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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

What you have to give...

Diary of 5 ~ January 26, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:34:00 +0000

I am seeing... idea board cleared away and awaiting new inspiration. I am hearing... 2 sisters singing and another playing guitar... songs of praise filling the house. I am smelling... spicy black beans simmering on the stove. I am tasting... Constant Comment tea with honey and soy...

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Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen: Dairy-Free Hot Cocoa Recipe

Herbal Blessings Giveaway

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:31:00 +0000

I'm having a giveaway at The Renegade Farmer this week. Please stop by and enter the Herbal Blessings Giveaway to win a copy of The Essential Herbal magazine, Peppermint Rose Bath Tea, and another herbal treat or two!

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Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Winter Gardening

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Nature has undoubtedly mastered the art of winter gardening and even the most experienced gardener can learn from the unrestrained beauty around them. ~Vincent A. Simeone Winter gardening, how I love it (of course I love any gardening!). Stealing outside on a warm...

Daybook for January 10, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:21:00 +0000

FOR TODAYOutside my window... robins searching for breakfast in the churchyardI am thinking... about planting the gardenI am thankful... for the quietude of this momentIn the kitchen... veggie soup for dinnerI am wearing... black yoga pants and a green t-shirtI am creating... blog posts and...

Diary of 5

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:40:00 +0000

I am seeing... sweet hand stitched bag, a birthday gift from my youngest daughterI am hearing... chatter of girls I am smelling... freshly laundered clothingI am tasting... kukicha twig tea (good bye coffee)I am feeling... cool crisp morning air For more...

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Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Dandelion Root Coffee

FREE

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:34:00 +0000

My word for 2012 is FREE ... to do new things, to revisit old paths, to say no to things that aren't for me this season, to simply be free in Him who sets the captives free. More on my year to be FREE later, do you have a word for 2012? If so, I'd love to know what it is.

Happy New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

A happy New Year! Grant that I May bring no tear to any eye When this New Year in time shall end Let it be said I've played the friend, Have lived and loved and labored here, And made of it a happy year. ~Edgar Guest Brightest Blessings to you and yours this New Year's Day!

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Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

So Sorry

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:23:00 +0000

Especially for those of you who subscribe to my feed via email, I am so sorry about that ugly unreadable mess you probably received earlier today. My last post was a train wreck. (sigh) I'm not sure what I did to make such a mess of things, but until I have time and energy to work it out,...

On Being Rich

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:29:00 +0000

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. ~Henry David Thoreau I am slowly learning that there are more and more things that I should let alone. They may be good things, the new, "in" things, tempting and very useful things; just not for me...

The Work of Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:28:00 +0000

The Work of Christmas When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To...

Merry Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +0000

Christmas Blessings from my home to your heart!

Crafting Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:39:00 +0000

Just a few days left until Christmas- has the countdown started at your house? It started weeks ago for the littlest Loves in our family- only 27 days 'til Christmas, then 18, then 10 ... now just 8. The excitement is building, the craft supplies are flying, and the finished,...

Simple Holidays

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:51:00 +0000

It is time for holiday crafting and baking at our house. I've marked lots and lots of goodies at Pinterest that I'd like to make. Obviously, time and energy won't allow for all these, but I hope to create a few of them this year, if not there's always next Christmas! I am...

Advent- Join the Conspiracy

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:41:00 +0000

[AC] Promo 2011 - International Justice Mission from Advent Conspiracy on Vimeo. Yes. :)

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Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST

Brined, Herb Roasted Turkey Recipe : Emeril Lagasse : Food Network

Pumpkin Butterscotch Cookies

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:09:00 +0000

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On Gratitude

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:30:00 +0000

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. ~Johannes A. Gaertner

A Season of Thanksgiving

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:23:00 +0000

Well, it has certainly been a while since I wrote with any regularity here at Love Living Simply. Life has been everything but simple for me over the past couple of months, and as much as I’ve missed blogging, I just have not had time to string together a sensible sentence, much less a blog...

Hello

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:18:00 +0000

Just a quick Hello There post. Lots of changes in the Love household these days- a new home ( we are actually moving back to an "old" home) a new ministry (which is just a tad bit overwhelming at the moment) no internet service at home yet (which means I have to borrow someone else's...

150 Mile Wardrobe

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:11:00 +0000

Love this video. Not sure I could do this, wool and Texas heat just don't seem to go together; but I love the concept nonetheless. As I'm packing up our clothes this week (yes, we are moving again and I'll post about that later), I am all too mindful of the fact that most...

Apple Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:41:00 +0000

September is always apple month at our house. We eat apples and peanut butter for snacks, make caramel apples, bake apple crisp, apple pie. Someday I’m going to try making apple dumplings. We used to read lots of lovely picture books all about apples, but my girls seem to...

Autumn Apple Crisp

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:23:00 +0000

Autumn and apples just seem to go together, and this delicious recipe is a fall favorite at my house. (And though I know it isn't officially autumn yet, I am ignoring the calendar and pretending it is already here.) Apple Crisp Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease a 2 quart...

Rest

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:48:00 +0000

Five Minute Friday: REST. "Come to me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." One of my very favorite verses. I particularly love this one in the Amplified version which says I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls. Oh, but how often do I...

Weekend Fun ~ Jarritos, a product review

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:22:00 +0000

I was asked to do a product review recently- for Jarritos, a popular Mexican soft drink brand. Now, my blog readers will remember that I don't often do reviews; and those who know me well, also know that soda would probably be one of the last things that I would normally consider for a...

On my mind 8/26/11

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:39:00 +0000

Fall is in the air this morning, and soon it will be time to pot up the tender herbs like the two basils on my kitchen windowsill. These were rooted in water (right there on that same windowsill) from cuttings, and will hopefully provide a few tasty leaves for the soup...

Pondering ...

noreply@blogger.com (Catherine Love) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:00:00 +0000

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less "showily". Let him come and...