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In my work as an online teacher, we often meet as colleagues to try to figure out how to engage our students when they seem to be checking out. When they begin to fall behind, it snowballs very quickly, and … Continue reading →

One of my favorite books is The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Each winter, at some point, I read it cover to cover and find myself transported back into a time I think I would have reveled in. The … Continue reading →

Cattle tend to follow each other in long lines, making trails through the pasture to various points. This can come in handy when we need to move them because they will often follow those paths if we get them started … Continue reading →

Our first good snow finally arrived, and I welcomed it with glee! Some critters are not so happy about it, but that is only because they have already forgotten those hot sweltering days. Ugh. It’s bright and glittery and magical. … Continue reading →

How do you know what the next step is in your life? Do you pray? Do you hear anything when you do? Do you hear from some other source? In nature? I see the example of who I should or … Continue reading →

Fall is the wind blowing through dry crackling leaves and the crunch of dry meadow grasses. It’s the cottontails tucking in under the porch and into the lilac bushes. Flocks of geese flying over, the sounds of their honking encouraging … Continue reading →

Things I love: Laffy Taffy, birds at my feeder, and pumpkin cookies. I love devotions in the early morning. Jobs finished and done well. Baby calves finding their legs for the first time. A horse’s warm breath on my neck … Continue reading →

Brave: possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance (dictionary.com) What does it mean to be brave? How are you brave in your life? Where do you need to be or wish you were brave? Who is on your list of … Continue reading →

Speak the truth in grace. Truth: “conformity with fact or reality; a verified or indisputable fact; the state or character of being true.” (Dictionary.com) Synonyms: authenticity, genuineness, integrity, candor, frankness, openness, fidelity, revelation. (Thesaurus.com) Grace: “elegance or beauty of form, … Continue reading →

How do you know what you really value in life? Sure, we are taught values from those who raise us, but they aren’t always values we stick to. We observe things and say to ourselves, “I’d like to be like … Continue reading →