The mid-life lesson I'm learning from a winter's worth of frantic quilt completion is not about skill. As you can see, I have little. My stitches are free range and low on the count-per-inch chart. My seams rarely line up in proper fashion. No, the message in all those bits of fabric -- coming together… Continue reading A Life In Pieces
Category: spiritual life
The Power of Oranges
There was a time in the 1900s -- beginning by at least the Great Depression and ending sometime in the late 1980s -- when brown paper bags filled with fruit, nuts and candy were a thing in the low-church world. On the last service before Christmas Day, each person in attendance (including babies) received a… Continue reading The Power of Oranges
My coat vs. God’s plan
It was a nice coat that Joseph had. Full of color and such luxury as was possible for a family living in the wilderness. But, it wasn't enough to keep him. In a single day, his brothers stripped him of his coat, dipped it in animal blood and convinced their father -- who had given… Continue reading My coat vs. God’s plan
What a year of innkeeping has taught me about readiness
There's the TED Talk stuff, of course. Work as a team. Communicate. Monitor your supplies -- first in, first out. But, the thing that has really stood out in this sea-change year -- a year sparked by the convergance of a sudden step back from a career in journalism and an emptied nest -- is… Continue reading What a year of innkeeping has taught me about readiness
Final chapters of free-read Christmas novella
It's a wrap! Here are the final chapters of Stand Still & Chill. Thanks for reading and sharing and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Stand Still & Chill Volume 2 of the Match Made in Almost Heaven duo CHAPTERS 21-30 (the final chapters) story by Nora Edinger noraedinger.com cover design by Phyllis Sigal Copyright 2023 dedicated to Erica… Continue reading Final chapters of free-read Christmas novella
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