Monthly Archives: December 2013

Remodeling 2014

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, we have to live, at least for a while, amidst ugly that we cannot change. But that awareness should not become an excuse for not doing what we can to make things better. Continue reading →

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In Memory of Juanita Harrison

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Doc Arnett

But what was miraculous in my adolescent eyes was that the Harrison children clearly delighted in their parents and cheerfully adopted their best traits. Continue reading →

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Horse Sense

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, it’s a little hard to predict what something or someone else will like. For instance, who would guess that a Rocky Mountain gelding would love mulberry bark? How do you see that coming? Continue reading →

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Somber Beauty

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The slightest trace of pink
colored the curls of clouds
low over the ridge
just past the creek;
the least bit of light
leaking from a hidden rising. Continue reading →

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Happy Hump Day

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A high of sixty degrees sounds mighty fine for the middle of December… but there’s an even better forecast for the days ahead for those who believe. Continue reading →

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A More Accurate Account

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Doc Arnett

While childhood stories might become “fantasized” to some degree, our personal testimony should never be glorifed. Sometimes, we wrestle with demons. Sometimes, we lose. Continue reading →

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A Difficult Phrasing

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Doc Arnett

We live in a world of both blessing and cursing. Joy and heartache often tumble in on each other. One grandchild is born, another, yet unborn, dies. Continue reading →

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Winter Blessing

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Doc Arnett

To be safe in spite
of a sheath of ice
that covers everything visible
for hundreds of miles, Continue reading →

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Storm Path

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A massive ice storm makes a parent worry about children and grand-children. Faith and grace help overcome the anxiety. Continue reading →

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Heading Home

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Doc Arnett

As I drive south from Highland,
I see more than a hint
of coming cold
in the long flat of gray
spreading all the way east to Troy. Continue reading →

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