By the end of the week November will be over. Thanksgiving is past. We anticipate Advent and the beautiful season of our Lord’s Nativity. It is our first Christmas on Bittersweet Farm. They say by morning we can expect a significant snowfall. That will add to the festive mood and help me as I prepare […]
Something New!
I have added a simple podcast to the content I write and produce to encourage you. You can now listen to the Stories from Bittersweet Farm Podcast. You can visit the podcast page here. The podcast is available on a number of formats, and will be available in iTunes soon.
The Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 19) The Girl in The “Thanksgivingy” Poncho
I’m in the corner of my room writing. Hope is downstairs making potato soup and singing Christmas carols. She’s been singing Christmas carols since early November. She’s really belting them out. It’s a happy sound. She was on the Bethel Worship Team this morning and during church it was her turn to teach Church Time for […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 18) A November Evening
Thursday night I cleared the whole place of leaves and mowed for the last time. The temperatures started dropping and In the early darkness Friday morning the first snow of the season came to Bittersweet Farm. It seemed festive. Friday Dewey Schramm (a very handy man from Bethel) came over and helped me prep the […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 17) A Rock in the Woods
November on Bittersweet Farm. It’s our first November on Bittersweet Farm. The trees are almost bare of leaves. I’ve spent some time mowing and mulching and blowing them into the fields and woods. Shepherd’s Pie. Lois surprised me with a wonderful shepherd’s pie for my birthday on Saturday. Hannah and Dale came with Mom and […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 16) October’s End
The Walnut trees (and there are many of them) are bare of leaves. The Maples on Bittersweet Farm and in the forest across the road are bright yellow in the rain this weekend. Within a week we will turn from October to November and they will be bare too. It’s always hard for me to […]