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National Lawn and Garden Month Ideas & Printables

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2026)
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When spring arrives, everyone is ready to be outdoors! During the month of April, have your children learn about the importance of gardening and how it can be both fun and beneficial with these National Lawn and Garden Month learning ideas. Grow …

Category: Homeschool Unit StudiesTag: Flowers and Plants and Gardens | Nature Study | Spring

As The Deer

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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"You alone are my heart's desire and I long to worship You."

Category: Hymns & Bible ReadingsTag: Psalms (Bible)

5 Ways Old-Fashioned Blogging Is Better Than Social Media

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2026)
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I realize a significant number of women who now use the internet were not around for the initial rise of blogging. It’s hard for a Generation X-aged writer to communicate to someone who has always been online how paradigm-shifting blogging was. …

Category: Writing & Online Life

Psalm 37:1-13

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Psalm 37:1-13 Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong. For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants. Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Psalms (Bible)

Our Cozy Home No. 61

Friday, March 26, 2021 (Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025)
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"She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness." Proverbs 31:27

Category: Our Cozy Home This WeekTag: Carl Holsøe (Artist)

Making Life Adjustments & Simple Living

Friday, March 19, 2021 (Updated: Tuesday, February 4, 2025)
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If you have a piano, you know what it is like to watch a professional piano tuner work. It’s a long process of individual steps, each one building on the others. Tiny adjustments are made at each step. This one is loosened and this one is …

Category: Simple Living

Our Cozy Home No. 60

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 (Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025)
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"He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength." Isaiah 40:29

Category: Our Cozy Home This WeekTag: Daniel Ridgway Knight (Artist)

Simple Living Can Be Complicated For A Time

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 (Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025)
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Sometimes in order to simplify our life we must complicate it for a period of time. Significant choices are often not a basic this or that. Instead, they can involve many layers that must be peeled back one at a time. This is why no one ever arrives …

Category: Simple Living

Living As Called-Out Pilgrims in the Online World

Monday, March 8, 2021 (Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2026)
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On November 14, 2019, I published a post that was originally titled “I Don’t Know What To Say.” I eventually changed it to “How Soulless Bureaucrats Make Owning an Online Business a Nightmare.” I recently shared it in a …

Category: Writing & Online LifeTag: Making Wise Choices

Our Cozy Home No. 59

Monday, March 1, 2021 (Updated: Friday, May 16, 2025)
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"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In settings of silver." Proverbs 25:11

Category: Our Cozy Home This WeekTag: Edmund Blair Leighton (Artist)
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Sallie Schaaf Borrink

I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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