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Apple Picking Time
October 19, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. It’s apple picking time here in Hollyhill. Makes me wish we had an apple tree in our yard. There are some old apple trees on the...
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One Last Mystery Photo to Guess
You all are just too smart for me. Even when I’m trying to stop being Mr. Nice Guy and pull out all the stops to trick you with a mystery picture, most of you still come up with the answer. Some of you...
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Winners and the Rest of the Picture
“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Oscar Wilde And so here is the “rest of the picture” of the last picture puzzle. Some of you got it all the way right. Sherry,...
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A Peek at Hidden Springs Mystery 2
Hidden Springs mystery 2 isn’t ready for readers yet. It’s still going through edits and won’t be released until July 2016. That sounds like a while yet, doesn’t it? We still have Halloween,...
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Sweet Amber Dog
It’s taken me a few weeks before I could write about sweet dog, Amber. Even now it makes me sad that the little dog’s life ended too soon. My granddaughter got Amber for her birthday a few years ago....
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A Writing Vacation
I invited a writer friend over to share her preparation for vacation. Here’s what Kristy writes. Morning! If you saw my bags right now, you’d think I was going on a business trip. I made my list...
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Merry Heart Sundays
A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. (Proverbs 17:22 NKJ) Usually when I repeat the above Bible verse, I just say the first part of the verse. I like thinking...
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Jocie Brooke Here Taking a Thankfulness Survey
November 9, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. It’s November and so Dad says that we all need to think about our blessings and reasons we have to be thankful. Sunday morning, he...
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What are Your Everyday Blessings?
“Blessings only come to those who notice.” We have a thanksgiving and praise time every week at our little church where we can mention reasons we are thankful. The reasons don’t have to be something...
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The Elusive Perfect Leaf
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ~Vince Lombardi This fall while I was walking in my fields here on the farm, I decided to find a perfect leaf. I...
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Do You Love Christmas Stories?
Tonight I’ve turned my blog over to Rose Allen McCauley to bring you a little early Christmas spirit. Rose has plenty to give. She is one of the most generous people you are ever likely to meet. She’s...
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What Makes a Thanksgiving Dinner for You?
“My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother’s Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from...
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Miss Sally’s Reasons for Thanksgiving
November 23, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky on the day before Thanksgiving. Don’t you just love Thanksgiving? I do. And it’s going to be especially good this year because...
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The Blessing of Giving
“For it is in giving that we receive.” (St. Francis of Assisi) As most of you know I’ve got a Christmas giveaway going. You can check out the prizes and how to enter on my News & Events Page. I...
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The Spirit of Generosity
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in...
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Books Under the Christmas Tree
Under my Christmas tree you will generally find at least one book wrapped up for each child and grandchild. Not my books. They can have one of those any time they want, but while a few of them do read...
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No Special Gift … Just Memories
Christmas is wrapped in memories. When you get a few years added on the way I have, you have quite a few Christmases to remember. There was the excitement and anticipation of Christmas Eve when I was a...
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. From peaceful Hollyhill, Kentucky. But Dad and lots of others are remembering a day twenty-five years ago that wasn’t peaceful. A...
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A Father’s Love – A Gift that Never Fades
Only a few days left to enter my Christmas giveaway. Deadline is midnight EST December 15th. First prize is this lovely Nativity set that would look great on your table this Christmas. The figures are...
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And Sometimes on Christmas We Cry
There are things we don’t want to happen, but have to accept; things we don’t want to know, but have to learn, and people we can’t live without, but have to let go. (Jennifer Jareau, a fictional...
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