The Northern Tip of the Lower Peninsula Last week I drove way up into northern Michigan to preach for a Men’s Retreat. Downstate most of the forests were bright yellow. In northern Michigan, orange seemed to be the dominant color. In that part of Michigan there are larger hills ribboned by winding roads bisecting woods […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 92) From the Carriage House Loft
From the Carriage House Loft It’s early morning, pre-dawn, mid-September and I am beside an open window in the quiet of my writing loft in the east end of the carriage house out on Bittersweet Farm this morning. I took the time to brew a mug of coffee. At Bethel Church we had our gatherings […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 91) Wedding on Bittersweet Farm
Things are quiet out on Bittersweet Farm tonight. A week ago our little “Hopey” was married to Tim Kolb right here on Bittersweet Farm out in the place I like to call The North Meadow at the foot of a cross. It was a beautiful evening. The wedding was a small family-only wedding. The wedding […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 90) Coles Pond | Walden, Vermont
On Bittersweet Farm we have a grove of walnut trees, over twenty of them. They are majestic trees that provide a rich canopy of green. They have been around a long time. If they could talk I would listen. They could tell me the history of this “Place on the Earth.” The walnut grove divides […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 89) She Promised a Banana
Out on Bittersweet it has been quiet the last couple weeks. Lois and Hope went out to the Oregon coast to visit Holly and I was here on the quiet farm. There are parts of that I like, but I like it better with company. Last night I drove to the airport and picked up […]
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