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  • Life Is a Farmers’ Market
    Posted on Sunday, September 16th, 2012 | Tagged: Ecclesiastes, Farmers' Market

    Jeremy and his watermelons I roamed our local farmers’ market and discovered my friend April had wonderful blueberries. I bought a quart, ate them all week and came back for more. Then one day, April had no blueberries and only one stand carried any. They were a little overripe, a tad mushy. Obviously, the last of the …[ read more ]

  • Let ‘Er Rip: Don’t Fear Looking Foolish
    Posted on Saturday, September 8th, 2012 | Tagged: looking foolish, loss of joy, pride

    Like the soft winds that hint of a distant storm, the happy notes of an indistinct song wafted over me. I swung on my porch swing and smiled. Someone’s happy. Then the strains intensified, and I knew. The Singer approached. Without seeing her, I pictured the young woman: MP3 player to her ear, playing music …[ read more ]

  • The Bane of Arrogance
    Posted on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 | Tagged: arrogance, criticism, ego, truth

    Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Arrogance. Yep, what none of us have. Take me for example: humble, honest and willing to grow. That is until I bombed ANOTHER writing contest. As I judged the Carol Awards, I tried to offer constructive criticism. After all, if a writer (or anyone) wants to grow, she needs to see her …[ read more ]

  • Be Prepared: Step One of House Showings (and life).
    Posted on Sunday, July 15th, 2012 | Tagged: house showing, Matt. 25, moving, prepare

     “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour” Matt 25:13. I believe in the boy scouts–be prepared. If we are, no evil, which is common to man, would ever overtake us. I.E. my house, which is on the market, would be clean when the realtor wanted to show it. Anyone …[ read more ]

  • Huyck Preserve: With Bassoon and Inspiration
    Posted on Monday, July 9th, 2012 | Tagged: Huyck Preserve, Karen Geoghegan bassoon, Rensselaerville, Scripture
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    • What to you gain by being meek?

      Carol McClain Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matt. 5: 5) At one time, I considered myself meek. I think I equated my yielding, ready-to-give-in nature as meek. As of late, I've seen all the places I've been arrogant: how I knew best how to write or edit or eat or exercise. (We won't get into politics). Wishy-washy isn't meek. As a matter of fact, two of the greatest men in the Bible are the only two who to whom this trait had been given. The first was Moses. Yep. You read that right. The man who confronted… ...[ full story ]

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