by Ellie | Jan 13, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized
MOST PEOPLE look forward, but at 3:30 one morning, I decided to look back. WHAT THREE THINGS HAVE HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON MY LIFE? Hard to whittle to three, but I’ll try. The first has to be my acceptance of God’s invitation to join his family. No specific date;...
by Ellie | Dec 26, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
How can I describe Lee? My favorite photo speaks volumes of who he is and the joy he has brought to us. No birthing horrors with this one. Told the doctor I wanted to be awake for his birth, but first thing you know, there’s the doc by my bed, saying, “You...
by Ellie | Oct 31, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
How many surprises can a three-day writers’ retreat produce? I wasn’t even sure why I was there. I went to Singing Hills Camp in NH, knowing just one other person. I left on hugging terms with countless others. Unexpected connections: “Are you related to Rachel? I was...
by Ellie | Oct 20, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
The day was planned out—to the minute, to the detail. Everything set up just right, including a high-tech PortaPotty (40 gallons of water for a pedal-operated sink). Guests coming from as far away as Wisconsin. It would be a splendid tree-farm tour. Except . . . RAIN....
by Ellie | Oct 6, 2014 | blog, Uncategorized
Beheadings are much in the news lately. We are horrified, and rightly so, but this has been a common method of execution from way back. Even King David did away with a number of miscreants in that fashion. Nevertheless, in this day and age it seems horrendous,...
by Ellie | Sep 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Tree Farming Quiz I, having been a tree farmer for 50 years, know a few things about trees. How much do you know? Email your answers to these question, and if you get them all right, I’ll send you one of our tour gifts. [See below] Do tree farms mainly grow Christmas...
