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Anne is the wife of a Navy pilot who gets to homeschool in Hawaii. I like visiting her blog just for a glimpse of the tropics, but she's lamenting that they have no autumn. I'm just not a cool weather gal, though I've lived in the Midwest my whole life, and autumn always makes me sad that warmth and lightweight clothing are on their way out. I sure do enjoy the week or two of beauty that we get each fall--sometimes more if we're lucky--but I bet I could live without it!
Ahem. In a warm climate, that is. (Thinking of my friend Maria in Alaska, and unsure if they have fall in Fairbanks?)
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"Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity with their vocation--but their progress will of necessity be but the pace of a hen." --Teresa of Avila
"Some things God can teach us only very slowly, at the pace of walking, the speed of life." --Arthur Paul Boers, The Way Is Made by Walking
"Some things God can teach us only very slowly, at the pace of walking, the speed of life." --Arthur Paul Boers, The Way Is Made by Walking
- At A Hen's Pace
- What does a hen do all day? Nothing but walk about in endless circles, pecking at this or that--yet she is one of the most creative and productive of God's creatures. Though my days may take me in circles, I pray for the daily fruitfulness of a hen as I nurture the four boys and two girls God has given us.
Quotes to Blog By
"For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison."
~Theodore Roosevelt
"Reading makes a man full; conference makes a man ready; writing makes a man exact."
~Sir Francis Bacon
~Theodore Roosevelt
"Reading makes a man full; conference makes a man ready; writing makes a man exact."
~Sir Francis Bacon
O God, you have taught me since I was young, and to this day I tell of your wonderful works.
~Psalm 71:17
"No matter how many kids you might have, I am firmly convinced that a person can find the time to do the things they want to do."
~Dortha, in The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio
“Nothing has really happened unless its been described [in words]. Keep a diary. Don’t let a day pass without recording it, whether something interesting happens or not. Something interesting happens every day.”
~Virginia Woolf
"No matter how many kids you might have, I am firmly convinced that a person can find the time to do the things they want to do."
~Dortha, in The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio
“Nothing has really happened unless its been described [in words]. Keep a diary. Don’t let a day pass without recording it, whether something interesting happens or not. Something interesting happens every day.”
~Virginia Woolf
"The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new."
~Samuel Johnson
"How can I know what I think till I see what I say?”
~E.M. Forster
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3 comments:
Mama Hen, I am right there with ya on my annual lament during fall! But I didn't grow up in such a cool climate. (I'm here in the same county.)
We get a bit of a fall, I think. I'm still trying to figure out if that's what happened. There was a beautiful few days when everything turned orange and yellow (no red trees up here, I guess.) Now everything is bare, the nights are *COLD*, but the days are still just early-fall brisk. We are bracing for snow, at any rate. :)
Marmee--Okay, I'm trying to figure out if I know you...! If so, I'll need another clue. Or you can wink or something next time we mirl. (Meet In Real Life)
Maria--Snow--ugh. I can't bring myself to put away my summer clothes yet, let alone assess the winter coat situation! Our leaves are just starting to turn. It's been so wet, everything still looks really green. (In fact, I have a miniature rose bush with 19 blooms on it right now--and tomatoes that still haven't turned red!)
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