Monthly Archives: November 2015

Gift #920: Thanksgiving Hymn #5

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I’m never quite ready to say goodbye to this holiday because it means that beloved fall is officially gone.  In keeping with family tradition, I steadfastly refuse to budge from home on … Continue reading

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Gift #919: Thanksgiving Hymn #4

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I hope you had a wonderful day!  Today’s hymn, “Come Ye Thankful People Come” is one I’ve been looking forward to for a while.  Written in 1844, it’s a relatively new song, at least compared to the … Continue reading

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Gift #918: Thanksgiving Hymn #3

Today is considered one of the busiest travel days of the year.  Thousands and thousands of people are spending today in cars or planes traveling across town or across country to spend time with their families and give thanks.  Today’s … Continue reading

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Gift #917: Thanksgiving hymn #2

Today’s Thanksgiving hymn is “Now Thank we all our God.”  This is probably the most well known hymn for the holiday.  I remember singing it in grade school, with images of pilgrims gathered around rustic tables and wheat stalks etched … Continue reading

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Gift #916: Thanksgiving Hymn #1

And so Thanksgiving week is finally here.  This is probably my favorite holiday and I look forward to it so much.  I wanted to do something special to celebrate Thanksgiving – in the past we’ve done prayers, psalms, and this … Continue reading

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Gift #915: Seedpod Earrings

It’s been a while since I blogged last and I’ve missed it.  Long days, short nights, and out-of-town stays have made it difficult to get a post in recently, but hopefully things will even out a bit.  I’m back today … Continue reading

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Gift #914: Falling leaves

A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.”  E.E. Cummings I don’t think it’s possible to have known … Continue reading

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Gift #913: Age of Discovery

It’s slowly dawned upon my subconscious that we’re solidly in November and the last update I did on my calendar jewelry was to show what I made for June and July.  That means we’re way behind schedule.   I think it’s … Continue reading

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Gift #912: Autumn afternoons

Autumn is in its final stages now.  All the trees in the forest behind the house have shed their leaves in a shower of yellow gold.  And now it seems so bare and sad.  I’m not ready for the leaves … Continue reading

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Gift #911: Autumn Garden

How quickly time passes once we reach the latter half of the year.  I can scarcely believe that we are several days into November!  My beloved October passed all too quickly and part of me does not even believe it’s … Continue reading

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