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Hope Gives a Eulogy Is Turning into Music – coming soon!
My sister, Cheyenne Olson, owns a piano studio in Utah and is finishing up her first volume of Piano Poetry where she gives musical voice to 15 of my poems from Hope Gives a Eulogy. Part of Cheyenne’s piano project meant I got to write about and share some more of my heart and what… Continue reading
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When in Doubt – a poem for the Wavering Christian
have you ever seena daisy die?with its center mostaliveand its seeds pressedout to lifewith its stem stretchedto the skyit well knows morewill arisea bloom the samebut newand that all bemultiplied.have you ever seena daisy die?I have—and whenever I’m filledwith doubtI watch the daisydieand believe the Lordof my life. -S.V.F., When in Doubt read more: Green … Continue reading
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Summer Bouquets from My Cottage Garden
In 2018 when we officially began our little porch garden I never dreamed I would have this many flowers to cut and make into bouquets for neighbors and friends. But that’s the thing— God does life. He multiplies it. He spills it over and over and over. Flowers die and in their deaths, abundant seeds… Continue reading
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Life Lately as a Gardener, Writer, and Mom
Since I wrote last the irses have bloomed in the garden, we’ve plucked a few fresh strawberries, the roses continue bountifully, and my “everything” flowerbed is filling out. Just yesterday morning I noticed the first blooms on one of my hollyhocks! The stalk is so bent over and so lopsided that the deep purple blooms… Continue reading
