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Appalachian Thursday – Foraged Food
Spring is prime foraging time in the woods where we hike. We often see folks out with baskets or net bags and I know they're looking for tasty tidbits to add to dinner. Personally, I'm more of a catch and release forager. I love finding things I could eat, but I'm not...
The day my left hand went numb
It's my anniversary. Not of my birth or my wedding, but of my stroke. On April 15, 2016, I went to work like usual and as I was addressing an envelope at my desk I . . . fell out. You can read about that experience HERE. In that post, I mentioned that having a stroke...
Appalachian Thursday–Easter Sunrise
I love most every holiday. Food, friends, decorations--it's all wonderful. But my favorite holiday is Easter. And my favorite part of Easter is the Sunrise Service. It’s a disappointment to me when the service gets moved inside because of the weather (too cold, too...
A Palm Sunday Memory
I spent Palm Sunday at a friend's church. It was a lovely service with lots of joy, but I'll confess I missed the children's processional of little ones waving palm branches that's a tradition at my own church. Which got me to thinking about a Palm Sunday back in 2011...
Appalachian Thursday – Allium tricoccum
Earlier this week I was cutting through the woods on the mountain back of the house when I saw a lush patch of green off through the trees. I recognized it right away. It’s ramp season in Appalachia. I found an on-line article that said, "Ramps are a spring ephemeral...
1,232 Days
I work at a children's home. We serve so many kids whose families . . . well, they need some help. And every now and again, a child comes along and I think . . . that one could be mine. There was one . . . red-headed and freckled who loved books. Maybe he was mine at...
Appalachian Thursday – Early Spring Flowers
At last. It's the time of year when the woods begin greening and the first flowers come pushing through last year's leaf litter. Trout lilies, toothwort, and bloodroot. I love how bloodroot practically sparkles with its perfect white petals against the grey of waning...
Love Like a Casserole
It's day 19 of this ridiculous cold that has apparently morphed into something else. The paperwork from the urgent care clinic says, "Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified." I have antibiotics. I think the doctor may have given them to me to appease me, but I...
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