Daily Archives: May 27, 2020

Plantains!!!

Cooking bananas, plantains, makemba, whatever you want to call them, we call them yummy.  Roy was given this plantain plant about a year ago; banana family plants produce quickly, nothing like the mangosteen that typically takes about 8 years to …

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Be still and know that I am God

In songs, new to me and shared by friends, and in conversations and sermons, I am learning anew to be thankful for today, to live in this moment that God has given us.  I don’t need to worry about the …

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Happy 48 years of being a couple

I mentioned in passing, on May 18, that Roy and I became an official couple on May 18, 1972.  The kids picked up on that and we had a special meal, with french silk pie for dessert.  Boy was it …

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Monkey business

Our grandkids and their pal, Connor (on Thursdays and Fridays), are very good about keeping up with their online schooling, and not getting in to too much monkey business.  Sawyer is actually done with 8th grade, with an overall grade …

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H is much better

My dear friend, H, was suffering from heart problems for the past few months.  It turns out that the medication she was taking was outdated and not helping her.  She’s now on still full strength meds and we talked and …

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Roy’s getting the Back 2 Eden nursery and farm in order

Though we are disappointed that our June 2nd flights to the U.S. are being postponed, Roy, for one, is delighted to have more time to get everything set up to continue during our absence.  We hope to return, as independent …

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Walks at the beach

Under level 4 of South Africa lockdown, we’re allowed to take walks within 5 kilometers of home, only between 6-9 am.  We’ve recently had some lovely walks along the coast, the Indian ocean stretching out to the horizon.  I’ve been …

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