The Beauty of Simple Things

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Learning to Sail the Earthly Ship
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From Nevada to the Irish Sea
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The Great Liberation
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Brown Paper Packages Tied Up with String
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Books Everyone Should Read (2023)
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Riots of Beauty Against the Machine
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Reflections

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Musings from a Bus at Twilight
With the Letter I Wrote to Caspar David Friedrich
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Sneaking into the Garden with Peter Rabbit
How a Mischievous Rabbit Took Me on a Little Bible Study
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Seven Simple Moments of Beauty
Mary Poppins, Brush Fires, Antiques, & Thirsting for Beauty
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The Hidden Meaning of 319
Treadmills, Gas Prices, and Celebrating My Mom
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Three Lenten Anecdotes
On Becoming Like Spiders and Flies
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Lenten Lingering
Impatient Sunsets, Aching for the Garden, & Crosses of Love
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The Beauty of Simple Things
The Beauty of Simple Things
Thoughts on God, Creation, Technology, Community, and Beauty as experienced in the Shenandoah Valley.
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