by Deb Farris | Nov 19, 2019 | Musings
It wasn’t the plan to start preparing for Christmas before Thanksgiving. I have never in all my life done that. It sneaks up on me every year. But with the early snowfall and all, what can I say? I found myself in the spirit. (Spoiler alert to staff and family...
by Deb Farris | Nov 8, 2019 | Dance, Greater Good, Musings
The violin called out a sweet message setting a stage of elegance. I lifted my eyes from my conversation to the staircase as the dancers made their entrance and slowly began their descent into the space where the audience stood watching mesmerized and suddenly we were...
by Deb Farris | Nov 2, 2019 | Musings
He brought the small potted plant home from the grocery store at the start of summer and when it stopped blooming on the kitchen table I did what I don’t usually do and bought some rose food and planted it in the back yard. The green leaves turned yellow but as the...
by Deb Farris | Oct 31, 2019 | Musings
I drove past the old farmhouse I grew up in this week. This tree. This tree, I loved. It’s grown. So tall. I used to be able to reach the lowest branch and lay myself across it and use my five years worth of weight to bounce it up and down, up and down. Little did I...
by Deb Farris | Oct 27, 2019 | Musings
The sound of the leaves squished beneath our feet. We had passed out most of the Trick or Treats before we snapped on Fannie’s harness and leash then walked the ravines still finding others to...
by Deb Farris | Aug 24, 2019 | Musings
The great thing about sitting on a front porch is the people you get to see. You’re there to notice when a car stops in front of your house. I was sitting on the porch trying to write a blog. I didn’t really have anything to say but I was avoiding the bigger...
by Deb Farris | Aug 17, 2019 | Musings
Guitar Dog Sprinklers Coffee Newspaper “Pretty flowers.” Mosquito bites Bare feet Chickadee calling His soft singing Lavender bug repellant Cat inside screen door Red watering can reflecting sunlight “What should we do...
by Deb Farris | Aug 8, 2019 | Devotions
The Spirit pours in (He gives words to write) So pour it all out (on the page) With so much retained, less will be gained (it only adds clutter) It’s the Law of Divine Supply (check out His Bestseller) Put words down on paper, empty your vessel (share His beauty)...
by Deb Farris | Aug 4, 2019 | Devotions
Oh the beauty of the one Who says, My soul Purpose is to help others. Ask and you shall receive, My faith instructs So I, too, ask. May I be one, please, who through this blessed life May help another? But what a grand Request. I fear The load too heavy Or I too weak....
by Deb Farris | Jul 12, 2019 | Musings
The wind from the north woods has made its way into our backyard and brings into present, past summers at the family cabin. I allow myself the luxury of memory and the melancholy it may evoke, to keep the special place alive in my mind, as the neighbors’ loud...
