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Monthly Archives: November 2011
A Small Inconvenience
A few more mornings of hauling water bucket by bucket and I will have to re-evaluate my preferences. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
Tagged care, cold, devotion, frost, frozen hose, frozen water, horses, love, morning chores, provision, tending horses, trusting, water trough
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After the Front
To the east, just above the ridge that runs through Wathena, the last edge of three days’ of clouds forms a thin slate bed. Above that, a dull red lightens into pink, gives way to a pale hint of blue that stretches up and meets the passing darkness of night rising into day.
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Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged chilly morning, Doniphan County Kansas, feeding horses, peace, sunrise, tranquility
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Shadow Boxing
Last night’s hard freeze followed by this morning’s breeze is sending leaves falling to the ground like cereal shaken slowly from a box held high above the bowl. Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged autumn, deception of life, falling leaves, illusion, philosophy, reality, shadows
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One Day’s Good
genuinely seeking the good
that may be done in a moment
or an hour
or a lifetime,
Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged contributions, doing good, happiness, helping others, unselfishness
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Long Lessons
I rise slowly in the slight light of a half-moon shining above the thin clouds that drift solemnly toward the east. The breeze that has pushed in with colder air keeps the grass in the pasture bare of frost. Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged dizziness, doing good for others, frost, humility, middle age
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At Table
With the dark of November’s first Friday settling onto the fields and woods beyond the house, Dan blesses the meal and we eat. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged closeness, evening meal, fellowship, large families, sharing, tradition, visiting family, yeast rolls
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A Single Shelter
Fringed with the dark red of autumn’s ending, its cluster of leaves holds thick enough that the horses still seek its shelter and hold to their spot as if tied there. Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged autumn, Bradford Pear, geldings, horses, rain, shade, shelter, support, togetherness
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Reflections by Doc Arnett 