Category Archives: living art

February Frivolity

Posted on February 16, 2016 by prairiegirl50

February seems to be the month where, if school is going to go off the rails, it is going to be this month. I don’t know why but this month always seems to be home for discouragement, depression and disillusionment … Continue reading →

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Becoming

Posted on January 10, 2016 by prairiegirl50

I have never been big on making resolutions for the new year. For me, that is just setting myself up for a fall. I am doomed before I even get out of the starting gates of the new year. Fruitless … Continue reading →

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A Week Well Lived

Posted on November 13, 2015 by prairiegirl50

My soul was able to breathe deep this week. We had our first major snowfall for the year on Monday night and for people who live out in ‘no-man’s land’ large dollops of snow mean that you have to stay … Continue reading →

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When Life is Hard

Posted on August 19, 2015 by prairiegirl50

Two weeks ago, an extended family member was murdered. How’s that for surreal? we knew that she had an unhappy home life but we had no idea that it was as bad as it was. That discovery has forced us … Continue reading →

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Now On To The Evening Routine

Posted on June 8, 2015 by prairiegirl50

I have spent a great deal of time getting my morning routine down to a workable series of activities that pushes my day off to a good start; a routine that includes time with the Lord, exercise and time for … Continue reading →

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Commonplace books

Posted on April 29, 2015 by prairiegirl50

Recently there has been quite a bit of buzz about commonplace books. Commonplacing is the art of keeping quotes, words that strike deep inside of you, words that cause you to think, contemplate, ponder. This is indeed an art. It … Continue reading →

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The Blog Challenge

Posted on April 27, 2015 by prairiegirl50

I have four more days of the blogging challenge in which I attempted to blog every day during the month of April. I use the word ‘attempted’ because I did not succeed in meeting my goal. Due to a full … Continue reading →

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Playing With Essays

Posted on April 17, 2015 by prairiegirl50

I had hoped to introduce essays to Emma during her Grade 10 year; technically it is still her Gr. 10 year but we don’t have too much of it left. I have decided to smoosh as many essays as I … Continue reading →

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God, the Writer

Posted on April 15, 2015 by prairiegirl50

My year in reading C.S.Lewis has been a joy for me, a time of healing, a time of pondering. I am currently reading a compilation of essays about Lewis’s theology written by a variety of Christian men. The Romantic Rationalist … Continue reading →

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My Ambivalence Toward Self-Care

Posted on April 6, 2015 by prairiegirl50

Have you read The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner? It has been making it’s rounds with the blogs, podcasts and even Canadian television. This book is everywhere. In case you haven’t read it, it is all about carving time out … Continue reading →

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