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Trunk or Treat
Have you ever participated in or attended a “Trunk or Treat” in lieu of trick-or-treat on Halloween? Our church sponsored one last year and it was a ton of fun! Participants line their cars up in the church parking lot, open their trunks, and give out candy to trick-or-treaters. The fun part comes in decorating your car with a theme…
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Fall Fun Quiz
Today I’m playing along with this month’s “old school blogging” prompts provided by the The Miss Elaine-ous Life. What is your favorite Halloween candy? Candy corn. I only want it in the fall. I like nibbling the layers of colors off one-by-one. I’ve always liked the original flavor, but it’s fun that they’ve come out with other flavors in recent…
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Quilt Show
This past Saturday I had the privilege of attending and participating in the Johnstown Historical Society’s annual quilt/craft/demo show by invitation of my friend, Janet. No, I didn’t have a quilt in the display… though I’m seriously considering it for next year. The lovely Dresden Plate quilt pictured above was made by Janet. One thing I especially enjoyed at this…
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Coffee Cake Recipe
Today I’m sharing a recipe that I’ve been making almost my entire married life. It was in an Amish cookbook that my sister-in-law gave me the first Christmas I was married. That was in 1985. This recipe is quick and easy and calls for just a few basic ingredients that I almost always have in my cupboard. It has been…
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A Few of My Favorite Things
Today’s post is an updated re-run that I originally posted in March 2007. Apparently I originally picked it up at Kimberly’s Cup. It’s similar to the ABCs of Me post I did a few weeks ago but with a somewhat literary spin. Just a few of my favorite things: A: Authors L.M. Montgomery Laura Ingalls Wilder Frank Peretti Francine Rivers…
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First Day of Fall
With Labor Day coming at the beginning of September and kids going back to school even before that, it seems like fall starts sooner than it actually does. In Idaho fall days meant shorter daylight hours and the coming winter drabness, so I was never eager to rush the season. Like I mentioned a few weeks ago, I try to…
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Words of Encouragement
I’m not sure why, but I prefer bar soap in the bath. I especially love hand-made soaps. I have three different friends who make soap “from scratch” and I am always delighted when they gift me with a bar or two of their lovely scented soaps. None of my soap-making friends are local. One lives in Idaho, one in…
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Savoring the Summer
Summer is waning in my neighborhood, but it is still lingering. The aspen tree next to our driveway has not yet begun to turn.There is not snow on the mountains yet. At least, not the mountains we can see from our house. And that’s okay with me. Even though it’s not yet fall, summer is beginning to show her age.…
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Water on the Rocks
With their 2-for-$20 menu Applebee’s is a pretty reasonable place to go for a date night dinner. The overly-enthusiastic 20-something waiter tried to be both helpful and entertaining. “What can I get you to drink this lovely evening?” he asked. “A margarita? A strawberry lemonade? Water on the rocks?” I smiled at the notion of calling iced water “water on…
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Happy Birthday, Lyle!
He was barely 18 the first time I noticed him. He was sitting behind the wheel of his dad’s car. Not going anywhere. Just sitting there. “I bet that guy likes to drive,” I thought. I was right. I had no way of knowing, that long ago summer, how many thousands of miles I would occupy the passenger seat beside…
