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Under the Magnolia Tree

Under the Magnolia Tree

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depression · Spirituality

Getting honest

September 25, 2020January 11, 2021 maflakeLeave a comment

I've mentioned Abby Brown Burle in Under the Magnolia Tree before. I have known Abby and her family since she was a young teen and they are some of my favorite people. Abby is bright, funny, irreverent, and deeply committed to Christ. She and her husband Ryan are the parents of three year old triplets,… Continue reading Getting honest

First Day of School
Back to School · Spirituality

First Day of School

August 31, 2020November 1, 2020 maflake2 Comments

Today is the first day of school for Whitfield County Schools, three weeks later than usual. It is gray and gloomy outside and I’m feeling melancholy, to use an old-fashioned term. This is my second “first day of school” as a retired media specialist, and I feel a little lonely. I'm missing that first day… Continue reading First Day of School

What is sapping your energy?
Spirituality

What is sapping your energy?

August 17, 2020November 1, 2020 maflake2 Comments

This morning the weather was not as hot and miserable as it has been, so I got out my clippers and headed to the garden. My tomato plants have been neglected while I was off on my trip to beautiful New York State visiting my son and daughter-in-law and her family, and I needed to… Continue reading What is sapping your energy?

From flower to cucumber
Christianity · Spirituality

From flower to cucumber

July 31, 2020September 25, 2020 maflakeLeave a comment

My cucumber vines were almost dead when I came back last week from my short trip to North Carolina to visit my cousin Garner and her family. The miserable heat and lack of rain had dried them up and they lay brown and listless on the ground. I gave them a long drink with the… Continue reading From flower to cucumber

Withering in the Sun
#shelterathome · #shelteringinplace · #ShelterunderHiswing · Spirituality

Withering in the Sun

July 1, 2020September 25, 2020 maflakeLeave a comment

I have a basket that I picked up for a dollar at a flea market and each summer I fill it with moss and plant flowers in it. This year I had an overabundance of purple, pink and blue impatiens so I planted them in the basket and put it in my flower garden in… Continue reading Withering in the Sun

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