From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Does Romance Outlast the Rose?

by Barbara Hartsook on June 18, 2009 · 19 comments

in Inspiration,Relationships

Roses say romance… but does the romance outlast the rose? Once upon a time, eighteen years or so ago, a young man won his love’s heart with a rose every Friday. Oh, it wasn’t always a rose. Sometimes it was a dozen roses, sometimes a teddy bear. But always a gift, and always on Friday. [...]

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Do We Always Do What We’ve Always Done?

by Barbara Hartsook on June 11, 2009 · 11 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

Must we always do things we’ve always done just because we’ve always done them? I used to cook. And decorate the food. When Wes and I were first married, I learned to cook on a budget because money was definitely scarce, and much of what little we both made as teachers had to be saved [...]

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When is the Art Done?

by Barbara Hartsook on June 4, 2009 · 12 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee,Inspiration

I was recently asked, When is the art done? And I gave some silly response that had nothing to do with the question. Maybe if she’d asked, Is the art ever done? I might have answered like this: No. It’s never done. Not really. Not if the artist uses pigments to tell a story and [...]

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