I'm an Orthodox Christian, mother to 4, likes listening to her husband play the mandolin, loves to sip tea, eat chocolate, draw, take photos, garden, read
Put your ear close.
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I didn’t learn until recently that “Practice resurrection” has become a
sort of slogan. The phrase has worked itself into many sermons since
Wendell Berry ...
Fastest Summer Ever
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Hello, dear friends! I'm so sorry I've been absent here for so long! Summer
has been so wonderfully busy and full of joy. We have been doing lots of
things...
North Pole – Santa’s Workshop
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Nestled at the base of Pikes Peak is a quirky little amusement park called
The North Pole. Based around Santa’s Workshop, this holiday park in the
mountain...
A Little Nook for Books
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Project Book Nook is finished!
When my grandchildren come to stay, books are always part of the visit.
Always. When we remodeled our home three years a...
Lenten Studies are Available!
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This Sunday is the first Sunday of the Triodion! Can you believe it? Great
Lent is just around the corner. This year I updated the adult study to make
it m...
Fall Semester 2021: A Recap
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Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially done with my last fall semester of
undergrad! Whew, what a relief. I can hardly believe that these insane
four month...
Love Shield
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Buffalo Creek by Xene Abraham
Last week I was brazen enough to boast that I have a knowing within myself
that I may never get sick again. How can someone...
Cinnamon Cookies
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These traditional Greek cinnamon cookies are golden brown circles of
perfection. Just a bit crunchy with the subtle taste of cinnamon and
oranges, each bit...
Among the Wildflowers
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*Wild Columbine*
*You belong among the wildflowersYou belong in a boat out at seaYou belong
with your love on your arm**You belong somewhere you feel fr...
Bouncy Bunny Pattern Give-Away!
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I'm excited to announce that many of my old patterns will be coming back
to my shop, and some new ones, too! I'll be adding a few each week this
summer, i...
blessing the grave
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On Pascha we blessed the graves in the cemetery attached to our church,
which includes our baby Elijah’s. Due to various circumstances, I had never
done th...
Dressing my baby bump + SHOP UPDATE
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Every pregnant woman sooner or later finds that her ordinary clothes are no
longer comfortable to her. Some of us go and buy something new and
beautiful fo...
YOUR HUSBAND DOES WHAT?
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So one (and by "one" I mean *everyone*) may wonder how I came to be a
coffin makers wife. I don't think about it very often, at least not until I
have ...
When We Struggle in Church with Young Children
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I find it very difficult to let things go and not bother me. I usually
hang on to the hurt and review the play by play in my head long after.
This past S...
waiting no more
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We welcomed our sweet baby boy at the beginning of September. We are all
happy and healthy and slowly adjusting to life as a family of four.
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A Comprehensive Post
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To sum up five years of theological education in a single commencement
speech is a difficult endeavor. To sum up five years of blogging in one
post is e...
Simple and Sublime
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Here's a Lenten dish that looks fancy but is easy to make, has a few
simple ingredients and magically becomes more delicious as it sits in your
refrigerat...
Round-Up of Lenten Recipes to Try
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Here are a few recipes I've collected that I'd like to try this upcoming
Dormition Lent or sometime soon:
Savory -
Georgian Bean Salad
Grilled Cilantro...
Ugly Transformed
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My last post was all about a really awful-looking loaf of bread. See it
above? All wrinkly, white, dense and unpresentable? But with all those good
ingredi...
3 comments:
Awesome! My Mum just dropped over a cookie decorating kit for my boys, I'll add it to our advent calendar activities. X
It's darling :-)
I bought some of those stamps, too - love them.
Gorgeous!
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