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Schwa Happens

Schwa Happens What is schwa you ask? Well....I'll tell you. A schwa is an empty vowel in an unaccented syllable within a word. Huh? Ok...ummmm...lemme try again. A schwa is a vowel that doesn't make the sound it is expected to inside a word. This makes the words they are included in both hard to sound out and hard to spell....especially for those just learning, or struggling, to read and write. Here is a simple example: Alive The A makes the "uh" sound not a ... View the Post

Personal Restoration Renovation and Conservation· The Art of Homemaking· Thoughts

Beneath the Emptiness

Beneath the Emptiness The night before last I was driving to a Board of Directors Meeting, listening to a book, when I heard D. Shefali Tsabary say, “Just beneath emptiness is the vast expanse of their spirit.”  Just beneath the emptiness.... As I heard this I felt empty. Hollowed out actually. And so very, very tired. As I said, I was on my way to a meeting...what I didn't say was that I was driving my husbands truck, because my car is in the shop after dying in the ... View the Post

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Personal Restoration Renovation and Conservation: On Perspective

Personal Restoration Renovation and Conservation: On Perspective For more than a decade we have been taking our family to Southern Utah for Spring Break. This year was no exception. But I knew this year would be different....bittersweet. You see, this year my oldest is a senior in high school which meant this would be his last spring break with us....so I wanted this year to be extra special. As this vacation was approaching we talked about all the things we wanted to do on this ... View the Post

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Personal Restoration Renovation and Conservation: On Sinking…and Resurfacing

Personal Restoration Renovation and Conservation: On Sinking... PART ONE (of two posts) *Photo from Wikipedia On the afternoon of April 11, 1912 the luxury liner known as the "Titanic" set sail. Constructed in Belfast, Ireland it took 2 years and more than 10,000 workers to build what was, at the time, the world's largest ocean liner. Because of it's size and engineering (16 new fan-dangled watertight compartments designed to keep the behemoth afloat) it was considered unsinkable ... View the Post

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Personal Restoration Renovation and Conservation: What Does it Mean?

Personal Restoration Renovation and Conservation: What Does it Mean? Last week I announced a new series...or journey...a "Personal Restoration, Renovation, and Conservation" project. And even though I said that like an old home that has been a sweet shelter I have also aged, weathered some hard storms, and have become a bit of a fixer upper....but I didn't really explain much else. So let's get to it. First things first...what do the words "restoration", "renovation", and ... View the Post

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Personal Restoration, Renovation, and Conservation: A Project

Personal Restoration, Renovation, and Conservation: A Project I think it's fair to say that these past few years have changed the world. I know they have changed me. Slowly, and at times imperceptibly, these changes have crept in and it wasn't until recently that I realized the extent of these changes. Now, I would love to say that all of these changes have been positive...that I've become a better, stronger, more positive person...but that simply isn't true. I will spare you ... View the Post