“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.” ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick I threw my favorite dress away last night. It felt a bit disrespectful to leave it lying helplessly in the kitchen trash, its brown field and white polka dots crumpled next to… Continue reading Molting vs. empty nesting
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The Kitchen Stack
An odd thing has happened to the kitchen table in our first few months of empty nesting. One end -- the place where our firstborn sits when she is home -- has become a place for books. There's always a volume or two that is devotional in nature -- tidily tucked under a beeswax candle… Continue reading The Kitchen Stack
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
On being a cardigan
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey Our daughters are potted plants, yearning for the deck or porch after a long season indoors. It’s time for big sky, for wind and rain. It’s time for the occasional dandelion fluff to drift… Continue reading On being a cardigan
The longest house
Our house is 100 years old now. It's still a beauty, full of the good bones that fill the streets of any city that's old enough to remember craftsmen. Today, snow is blowing in cold gusts and anyone sitting near one of our multitude of windows -- electric light was a newish thing in 1924… Continue reading The longest house
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 