It Could Happen – A Nature Essay – Joy DeKok Author Note: I have no idea if this young blue…
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Places and Things – A Writing Essay
As a reader, I sometimes find myself attached to where the story takes place before connecting with the characters. It started with Laura Ingalls Wilder – the prairie fascinated me. Later, reading Perry Mason mysteries, it was the courtroom. When Jan Karon’s Mitford series released, I never wanted to leave town.
This & That & Some Other Things – October 2020
Welcome to a new kind of blog post! I enjoy sharing books I’m reading (or have read), photographs I’ve…
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Behind the Lies – Free Prologue and Chapter 1
Behind the Lies Copyright Joy DeKok, 2020 Prologue All the lovey-dovey moments of move-in day faded by the next…
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Powder Puff Moments ~ Stringing Beads
Wandering in the ditch beside one of our wildflower fields, this tiny puff of seeds caught my eye and snagged…
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Transformed Garment
Instead of sitting around, I went for a walk which is excellent medicine for me. As my steps lagged from the onslaught of thoughts that felt like taunts, I asked God to show me how to deal with the almost constant invisible presence of this earthly enemy.
My Satchel & Steamer Trunk Stories ~Your Life a Legacy
A Girl God Heard ~ My Satchel Story I have always enjoyed going to church – even when it meant…
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Reader Survey
I am very grateful to you for being a faithful reader here on the blog and for stopping by today….
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Against the Wind
The wind was blowing the flowers and leaves around in almost constant gusts of 20 to 30 MPH the other…
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Our Father-Daughter Dance
Daddy & Me In the tenth grade, John Marshall high school held a Father-Daughter dance. After school, I climbed a…
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