Live With Flair

As you know, I love encouraging writers. As June 1st approaches, I wondered if you had a writing dream in your heart for the summer.

Normally in Pennsylvania, you’d want to plant your garden at the very end of May; I planted too soon because I started my seedlings too

Something ate our baby robins! Most likely, a big crow feasted on them. We stand there by the nest, so saddened. We wonder if the

It’s almost time for my sparrows (and that one cowbird) to fledge. I love the verb “fledge.” It means to leave the nest. Any day

I’m learning to detect the presence of idols in my heart. I think about this as I read Acts 17:16. We read this: “Now while

For the past ten years, I’ve learned to look carefully–right during this very week in May–for the secret lady slipper orchids. They bloom deep in

The entire backyard smells of sweet lilac. We long for the day in May when the lilac blooms!

It’s unseasonably hot in Pennsylvania, so we shift our walking and hiking to the cool evening hours. I discover the benefits of evening walking at

While watering the garden this morning, I noticed that dill plants have sprouted up everywhere: in the pots, by the tomatoes, around the border of

This morning, I noted some special instructions about entering the presence of the Lord. Now I know we can enter God’s presence with confidence–at any