Calendar Spring Yesterday was the first day of “Spring” out on Bittersweet Farm. The sun shone. The temperatures rose. The birds sang. The Sandhill Cranes flew over calling out with their crackling call as if to say; “Spring is coming. Spring is coming.” Hazard and I took a walk and met a few neighbor people […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 74) 60 Years of Ministry
What’s Up (Written on Sunday, February 9, 2020) This morning I left for the church about half-past-six. The sky was clear and a nearly full moon shone in the western sky. So the whole wide world as far as I could see was moon-lit and snow-covered. There is fresh snow out on Bittersweet tonight. It’s […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 72) What Does God Want Me to Want?
It’s foggy out on Bittersweet tonight–foggy and warm for a winter night. They say it might get a little weird later, the fog turning into an ice-storm or “wintery mix” accompanied by high winds toward morning. I hope to ride that out from the comfort of my bed or the cozy corner of the upstairs […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 71) Big News!
Last night about midnight our baby, Hope America arrived home from Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village. She had some new jewelry–a diamond ring on her left hand! Her boyfriend, Tim Kolb is now her fiance. They are planning a wedding some time this year. It’s a happy time out on Bittersweet. Tim and Hope met […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 70) Christmas Luck
Out on Bittersweet Farm we are waiting for Christmas on tiptoes. Some of the family will be with us on Christmas Day a week from tomorrow. There is a dusting of snow on the ground and the sun is shining out over the south woods into the window over my right shoulder. At Bethel there […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 69) Wesley’s Snow Globe
The News From Out On Bittersweet Since last we wrote George, the Red Jeep and Hope’s beetle, Petunia have gone to good homes. Petunia now belongs to a college student in Bowling Green. George now lives over toward Brooklyn. I still have faithful Grenfell and Hope has a new Jeep Wrangler, which does not yet […]