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Welcome to “just over the hilltop” where the sun is melting and settling the piles of snow, the wind is drying the melting snow on the driveway, and the temperature warmed up overnight to 42 this morning. This is about the fourth overnight warm-up and that is a new phenomenon in my memory. Since the…

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Here I am at the end of my self-imposed sabbatical and feeling quite renewed and ready to re-enter society with all its demands and delights. As the calendar turns to February, I am excited to see what God has planned and if any of my plans match His. We have had more beautiful snowstorms with…

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The sun is shining just over the hilltop as I write a day early with the temperature in the teens and the wind coming out of the west. Lately several days have been like living in a snow globe world with flurries floating about as though they don’t care if they land anywhere or not….

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A few flurries are floating around this afternoon and the warmer temperature of 16 seems like a heat wave. This month is half over which means I have two more weeks of reading, thinking, and filing….in other words relaxing. The fluctuation of weather in this past week has created some interesting situations in areas around…

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We seem to be marching right out of this month with warmer temperatures, overcast skies, and a little rain. The deer have made tracks across the driveway letting us know they are still around and the robins have been puffing out their bellies while eating the seeds from the “witch” tree. The evening skies are…

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Thanksgiving Day – A national holiday set apart for giving thanks to God, celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November and in Canada on the second Monday of October. The American Heritage Dictionary (Second College Edition) Have you ever noticed that the happiest of people are the ones who have a…

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It’s Tuesday and all is well on the hilltop. Yesterday I took the candles down from all the windows except the picture window on the front porch. Christmas is put away until this December but I like to leave the front candles lit for a welcome and a marker for guests. There is something sad…

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Hello from just over the hilltop in Norwood where the days are lengthening and the sun is higher in the sky. The shadows of the trees on the snow last night from the light of the full moon were amazing. I love the winter shadows and how brilliant the snow seems at night. Plus it…

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