Category: Journal
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Why go to Church
Thought for a Sunday People-watching statisticians are telling us that more people are choosing to do other things on Sunday morning besides go to church. There are lots of choices from a trip to the beach to the ever-expanding Sunday sports schedule. But even among those who still prioritize a worship experience on the weekend,…
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We are retiring again!
Here is the text of the post I wrote for our church blog.
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News about our house
JoAnne has written a great blog post with the story of our purchase of the West Granby parsonage. I invite you to read it. https://inspiredbyhope.us/?p=8646
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Spider Daylilies Capture My Fancy
New spider daylilies bloom Daylilies, daylilies, daylilies. What a great season. It is almost over now. Watering was certainly necessary this year to keep the blooms coming. But with a little care, I enjoyed some delightful surprises in my daylily collection. We even held a daylily garden open house one hot July Sunday afternoon. A…
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Uncovering History in my Garden
Hitching Posts At our home in the historic section of West Granby, CT, the old granite hitching posts standing in the rail fence line are immediately obvious. The remaining granite sentinels with their broken rusty metal loop tie hooks remind me of the mid nineteenth century mill origins of this part of West Granby. I…
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Rose Arbor Delights
Climbing roses reward hard work Rose arbors have a history in our family. My maternal grandmother had a rose arbor. Here’s a picture of my Grandfather and Grandmother, Samuel and Jessie Isaman in front of their home rose arbor. The arbor was still there when I was a child but the roses were no longer…
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The January challenge
January is jigsaw puzzle season at the Jones household. I don’t know if it’s the cold outside or just that we need a change of pace from the business of Christmas. But each year when January rolls around, we dig out our stored boxes and pick some of our favorites. Sometimes we have dueling puzzle…
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Celebrating Christmas Village 2021
What’s New? There are always new twists and challenges to the annual Christmas Village that I am privileged to erect in our current parsonage. This year, we decided to downsize on furniture a little and sold the big bookcase which has bordered the right side of the Christmas layout since we moved here. So I…
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Houghton College Honored Again
Houghton College is the college that I consistently recommend to superior students. This fine institution has again been highly recognized by two national ranking organizations. I served for six years on the board of Houghton College and both my wife and daughter are graduates. So I know personally that it deserves the accolades it receives.
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Daylily season underway
I’m a daylily fan Daylilies are still blooming even though things are a little soggy. The blossoms look great with a few drops of water on them, but eventually most of them are damaged by continued downpours. Every garden has some old favorites like my Ruby Spiders in the featured picture. But there are also…