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When life gives you frozen lemonade…
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When life gives you frozen lemonade…

Rita BuettnerApril 21, 20212 min read
It feels very special to find a few minutes during the day to make a quick, frozen treat.
Neighborly love
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Neighborly love

Rita BuettnerApril 20, 20214 min read
This Easter season, may we experience moments of great joy. And may we also find comfort in the promise of eternal life for ourselves and all those we love.
7 Poetic Highlights from Our Week (7 Quick Takes)
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7 Poetic Highlights from Our Week (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerApril 17, 20214 min read
Today, I’m trying 7 different poetic forms. I hope this is half as entertaining to read as it was to try to write them.
Up with the birds
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Up with the birds

Rita BuettnerApril 14, 20212 min read
There’s something extraordinary about introducing the birds to the first light of the day.
Haiku Highlights from Easter (7 Quick Takes)
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Haiku Highlights from Easter (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerApril 10, 20211 min read
Sharing seven haiku written during the Octave of Easter
An Easter full of hope
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An Easter full of hope

Rita BuettnerApril 7, 20213 min read
As I set our table for dinner, I thought of all the people who were part of our celebration even though they weren’t physically with us.
A sweet gift, a birthday, Easter foods, and spring snow (7 Quick Limericks)
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A sweet gift, a birthday, Easter foods, and spring snow (7 Quick Limericks)

Rita BuettnerApril 2, 20212 min read
If you like limericks, this post is for you.
The finches’ first Easter
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The finches’ first Easter

Rita BuettnerApril 2, 20213 min read
This will be our pet birds’ first Easter with us.
Walking through Holy Week
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Walking through Holy Week

Rita BuettnerMarch 30, 20213 min read
We don’t need to begin the holiest week of the year at our best. It comes either way. And maybe we’re prepared to receive the risen Jesus in a way we can’t quite see.
My father’s cookies, a leftover bunny, and other discoveries (7 Quick Takes)
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My father’s cookies, a leftover bunny, and other discoveries (7 Quick Takes)

Rita BuettnerMarch 26, 20214 min read
~1~ Can you go to your parents’ house and come home empty-handed? Me neither. I came home with a bag of my father’s homemade cookies, a copy of the newspaper with our wedding announcement in it, a few wedding photos I had forgotten about, and printouts of our online guestbook. I don’t even recall having […]
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