What’s warm, secreted by a gland near the stomach, smells ambrosial, and can be molded into most any shape? Well, it’d have to be bee’s wax! On a recent visit to The Monastery of St. John of San Francisco, we discovered the age-old art of candle making. Elliot, who’s been working in their big metal … More Making Candles at St. John’s Monastery
It was late when we saw the sign. Well after dark, the temperature gauge in our rented SUV still read 85 degrees. Our headlights touched the wide house and a dog lurched out, tail wagging, energetic to see visitors even in the waning heat. There were no street lights up here, just turkeys, gentle grape-lined … More The Hills of Manton
embracing the natural life
embracing the natural life
The Life of An Acreage Farmer in Iowa
Bev. Cooke, YA author: Writing and Faith and Fulminating, Fulminating and Writing and Faith. And memes.
Reflections on life and Christianity, through the eyes of a trucker.
seeking the Lord's dwellings in simplicity
embracing the natural life
short fiction writer * writing teacher
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