Something about winter calls for a bit of poetry.  I will enjoy this poem by Christina Rossetti "In the bleak midwinter".  On my blog I link an accapella version of the hymn of this poem and recommend a second instrumental version as well.  

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As we begin the last of the year, let us consider how we may end it well and ready for the new year coming.  In this episode I share 5 simple tips that have helped me keep the stress low and the joy high as I prepare for Christmas and all the trimmings with my family.  If you find these helpful, please, like this episode, subscribe, and best of all, share it with a friend!  Help spread the beauty and joy of the season around the globe.  Visit my Anchor homepage for more ways to support On the Journey.  Thank you for visiting!

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We are going back in time in this episode!  This episode is a reminder of warmer days for us in the northern hemisphere.  A sweet poem by Celia Thaxter which I found in a McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader.

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/05/09/the-delights-of-new-life/

The American holiday of Thanksgiving is a time when we collectively pause and give thanks for our country and our blessings.  I am so thankful for you.  Without you there would be no podcast or blog.  Today (and every day) be a blessing to some else; give a smile, a kind word, your presence to someone else.  We all need encouragement and we all have so much to be thankful for.  

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Brrr!  Winter pushed Autumn right out!

I love Snail Mail delivery day.  I hope you will enjoy this fun issue all about that inner sanctum -- the bathroom.  This room is definitely the most used and most important room in the home.  If you enjoy this episode, please like and leave a review or comment (they are so encouraging to me), subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and, best of all, share this with your friends!  You can read and download November Snail Mail at the link below.  Happy Reading, friends!

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Autumn and winter feel the perfect time to cuddle up and read.  I like to sit near the window and watch the birds or the snow falling.  I have been intentional in keeping my reading stack smaller this month because of all the activities that are happening.   

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Some times call for a bit of verse.  Autumn seems idyllic for poetry.  And fires.  If you enjoy this poem by Robert Louise Stevenson share it with a friend.  Thank you for visiting with me On the Journey.  This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/10/26/a-spark-of-poetry/

The bedroom can become, if we are not careful, a multipurpose storage room.  I hope this month's newsletter encourages and challenges you to make some positive changes, if they are needed, to this very important and sacred room.  You can find a copy of the Snail Mail newsletter on my blog.  This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/10/21/october-snail-mail-3/

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In honor of my Beloved, we are going back in time to October 22, 2015 to rejoice in the journey we have traveled together.  The Rose Garden mentioned in this episode is none other than the Portland Rose Gardens in Portland, Oregon.  You can visit my blog to get a glimpse of just how young we were when we vowed to travel the rest of our days together.  

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We are going back in time to 18 October 2015 in this episode.  Doubt.  It is a natural part of the human life.  Faith and doubt?  It is also is part of the human life experience.  God is big enough to allow us our doubts and help us through them.  I hope this episode will encourage you and show you that you are not alone if you have some doubts where faith is concerned.  We have to ask questions of God and dig to find the answers for faith is not passive.  If you benefited from this episode, please, give it a rating and review, subscribe to this podcast and the best encouragement of all is that you will share it with a friend.  If you are able, you can also support the production of this podcast financially on my Anchor homepage.  Thank you for your encouragement and visiting here with me.  If you visit the blog post, you can listen to one of my favorite songs "Thomas's Song".  This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/doubting-you/