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Christmas Memories

Making Christmas ornaments and memories to last a lifetime.

A Lesson from the Intrepid Black-capped Chickadees

Bang! From the sound of it, a big bird had to have hit the window by the bird feeder. The sudden raucous squabbling by the side yard made me run to the window. I was just in time to see two blue jays and another gray and brown bird fly off across the street toContinue reading “A Lesson from the Intrepid Black-capped Chickadees”

Learning about Yourself

My husband and I just returned from a cruise on the Ohio River. We traveled down the Ohio from Pittsburgh to St. Louis on the American Cruise steamboat “Heritage”. It was a great trip. I learned a lot of things: about the river towns, the Ohio River, the people we traveled with and about myself.Continue reading “Learning about Yourself”

A Word Fitly Spoken/Written

Proverbs 25:11 likens our words fitly spoken to gold apples in silver settings. So, WORDS matter. Whether they are spoken or in a writer’s world, written. They matter. A recent writer’s conference that I attended had the theme “A Word like Fire”. What you say, and what you write can burn. A woman at theContinue reading “A Word Fitly Spoken/Written”

Just submitted a short story

Recently I saw a writing contest on Reedsy.com to which I belong. This is a great site for writers, one I highly recommend. One of the prompts was to write about an adventure someone has taken and written about in a journal. Here is the link to my story. Check it out here: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/janet-pierce/ TheContinue reading “Just submitted a short story”

What’s in a Bird’s Coloring: Thinking of the Easter Parade

When I saw a male goldfinch arrive at my bird feeder, its bright plumage with dark shading on the wing tips reminded me of the joy we feel after the darkness of Good Friday (portrayed by the dark colors on the bird’s wing tips. Colorful reminders of the sorrow and joy I think encapsulates HolyContinue reading “What’s in a Bird’s Coloring: Thinking of the Easter Parade”

Honoring Two Strong Women

For International Women’s Month I’m taking a moment to think of two women in my family, one is my father’s mother, and the other is my mother’s aunt who was like a mother to her. My grandmother, Helen Johanna Lehrian Manson Jackson, was born the second child of Helena and John Lehrian in 1895. SheContinue reading “Honoring Two Strong Women”

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