Sitting here hoping it starts to rain. Been a long, hot summer. The flower girl has been drying flowers for a wreath-making party. All about you’ll see flowers drying. These just got hung up in the barn this afternoon. If it does rain, the pomegranates will probably split. They’re ripe, so we picked them today. [...]

So many bouquets this year from the garden, but now we are drying for October wreaths.

Why do I write songs and then record them? Because I am too lazy to write a novel. Here is a little video I threw together using Canva to go with my song, Warm Wind Blowin'.

I think God is most easily experienced in the hard stuff of life. (Perhaps that sums up the Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount))

My favorite thing that Bridget makes with her pottery are little vases in the shape of pomegranates. Here they are with our flowers. (They are about 5 inches in height.)

One day a friend shared some music that his young son had performed. I was struck by the child's lack of self criticism and the simple joy of his song. That boy is a young man now, or close to it. He is the inspiration for this song which I wrote quite ago now. I [...]

Yesterday I sat along this creek, Hat Creek, near Lassen National Park and I ate a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich on white bread. It was a great dinner - although perhaps not what the nutritionist would have recommended for me, Some younger family members were walking up the creek to fish. I just felt [...]

An early morning picking of Lisianthus today! Bridget needs to make 20 bouquets for a special order. Busy summer.