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When Doing It Yourself Is No Longer the Best Choice

When Doing It Yourself Is No Longer the Best Choice First published on Sixty and Me My husband has always

Home Patty Grasher

Welcome. I’m Patty Grasher, a guidebook author, radio host, and local book event organizer in Southwest Washington. This site brings

Recreating a 1908 Vancouver Cookbook, One Chapter at a Time

I seem to have zero energy but I have started a tiny new project. When I first came to Vancouver

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My Journey to Write a Cozy Mystery

This is probably going to be very boring to 99.9 percent of the world. Maybe I should make that 99.99999

Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online for all Ages

Free Jigsaw Puzzles Online Playing free jigsaw puzzles online offers a wealth of benefits, making it a valuable pastime for

Detours & Side Trips

So I am bit more spasmodic with my daily as usual but continuing on. Since I always have a good

A glimpse of God

Today’s Sunshine: Every true friend is a glimpse of God Lucy Larcom Well lately I have been struggling to keep

Love gives joy and encouragement

Today’s Sunshine: //e.issuu.com/embed.html#35310449/66358910 Here\’s the rough draft of the puzzle book I am making for Saturday. You can download WINTER

Give what you have

Today’s Sunshine: \”Give what you have to someone it may be better than you dare to think.\” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Peace on Earth

Today’s Sunshine: “And in despair I bowed my head; \”There is no peace on earth,\” I said; \”For hate is

A Conspiracy

Today’s Sunshine: “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of LOVE.” Hamilton Wright Mabie I

God enters by a private door

Today’s Sunshine: \”God enters by a private door into every individual.\” Ralph Waldo Emerson My mind is at a blank

The heart experiences God

Today’s Sunshine: It is the heart which experiences God not the reason. Blaise Pascal I remember reading once that after

God with us

Today’s Sunshine: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means

Every time we give

Today’s Sunshine: “Every time we love, every time we give it\’s Christmas!” Dale Evans Somehow I couldn\’t shift out of

One word frees us

Today’s Sunshine: “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; that word is LOVE.” Sophocles Well,