LOVING NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THANKSGIVING – News From The Hills
The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds and naked woods, and meadows brown and
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The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds and naked woods, and meadows brown and
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Read MoreAs Veteran’s Day approaches we will once again pause and reflect on the men and women who served their country.
Read MoreCyrus was an old farmer and had worked hard all of his life. He was independent, but he was getting
Read MoreSummer was dying; they all agreed. It was evident in the pallor of her early morning fogs, and in the
Read MoreO, suns, and skies, and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October’s
Read MoreTo look at Herb Collins, you wouldn’t think he was like that. A nicer, kinder guy you never met. But
Read MoreThis story concerns a 92-year-old, petite, proud man who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with his hair
Read MoreThis year’s Dias de los Muertos (Days of the Dead) celebration at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art (FWMoA) will
Read MoreDonna and I had barely started dating. She played in the orchestra for a musical, so I went almost every
Read MoreDoes it seem possible that October 20th will mark the 5th anniversary of the grand opening of Born Again Quilts
Read MoreA Christian writing club at the Waynedale Public Library, 2200 Lower Huntington Road meets every month on the fourth Tuesday
Read MoreThe Golden Delicious apples are being picked on farms in Clay County, sending housewives for their cookers, pans and paring
Read MoreWhen Florencio Ortiz sent off for that new slicker, everyone in town and out at the ranch knew about it.
Read MoreRecently a set of quilt blocks caught my eye on Etsy: “Vintage Quilts Blocks” it was entitled and the description
Read MoreSeptember is such an in-between month—not quite summer and not quite fall. It is the tail end of summer, as
Read MoreMy daughter Heather had had a bad day. In fact, the whole week hadn’t been that good. She had started
Read MoreSeptember sings her plaintive melody as she enters our hills, putting summer to flight and bringing cooler weather. The humming
Read MoreHave you ever been called a loser? In our culture, the will to win and succeed as it seems to
Read MoreWe were in a theatre production, and the men’s changing room was nothing but an old converted closet. We were
Read MoreWho would have thought a cheater quilt would take second place for viewer’s choice award at the Maumee Valley Antique
Read MoreThis is going to be good, Dud thought, bringing his new tarp out to the car. There it was on
Read MoreI’d like to propose a saying for our current times: “Rudeness walks with the devil.” It seems we experience rudeness
Read MoreA truck was approaching, and I recognized some art work on the side and smiled. I thought back to the
Read MoreHome Wireless Video Surveillance Cameras Have you seen the reports on the evening news where someone had a video camera
Read MoreThe days are growing a little shorter and in summer’s melody there can be heard a sad note of fall
Read MoreSunday, after church, we loaded our harp into the van, then, connected the van to the tent trailer. We were
Read More“If the first week of August is unusually warm—the coming Winter will be snowy and long.” “For every fog in
Read MoreMy wife, Marty, has served as a volunteer at Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control for more than 17 years.
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