by Kara Williams | Nov 22, 2017 | Reflections
To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us — and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from...
by Kara Williams | Jun 7, 2017 | Reflections, Spring
“I do not think that I have ever seen anything more beautiful than the bluebell … I know the beauty of the Lord by it.”~ Gerard Manley HopkinsSpring will depart in days, and I am looking ahead to summer. It’s been a strange year,...
by Kara Williams | Nov 15, 2016 | Reflections
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.~Lao TzuIt is mid-November, and blissfully there is not much farm news to report on. Instead of tending the garden late into the twilight hours or using the extra summer daylight to finish projects and chores,...
by Kara Williams | Jun 10, 2016 | Chickens, Country Living, Cows, Goats, Reflections
Hope is tomorrow’s veneer over today’s disappointment. ~Evan Esar We started the year with such excitement and high hopes. In Janurary we purchased a pregnant Irish Dexter named Annabelle with her steer (neutered male) calf. She was expected to...
by Kara Williams | Nov 15, 2015 | Country Living, Garden, Reflections
Thanksgiving creates abundance. ~Ann VosKamp, from One Thousand Gifts Our plum tree bore fruit for the first time this year, and it gave me pause. For the first time I was able to make my favorite Autumn Jam, which calls for pears, apples, and plums, entirely with...
by Kara Williams | Sep 16, 2015 | Reflections, Summer
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ~Henry JamesA common annual refrain is that summer flew by and we can’t believe school is upon us and where did the...
