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Farm to Table by Julie Van Manen

The above picture is NOT the view I currently see when I look out my windows. However, it was the view my daughter Emily and her new husband Braden had when they were finally able to honeymoon in Hawaii. Their puppy, Smokey pictured at left, made her home at my house while they were gone....
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Happy New Year, friends

On Christmas Day, Penelope decided to wake up at 5:30 a.m. ready to start the day. Being her first Christmas, Blake and I were equally excited, but would have preferred to sleep in a little bit more. She thoroughly enjoyed opening presents during all gatherings and, as always, was the life of the party.      It is...
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New Year’s Resolutions 2021

By Deb Johnson Another January, another declaration of New Year’s Resolutions. By now, I’m guessing you’ve already taken the leftover Christmas sweets to work where they hopefully have been devoured, or you put them in baggies and stashed them in the bottom of the deep freeze, where you can pull some out the next time you...
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A Slice of Home, By Simone Bates – New Year, Old Memories

Happy New Year! Am I the only one sighing in relief to see 2020 behind us? Even with no guarantees of what this new year will hold, there is something liberating about releasing an old year and taking hold of what is new. For my husband and me, 2021 is the year we look forward to...
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Farm to Table by Julie Van Manen

Basking in December’s sweet blessings

                December is a month that includes many sweets at our house by the time we celebrate multiple birthdays in addition to baking and eating Christmas goodies. A few weeks ago when we made our Christmas cookies, we also made a few Minnie Mouse heads.  Kate found a 3-D...
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Thelma & Bonnie’s “Have a Seat at my Table”

By Cathryn Dunsbergen Does anyone else feel like it should still be February 2020? I sure do. It is crazy to think that in a few short weeks we will welcome a new year. 2020 has been a year of the unknown. Becoming a mother in the midst of...
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