Mid-August Out on Bittersweet It is mid-August out on Bittersweet—our second August. It was a beautiful week, cool and sunny every day. These days, when I got home from my Bethel duties, I usually stay outdoors until after dark, trimming, mowing, weeding, watching birds, working on the Carriage House, or reading on the porch. This […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 55) Greenfield Slip-N-Slide
I often remember fondly of the simple church camp of my youth. Let’s just say, it wasn’t Barakel. There was no lake, no pool, no waterslide, no waterfront, no pond, really nothing involving swimming or water if you don’t count the unauthorized blow-out water-ballon fight we would have on Friday night after we were supposed […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 54) The Heart of Summer
Last night Hope and I went out for a drive in the countryside. It was a perfect summer evening. The countryside around Bittersweet is as beautiful as any I have ever enjoyed. The company was good. Hope is a delightful companion. We decided to check out a little place over on Clark Lake good friends […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 53) A Cottage on the Lake
We’ve spent the week with the family up near Ludington fulfilling a dream we have had for years to spend the full week together in a cottage near Lake Michigan, thanks to the generosity of friends. We spent hours on the beach, watched the antics our adorable grand-children, walked the shore at sunset, visited […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 52) What Are You Going to Do With Your Longing for Love
It would be impossible to script more beautiful days than the last few days out on Bittersweet Farm. I’ve been walking in the cool of the morning at dawn or in the cool of the evening at dusk. The days have been sunny. The evening cools down. Fireflies are out over the lawn in the […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 51) Can God Bless America?
Out on Bittersweet Farm it’s July 4th week and we are in the heart of summer now. It was a cool, wet, beautiful June and I loved every single minute of it, but now the summer feels and looks like summer altogether. We will pine for these long, warm evenings in a few short months. […]