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Category Archives: Farm Diary
Hawk Calling from the Cross
Refreshed. Wine and bread, blood and body. Coffee and hugs, chatting and loving. We then stepped out into dazzling light and wakening breeze to hear the shriek. And then another, and another. This dramatic shriek is the same they put … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts
Tagged Church, cross, red tailed hawk, Salem Lutheran Church
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Spot and a Still Small Voice
In my early days with sheep herding dogs, I thought the only way of getting through to them was through my voice….and the louder the better. You see you train dogs in a big open field; and the sheep start … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Church and Social Movements, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Social Political Issues, Spirituality
Tagged Aled Owen, Elijah, forgiveness, Gordon Watt, Jonah, Sheepdogs, Spot, training, will, zeal
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Nothing Wasted
I notice those two dead spruce trees. Should I cut them down. They take up space. They are untidy. But, the mourning dove is there now, cooing. And the red winged black bird trilling; and armies of ants up and … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Diary, Featured, Free Range Philosophy, John's Posts, Spirituality
Tagged children, distraction, ecology, family, meaning, pines, waste
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Starling Feathers
On the tall maple tree on the south side of our house hangs several bird feeders. Every morning I stand at the window and watch the swarming. My eyes search for the downy woodpeckers, the chickadees, and the flashy male … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts
Tagged birds, diversity, John Updike, murmuration, Pigeon Feathers, prejudice, racism, starlings
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Cooper’s Hawk Spices Our Day
While our children and grandchildren live in warmer climates, and live lives that are filled with many adventures, life here on Heatherhope Farm, in the frigid winter months, can get quite boring–even more so now that, for the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts
Tagged birds, Cooper's Hawk, nature, winter
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Wooly Bear: Another Everyday Miracle
Everybody’s favorite weather predicting caterpillar, the wooly bear, makes its way around Heatherhope Farm these beautiful autumn days. We are often disappointed to find out that its purported miraculous weather prognostication is a bust. A wide brown patch doesn’t always … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog
Tagged heatherhope, Isabella Tiger Moth, Wooly Bear
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Sméagol’s Death Leaves a Hole in Our Lives
Sméagol the cat, lived with us almost the whole 20 years we have been at Heatherhope. Being dog people, Connie and I often thought of him as something of a bother. He woke us each up at least once or … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog
Tagged bother, cat, life, pets, Smeagol
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Pentecost 11 C: God Does Not Play Phone Tag with Our Covid
The lessons for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost are: Old Testament & Psalm, Option I Old Testament Jeremiah 1:4–10 Psalm Psalm 71:1–6 or Old Testament & Psalm, Option II Old Testament Isaiah 58:9b–14 Psalm Psalm 103:1–8 … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged Covid-19, health care, Hebrews, Isaiah, luke, pandemic, phone tag, pretending, psalms, worship
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Breakfast Guest
Breakfast at Heatherhope is a reward for completion of morning chores, prayer-of-thanks time for the long chain of harvest to truck to mill to truck again to middleman to grocery to cereal bowl…and a time for coffee brain and deep … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Uncategorized
Tagged breakfast, doctrine, Faith, ruby-throated hummingbird, theology, Trinity
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Easter 4 C: Recognizing Care
The readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter are: First Reading Acts 9:36–43 Psalm Psalm 23 New Testament Revelation 7:9–17 Gospel John 10:22–30 Our psalm and Gospel readings focus on shepherding. Revelation on Christ the Lamb, … Continue reading