The Simple Life A Doctor I know was about to go into a meeting when his cell phone rang. It was his wife, she was nearly in tears. Their daughter Kelly was...
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Feb 22, 2010 4:05 pm
The Simple Life Somedays, don't we just put one foot in front of the other? We just go to work, take care of the kids, get the groceries, feed the dog, and...
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Mar 15, 2010 3:17 pm
The Simple Life "The Family Man", starring Nicolas Cage, is a movie that makes you think about what life could have been, had we made different choices. It's...
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Mar 15, 2010 3:20 pm
The Simple Life I love watching Spring commence! The fields are getting bare patches. The deer are meandering back to the woods later in the morning. The...
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Mar 23, 2010 1:54 am
The Simple Life I grew up in a house where drugs and alcohol were nearly non-existent. But that doesn't mean I was unaffected. I had a grandparent who was a...
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Mar 29, 2010 1:35 pm
The Simple Life Easter week! What a great week to spend time with the kids. Warm temps are predicted all week. We have never had a spring like this in...
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May 27, 2010 7:50 pm
Of Lawns and God GOD: St. Francis, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there in the USA? What happened to the dandelions,...
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Jun 2, 2010 2:37 pm
The Simple Life Get the weeds out! We ran the roto-tiller yesterday and the garden looks so good! But don't let that fool you. If you look close, and anyone...
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Jun 15, 2010 1:45 am
The Simple Life NEW SENIOR GREETER Charlie, a new retiree greeter, just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he...
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Jul 12, 2010 7:19 pm
~~~ Keeping it Simple ~~~ Welcome to the North! Here in God's country most of us live down a back road. If we don't live down a back road, it doesn't take...
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Jul 20, 2010 9:36 pm
The simple life Harvesting, something any gardener looks forward to, is not always a simple task. Oh, sure, picking is not that hard, when it comes to one...
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Jul 28, 2010 12:14 pm
The Simple Life An orderly in a big hospital went to his job every day. He liked his job, but he really wished he'd gone back to school and got more...
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Sep 13, 2010 4:40 pm
The Simple Life I love trees. They are so tall and majestic. They stand stately to brush against the sky. They provide protection from wind and shade from...
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Oct 11, 2010 3:04 am
10-10 life and death Somehow, Native Americans found that beans, corn, and squash worked together in the garden to compliment each other. The beans put...
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Nov 1, 2010 1:12 pm
The Simple Life It's very simple. Our country is in trouble. Can you be trillions of dollars in debt and not be in trouble? How did we get here? Tonight...
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Nov 9, 2010 4:09 am
The Simple Life Gardening is good for you? What is not good for you about gardening? Besides the health benefits of the organic fresh fruits and vegetables...
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Nov 16, 2010 4:46 pm
The Simple Life Even in the garden, doesn't it seem like a battle sometimes? We weed, mulch, use landscape cloth, and bug killer, but we still fight deer and...
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Nov 24, 2010 12:38 am
The simple life Yesterday was actually warm enough to wear shorts while working in the yard. It was in the sixties, and for a few minutes the sun was shining...
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Dec 7, 2010 3:29 am
The Simple Life Remember the first time you saw a snow globe? Maybe you've seen your grandkid see her first snow globe. They will sit for quite a while, just...
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Dec 21, 2010 1:38 am
The Simple Life Waking up Sunday morning was a beautiful winter wonderland. I'm sure I felt that way because I had no where I had to go. I didn't have to...
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Dec 21, 2010 1:40 am
The Simple Life Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness,...
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Jan 5, 2011 2:09 pm
Find your Happiness The Simple Life Its almost here! The new year! Would you live this year the same as you did last year? What would you like to change?...
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Jan 11, 2011 3:34 am
The Simple Life The Gift of Winter! January in Michigan might seem depressing – snow, sleet, ice and cold. But it can be a gift if we just look in the right...
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Feb 7, 2011 4:25 pm
The Simple Life I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could...
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Aug 1, 2011 6:10 pm
The Simple Life We had a really fun weekend connecting with our relatives on two sides of our families, and we have another weekend to go, with two more...
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Aug 1, 2011 6:18 pm
The Simple Life There is nothing like that first dive into the lake after a long hot day. No shower is so refreshing. With this hot weather, we don't even have...
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Sep 19, 2011 5:24 pm
The Simple Life 9-11. No matter who I talk to, everyone knows exactly where they were at the time when we began to comprehend what was actually happening that...
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Sep 19, 2011 5:25 pm
The Simple Life No matter what the calendar says, the last day of summer is whatever day you choose. We chose yesterday, not to say there won't be another. But...
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Jul 9, 2012 4:00 pm
Hello All! Sorry I haven't written in a while, and I will give the usual response - I've been busy! But so have you. We are Americans, after all. We no longer...
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Aug 15, 2012 1:45 pm
The Simple Life Fight for the Garden Last night I was pulling a few weeds near the greenhouse and I happened to have on a pink shirt. I was bending over when...