare earth with a blanket of leaves. Sounds perfectly… Continue reading new year, new…weeds?
My youngest daughter is a stunningly beautiful five-year-old with bronze hair and hazel-green eyes. She is the fire and the clown in our family, always moving at full velocity and stopping only to sleep, if then. She fears nothing and examines everything; we joke that when she grows up, she will be a doctor by… Continue reading emerging incisors and other signs of spring
There is nothing that Big Food or any other world system can offer me - no taste, treat, buzz, or sense of satisfaction - that is not only available, but actually better and more fulfilling when I get it naturally, as close to God's original form as possible.
2015 is now three weeks old, and the best gift I've received so far is plants. Not real plants, mind you, as in flower boxes or a house cactus, but just the word itself. My family did an exercise this holiday wherein we each chose a word - any word that was on our hearts… Continue reading plants
The most beautiful Christmas tree I ever saw was a discard on its way to the dump. It had been a lean Christmas for us, and in the absence of funding for elaborate decorations, my mother built a simple faux fireplace on the main wall of our living room. The mantle allowed just enough room… Continue reading the kingdom for a cookie
Four little apple seeds. That's how it all started. Four tiny little apple seeds have dominated - nay, wrecked my household over the past two weeks. Because of four little apple seeds, I have lost approximately fifty hours that I had earmarked for other purposes. Instead of getting my hair cut, reorganizing my bedroom, and… Continue reading much and more: a tale of four apple seeds
The first week of Lent is finished, and I am happy to report that it was largely a success. My girls and I accomplished all of our goals and stayed faithful to the promises we made. We supported each other in our different struggles and came away from it closer than ever. That's the good… Continue reading sweet
Last night, I had an epic trilogy of nightmares. In Part I, I was first pursued, then held hostage by a serial killer. This dude was scary; he was Hannibal Lecter and Lex Luthor and Nurse Ratched all wrapped in one. I kept trying to get away from him, but he always caught up. I… Continue reading the stuff of dreams and lent
It's the first Monday of the New Year - how are those resolutions coming? When it comes to New Year's resolutions, the people I know tend to fall into one of three categories: 1. The super-disciplined, who can and do make self-improvements on a regular basis regardless of the season. These guys see goals as… Continue reading fallow ground is HARD
Lucinda S. Sutton 