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Cleaning in the Dark

"...how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye?" - Matthew 7:4...

When Tractors Got Headlights

It was one of those lovely, lazy spring afternoons. Tom and I were coming back from a drive to Bandera. Windows down. Breeze, perfectly...

When Anxiety Attacks

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God....

Is it just me?

Sometimes I wonder about my sanity. I know my husband wonders about it. He sees the effects of my hamster wheel-ing and I'm pretty sure...

Everything else... is gravy.

I remember sitting in a Sunday morning Bible class some years ago, watching a video by Max Lucado. I can't recall exactly what the topic...

"Patience, Grasshopper"

If you've lived long enough, you may remember that phrase from a 1970s martial arts television show: Kung Fu. In the show, Master Po used...

Friendship of the Truest Kind

Last week was a veeeeery interesting week, not only because Tom fell off the ladder while fixing the gutter and badly sprained his ankle...

"You Can't Go Home Again"

I was on my way over to my daughter's house a couple of weeks ago for an outing at the Botanical Garden when I saw it. "IT." The For Sale...

The Dance

It was mesmerizing, this interplay between the two of them. Each having a specific task, yet working in such tandem they seemed as one....

Tedium or Rhythm?

I found myself standing at the sink staring at the mound of dirty pots and utensils awaiting attention. I don't know why this particular...

Of Sparrows and Squirrels

"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds...

Love and the Property of "Adhesion"

"How deep the Father's love for us; How vast beyond all measure, That He should give His only Son, To make a wretch His treasure...." ...

"To Every Thing Turn, Turn, Turn..."

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven." - Ecclesiastes 3:1 I remember this song blaring out over...

The Mirror DOESN'T say it all!

Do you think it perhaps began with Snow White and that magic mirror that spoke the truth about who was fairest of all? I wonder. I...

The Magic of the Firepit

Several years ago as Tom and I were settling into this little casita, we decided we wanted to "upgrade" our backyard space with a firepit...

Who broke the baby Jesus?

We have a tradition of putting up the Christmas decorations on the same day we celebrate Thanksgiving at the Pulliam house. It's usually...

And they came with haste....

Last weekend Tom and I took a little road trip to Fredericksburg. It had been a hectic few weeks prior, and we wanted to just have a...

When It's Not So Silent a Night

There it lay, splayed out across the dining room floor like a giant puzzle. We had only recently re-acquired the table that had belonged...

The Most Freeing Thought

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart...." - Jeremiah 1:5 I just got back from my morning...

Honoring the Memory

For most people who know me it comes as no surprise that I love all things old, antique, and storied. This little casita holds in use...

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