Jeannie Pederson 5 Minute Read As anyone who knows me can attest, I love old-fashioned things – from old houses, to antique furniture and old books. I’ve always enjoyed visiting “living history” museums, with costumed interpreters going about a typical day from the past. I’ll never forget a family trip to Old World Wisconsin (note: Go if you can! It’s…
Jeannie Pederson 4 Minute Read Let me start with a disclaimer: I’m not an expert when it comes to saving money. I don’t really do couponing yet. Most of my tips won’t be anything new! But for those of you who are interested, here are some ideas that have been helpful to me. Bargain or Not? If I don’t need…
Jeannie Pederson 3 Minute Read Greetings from the Sparrow’s Nest! That’s what Evan and I call our cozy little apartment. While I dearly love living in this tiny “playhouse” of a place, making things fit can be a challenge at times. I’m sure I’m not the only one facing this challenge, so I thought I’d share a few ideas that…
Jeannie Pederson 4 Minute Read If you’re a book lover, like me, you have a favorite author (or several). And at some point, you will have read all the works by said author. What happens then? Do you sigh sadly, make a cup of tea, and begin writing yourself? Perhaps you check out a new author from a reading list, or ask a friend for a recommendation. You could even read a book about the author (I have two such books on my reading list, biographies of beloved authors Elizabeth Goudge and Bess Streeter Aldrich) or make a pilgrimage to places they lived, wrote, or wrote about.
Or, you can read a sequel by another author.
Unfortunately, there seems to be a great deal of variation in the quality of such “sequels.”
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read I can’t remember where I first saw the book Letters of a Woman Homesteader. The wonderful cover caught my eye right away and the title was intriguing, but the clincher was the fact that I could read it right away on my iPod — for free!
I was not disappointed. Not only is the premise interesting — a young widow with a small daughter who decides to go out West and claim her own homestead — the writing is excellent…
Jeannie Pederson 4 Minute Read “I would define ‘hidden art’ as the art found in the ordinary areas of everyday life. Each person has, I believe, some talent which is unfulfilled in some hidden area of his being — a talent which could be expressed and developed.” -Edith Schaeffer, The Hidden Art of Homemaking When I first read The Hidden Art…
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read What a privilege to send you a “post card” from my new home in California! This has been the most amazing year of my life. I hope to write several articles to share more of my story, but for now, here is a quick update…
At the beginning of the year a young man who I greatly admired and respected started corresponding with me on and off. By March he decided I was “more or less interesting”…
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read As a single young woman, one of the things God has laid on my heart is to reach out to younger girls who want to grow spiritually. God has opened doors in amazing ways, and over the last couple of years I’ve been in a position to really invest in the lives of several teenage…
Jeannie Pederson 4 Minute Read Tuesday morning, 8 am. It’s pouring down rain, and I mean buckets. Little rivers of water are running down the driveway. I can’t complain, because we’ve been praying for rain for weeks, but it is Farmer’s Market day, and none of the produce is picked yet. Not only is it hard to harvest lettuce in…
Jeannie Pederson 3 Minute Read One Sunday morning, a hard-boiled egg walked into a small Baptist church. It was cleverly disguised to look like a girl in a flowered dress with long, reddish-brown hair, and no one suspected the truth, least of all the egg itself. I know, for I was the egg. Oh, I looked so perfect on the…
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read There’s a lot of discussion on this blog about marriage and singleness. As far as I can tell, most single girls who visit this site deeply desire marriage – and many feel “stuck” in a prolonged season of singleness. We often lament, “Where are the men? It’s not like there’s anything I can do about…
Jeannie Pederson 4 Minute Read When does the Christmas season really begin? That’s a topic open for discussion, but to my mind it begins on the magical morning of December 13, Saint Lucia’s Day. Although our family isn’t of Swedish descent, our neighbors don’t seem to mind that we’ve adopted their holiday, and it has become a special tradition. We’ve…
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