Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Oh hey, I got one of these two years ago, too! So the birthday boy and I were at the grocery store, spoiling him with cookies and balloons and generally having a good time, when I hear, “Hey neighbor! Are you stocking up for the hurricane?” The what?! She informed me Tropical Storm Karen is…
Holy cat John Kohlenberger’s NIV Integrated Study Bible is arranged chronologically with a timeline at the bottom of each page. It’s like reading the daily news coverage on BBC, MSNBC and Fox News all at once—it’s a multifaceted view of each event on the same page. In the Old Testament, passages from, say, Deuteronomy and…
Little Boy Blue Come blow your horn The sheep’s in the meadow The cow’s in the corn Where’s that boy who looks after the sheep? He’s under the haystack, fast asleep Will you wake him? No, not I For if I do He will surely cry Sunflowers at Holland Farm The corn box was…
This seemed big to us. He rattled, hissed, oozed amber venom Hi-yah! Hayride Hero attacks the big rattlesnake! “Y’all want to come look?” (of course) “These fangs here are what’ll go right through your leg if he catches ya.” The Hayride Hero called in to report the snake after sticking a stick through its head.
Little Pumpkin Holland Farm’s pumpkin patch is open! Take a hay ride to the patch, pick your pumpkin, slide down a big slide, ride back, explore the corn field maze, ride a mini zip line, play in the corn box, push trucks around the sand box, or pay extra to ride a pony and eat…
Bell This future farm hand stepped in a cow pie Signs of early fall in Pace, Florida: hummingbirds zip around our hibiscuses, butterflies flit alongside every road, crisp apples at the store, the sun is lower in the sky, birthday season. I tried to be all ‘local’ one time and drove 35 minutes north to…
The boys sleep soundly My tryst with the harvest moon Is not to be missed
