New and improved, “God’s Green Acres” e-newsletter is now gearing up for monthly production! Yes, this is part of my master plan for focusing my website and blog by January2013. Instead of being an occasion (VERY occasional, sadly) newsletter, I’ll be putting it out once a month. GULP!! I can do this. . . “God’s…
Not every city has a mountain in its midst that doubles as a park with hiking trails and as a 360 overlook accessible by car, but Victoria, BC, Canada, does. It’s Mount Douglas, more commonly known as Mount Doug. The Mount Doug Park starts on the east side of Vancouver Island and includes the summit…
I’m in the middle of the Legacy Sandwich. I remember my grandparents, and I have grandchildren. What has been passed on to me? What am I passing on to the little girls in my life? It’s not hard to see common threads. My grandparents (on both sides) were farmers. My parents farmed until I was…
A farm by any other name is still a farm, and ours has simply been known as “the farm” for 35 years when my husband’s parents bought it and moved their five-kid family here. We lived in a mobile home on “the farm” for several years when our kids were young. . .and then we…
Your brother bought a BMW. Do you want one? Your sister is moving into a 4,000-square-foot house. With a housekeeper and nanny. Jealous? Your neighbor buys a new laptop, tablet, and smart phone every time a new one comes out. Your laptop is old and slow, and your phone–kind of dumb. That guy from the…
Ever notice how good humans are at ignoring things that make us uncomfortable? Like the proverbial ostrich, we blithely stick our heads in the sand and just pretend issues don’t exist. Until, of course, someone plants a swift kick on our behind! One of the things a lot of Christians ignore is the environmental movement….