Category Archives: food

Picking Strawberries on the First Wednesday in June

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Doc Arnett

A flush crop of strawberries and a couple of neighbors transform a dull evening into a bright time of simple sharing. Continue reading →

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Berry Pickin’

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Doc Arnett

In spite of very strict rules forbidding such, my mom used to wear pants when she’d go blackberry picking back in the Fifties and Sixties. It was, I think, a wonderful application of the concept Jesus taught when he said, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”

But she did wear a dress over the pants! Continue reading →

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Remembering West Kentucky, 1960

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Doc Arnett

Love moved in the toil and duty of callused hands that worked the land, fed families, mended clothes… Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving Dawn

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Doc Arnett

The soft glow of color on a cloudless morning provides a peaceful dawning for a day of Thanksgiving. Continue reading →

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Mighty Fine Stuff

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Doc Arnett

I’m not sure exactly what it is that so draws me to making apple cider… it’s several things, I reckon. Continue reading →

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Plan C for Cider

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes the day the Lord has made is so much better than the one you planned, you just feel plum loved! Continue reading →

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Good Fruit Takes Time

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It takes time for a honeydew melon to get fully ripe. It takes us a bit of maturing and growth to produce good fruit, too. Continue reading →

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Coffee’s Missing Link

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Doc Arnett

Isn’t it neat how something as ordinary as water is so useful in making something as wonderful as coffee? Continue reading →

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Waffles in Heaven?

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Doc Arnett

“… After all, much of Jesus’ ministry was done around a table!” Continue reading →

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