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Time to Simplify
Over the past several years when the new year dawns, it seems people sometimes choose a particular word to focus on for the coming 365 days. This is something I’ve done as well, and I usually start...
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Simply Love
By now, if you’re like me, you’ll have been to the store and rummaged through the discounted chocolate leftovers from Valentine’s Day. By now, Easter candy displays are overtaking the aisles. We...
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Five Questions to Answer Before Buying that Kitchen Gizmo
My late mother-in-law was the queen of “As Seen On TV” shopping, especially where kitchen and cooking gadgets were concerned. If ever my husband and I were watching a commercial, and a new kitchen...
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The Power of Simple Thanks
Last weekend we had an ordinary Saturday, starting with granddaughter Sugar Lump’s first Easter egg hunt. We gathered with hundreds of varying sizes of cuteness along with their parents and grands,...
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A Season of Change Giveaway: Meet Jacob, Natalie, and Pinecraft
Tomorrow – May 20 – is the official release day for A Season of Change, the first novel in my Seasons in Pinecraft series. You’ll get to meet my heroine, retired circus performer Natalie Bennett, as...
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Five things to remember for simple summer getaways
Hooray for summertime! Who’s with me? Time for a little unwinding, relaxation, time for “getting away” as a family. We tend to sometimes try to do the biggest, best-est, most jam-packed activities...
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Twenty years, three things about love ‘n marriage
This month, my husband and I plan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our first date. I think, “Wow, twenty years. When did that happen?” Twenty years ago, we went on our first date. We went through...
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Back to School: 3 ways NOT to give in to peer pressure
Every summer, it happens. As day after glorious day of summer vacation dwindles, so does the time of our children’s summer “freedom.” Somehow the routines that we held so closely during the year have...
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Perspectives on the Plain
If you’ve stepped into the Plain world for any length of time, whether by books or your own life experience, and mention it to others, often you’ll get a variety of reactions, especially about the...
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Recipe Wrangling
It used to be that we cooks would keep recipes together in a neat little box, plastic or wood, and have our favorites ready to go at a moment’s notice. I remember the box my mother kept handy—that,...
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The Quilts of Pinecraft
For good reason, the Amish and Mennonites are renowned for their needlework. One might think that when going on vacation to Pinecraft, the Amish ladies would happily leave needlework behind them for a...
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When You’re Just Not Feeling the Wonder of Christmas
By this point of the Christmas season, everything is coming to pass, or will soon come to pass. The office, school, church, you-name-it group parties; the last day of school before break, the church...
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The art of yeast bread making
The scent of bread baking in the oven is probably one of the best aromas ever; one of the best tastes ever is a slice of homemade bread with a dollop (or dab) of butter. My mouth waters just thinking...
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