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My Morning Walk

     Sometimes a walk in the neighborhood is just the thing to start off a good day. I plugged my tiny ipod earpieces into my ears, put on a sweatshirt and headed out into the cool morning….

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A Toast to Teachers and to Second Careers

   Today all the teachers in my former district are going back to work. It is 9:44 a.m. and I am here at my computer in my jammies. Is it wrong to feel so pleased about it?…

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Community

   One of the first articles I had published was about the lessons I learned early in my Christian life on community. We were new members of a little church and had no idea how Christian people interacted. I…

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Fragile—Handle with Care

       The weather the past few days has been both hot and windy. That’s a sure recipe for killing the potted plants on my deck. The ones with deep roots in lots of soil in the flowerbeds…

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Thank You, Pat Rushford

   I just arrived home from my third Oregon Christian Writer’s conference at Canby Grove Conference Center. I’m exhausted, exhilarated, and eager (not anxious, Sue M.) to get some more words flowing. There are many people to…

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