June 24, 2018 Attitude of Gratitude Have you ever felt depressed because something you planned for didn’t come to pass? Something you wanted to do with someone didn’t pan out? Have you ever thought you did everything you could but were still shoved down? Sometimes an unexpected illness happens even [...]
June 21, 2018 Meet Brummen Chef Brummen of Brantley Station didn’t start life dreaming of being the head chef in a mining colony more than a mile below sea level. He began as a simple Grenadan lad. Brummen studied and worked hard as a child and joined the Grenadan Guards [...]
June 19, 2018 Meet Kalam Tevortae We’re going to meet another fictional character today. Kalam Tevortae began as a small part in the story, Web of Deception, but when my little brother became interested enough to actually listen to my odd world, Kalam took on more of my brother’s traits [...]
June 16, 2018 Biblical Film Adaptations In this world, the entertainment industry often gets inspiration or ideas from books to transform into movies. Of course, as a writer, I like to point out to the girls that every movie started as the written word (aka written or typed scripts). One [...]
June 13, 2018 Relax and Rest Sometimes I just feel overwhelmed with thoughts. I feel like my mind is going to blow a fuse (or already has blown through a few and I’m on the last one, staring at an empty box and praying this one holds). I’ve taught myself [...]
June 11, 2018 Meet Eric Eric is a squirrel in the Landmark Tribe. They live deep in the Wooded Lands in some big ancient trees. Eric is the eldest son of Mama Nut and Kahoona, the leader of the Landmark Tribe. His grandfather is Grappy and his grandmother is Granny [...]
June 8, 2018 Welcome, Sweet Potato The girls started a new project: guinea pigs. Christina saved and bought a female from the pet store. Rebeccah and Kimberly “rehomed” two females whose family was going overseas. We built a big cage for them to graze and roam in. (Guinea pigs hop [...]
June 5, 2018 Crafting Cages Last month we built two big mobile cages for our livestock One is for the “teenager” chickens (those between just feathered and adult, about 6 weeks to 24 weeks). Rebeccah bought the clearance Buff Orpington straight run (mixed males and females) from Tractor Supply at [...]
June 3, 2018 DuoLingo I like tools that make education fun. This little application is fun, comprehensive, and easy to use. Louis found it, as he’s the language nut in our household. (Seriously, seven languages plus ASL?) I thought I was good with fluency in two and working knowledge in [...]
(photo from Evan D Music’s Facebook page) May 29, 2018 Amazing Live Music: Evan D Music Our weeks are pretty full of stuff. Between our crossing driver shifts, taxiing children to and from college classes and groups, and just general life – it is awesome to have a mostly-weekly couple [...]