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• Seasons

  November 8, 2009

  • Rainy weather has been replaced this week with sunny days giving just the right amount of warmth to the breezy air.  Everyone has felt their spirit lift although the great fall color has greatly diminished.  Yesterday I was scheduled to speak at Nine Mile Baptist Church’s women’s retreat at Lake Sallateeska, and I enjoyed the drive up to north of Pinckneyville and the beautiful lodge after ...
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• The Week at Woodsong

  November 6, 2009

  • Where did the week go?  I started with laundry from the weekend on Monday.  The first week in the month also holds both our regular board meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association and also the local women’s club. The board meeting was supposed to be a very important planning session when we were joined by the national president and the national executive secretary, ...
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• Visiting Waggoner and Mascoutah

  November 1, 2009

  • Several weeks back, I alerted our youngest daughter, Mary Ellen, and husband, Brian, that we might be up for the weekend since I was to speak at the Mascoutah Heritage Museum this afternoon, and Mascoutah would be on our way back home to Woodsong.  As both our lives and theirs became busier, Mary Ellen and I were both assuring each other it was okay if we did not carry out those plans.    ...
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• Blessed by a Gathering and then a Son's Visit

  October 28, 2009

  • Monday evening I drove over to the little town of Pittsburg, one of several small towns or villages on our side of Williamson County—many of which came about or grew because of the coal mining industry, which used to reign in this region.  No longer are most houses occupied by men with carbide lanterns on their hats and who carry their lunch in buckets down in the bowels of the earth.  ...
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• Autumn's Joys

  October 25, 2009

  • Looking out our living room windows beneath the overhanging white clouds in the pale blue sky and past the green lawn, past the lake, past the fields, and on to the encircling line of trees, we are surrounded by soft yellows, muted oranges, and gentle browns of autumnal leaves.  This has been one of those perfect days here in Southern Illinois.  Warm sunshine mixed with a gentle breeze made me ...
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