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Royal Daughters Glampout

The countdown is on! I am so extremely excited to be attending my blog-friend Beth’s Royal Daughters Glampout in August! Texas Hill Country and teepees and flower crowns and garlands and campfires and...

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Why I’m breaking up with Facebook

I’m breaking up with Facebook. I know. I know. People say that all the time and then they come crawling back on hands and knees to their profiles before you’ve even had time to miss them. But it’s...

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Village Savings and Loan

Most of us rely on money to live. In fact, I don’t know many people who live completely without it. I’m sure there are people. People who rely on trading and living off the grid and such. But I imagine...

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How I became a full-blown Jesus Feminist

  “I know feminism carries a lot of baggage, particularly within the evangelical church. There are the stereotypes: shrill killjoys, man-haters, and rabid abortion-pushers, extreme lesbians,...

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Peace, Love, and Eddie Vedder

I thought we’d start the week off with a little drama. I went back and forth on writing about it but it just kept sticking to my ribs over the weekend so here goes. Far too often we hear celebrities,...

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Camping + Glam = Glamping

With three weeks until my big Glamping trip to Texas, I thought we’d talk about what Glamping is and some of the essentials needed for a glamping trip. At it’s most basic, glamping is camping with a...

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A Full Love Tank: Royal Daughters Glampout 2014

The beloved of the Lord Take refuge in the shadow of my wings.  There you will drink from my cup, so full of life.  Oh I chose you, I chose you, I chose you.  You are not forgotten, my love is deep....

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Royal Daughters Glampout: a glamping play-by-play

Thursday 7am: Arrive at Nashville International Airport. Have a mild panic attack that this is actually happening. I am flying halfway across the country to spend 4 days with people I’ve never met in...

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A handful of goodness

Our harvest this year has been so small compared to other years. Instead of a bounty of tomatoes we’re only getting one or two here and there for sandwiches. We usually have so many squash at the...

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Did you know?

Sometimes I have a lot to say, and nothing to say when it comes to blogging. I can have a million thoughts rolling around in my head but none of them seem to be actual blog posts. So, sometimes, dear...

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A steady stream

Yesterday I posted about the “stream of consciousness” I sometimes need to get out on the blog. It felt so good just to clear out the cobwebs. It might not have been the post that builds traffic or...

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What I’m loving: First Fall Picks

Fall has settled in here in Middle Tennessee so I’ve broken out the yarn basket, boots, and s’mores. It’s my favorite time of the year. As a kid I always loved summer. But mostly I think I loved the...

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So, I’m a dream hoarder….

Thoughts. I’ve got ‘em. My brain never shuts off. It’s always thinking, always turning. When I’m awake, when I sleep. When I’m talking, when I’m quiet. Feelings. I’ve got lots of those, too. Sometimes...

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The search for friends

When we lived in Georgia I always wondered what the heck the big deal was with the “socializing” issue for homeschoolers. In Georgia we just didn’t have to worry about it because we were, at the very...

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Ode to my mentor

I’ve always loved art. As a kid I liked to draw and color and paint. All mediums really. I would frequently craft or create. I think it’s a bit of an only-child syndrome. I was bored. And necessity is,...

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Talking through the lull

Oh geez. I did it again. It’s been a long time since I had a lull in blogging. I had a steady stream of posts scheduled and now I’ve found myself with none left in my draft queue. Sure there’s still...

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Giving Tuesday

Today is #GIVINGTUESDAY so I thought I’d share with you two organizations doing work near and dear to my heart. Giving Tuesday is all about giving gifts that give back. We’ve had our day to be thankful...

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Identity crisis

The truth? I don’t feel so much like I have an identity lately. And I think that is probably no accident right now. But I just don’t like it. Plain and simple. I’m trying to be graceful and learn to...

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The head and the heart

It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only...

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Beauty for Ashes

It’s been rather quiet over here on the blog lately. No shortage of noise in my brain though. We have a lot of change going on with the farm and life in general. Tonight, while I was feeling the funk...

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