My husband gave me a weaving loom a year ago. It is so beautiful and is something I have dreamed of owning since I was a young wife and visited the historical village at the North Carolina entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I have admired it all year. I polished the metal heddle and oiled the wood….
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Focusing on My Rivendell (Home)
I’m here, waiting on college admissions to get back to me on a glitch that lets my kid register for 9 credits, but not a full-time load. I need someone to push a button. I’m waiting for the financial aid office to get back to me on the surprise word “ineligible” that appeared in our account. I need someone to…
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How I Stay Informed Yet Balanced (when I remember this) regarding “the News”
It is sometimes hard to be in this digital world, which is intriguing and interesting enough to draw us in, but lecturey and alarming enough to chase us out. I think the secret to the balance is having only a few issues of focus – a couple of hills you’d fight for on a battlefield. One of mine, for example,…
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