You know that first day in March or April when you breath in and the air has a scent again…
Continue ReadingA Fresh Perspective on Pee
Some days it seems all I do all day is manage bodily functions. Jesse’s wetting his pants. Claire’s distraction leading…
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“Life was like a Missionary Bootcamp”
In my teens I often imagined that God had put me on the homestead as preparation for a call to…
Continue ReadingGod, Mountains, and How I met my Husband, Part Second
Our God is a Mountain Mover, People. Here’s my personal testimony to that effect. Read Part First Here. We’d been…
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Seen and Overheard
I was all over the internet last week – several guest posts I’d written and some other stuff all got…
Continue ReadingMoving Day
Well, remember that sweet purse coupon deal I told you about two weeks ago? And then I came back to…
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Of Pancake Zoos and Native Accomidations
Our road trip last month was another chance to relive some fond memories and experiences from the homestead. Considering the…
Continue ReadingEmpathy
From that day on, I was terrified of the wind. I sat in the rocker in the small, cleared space…
Continue ReadingA day in the life of a tipi-dweller
Wow! It’s been literally years since the last installment of my tipi tales! I have so little time anymore when…
Continue ReadingHow to Take a Bath in Your Fridge
This is one of those memories from the homestead that we were able to laugh about afterward. Many wondered how…
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Exploring the Land
Once again, sleeplessness is the impetuous for another Tipi Tales post! Indigestion is my least-favorite pregnancy side effect, and has…
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I often have trouble sleeping the night before a trip and often quit tossing and turning and come out to…
Continue ReadingA Blustery Day, Part Two
Continued from Episode Five, A Blustery Day, Part 1… Amazingly, the three little girls slept peacefully in the middle of…
Continue ReadingA Blustery Day, Part One
I know it has been a while since I published a Tipi Tale. I have not had a lot of…
Continue ReadingOf Slugs and Sunflowers
I’ve had no time to do any creative writing lately, but I found this in one of my old journals…
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Our first night as Indians
Continued from Episode Three: Pitching the Tipi The first night in the tipi was mercifully non-eventful. We had found…
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