by Andi | Jun 9, 2015 | animals, Garden, Written and Wrought
I do not need all the latest kitchen appliances or even a bouquet of handheld devices cribbed from the pegboards of Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Give me a rubber spatula, a wooden spoon, and a few sharp knives. But what I crave – especially when I spend hours resting... by Andi | Jun 7, 2015 | animals, Written and Wrought
Last night, some of our favorite people in the world joined us for our God’s Whisper tradition of a potluck and a bonfire. We ate and talked and watched embers glow as the sun set. Then, Henry and Dylan (age 8) began playing whiffle ball. Dan and Philip and... by Andi | Jun 4, 2015 | Written and Wrought
It took me 6 matches, but I finally got the sage soy candle (sale at Target – yes!) on my desk lit this morning. The humidity in the former summer kitchen that is my office is rather high, given all our rain, and the matches just weren’t loving the... by Andi | Jun 2, 2015 | animals, Written and Wrought
Past the garden and orchard, across the pasture, I can see just the top corner of the Lohr farmhouse. A chimney, a tin roof, the upper quarter of a second-story window. If I was in a a certain sort of mood, I might think of hauntings where movie families take up... by Andi | May 31, 2015 | God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
For a while, I thought Americans had lost the desire for independence – the kind of independence that defines success in terms of how much food, clothing, shelter, and contentment I can produce for myself rather than how much I could buy . . . — Gene...