by Rebekah Montgomery | May 8, 2024 | Good Reads, Uncategorized
At 5 AM on a winter morning, I was whistling my way to the barn to tend to our critters when I slipped and fell into an ice puddle. Soaked to the skin and freezing, I slammed through the chores, collected eggs, milked the goat, then shivered to the back porch where I...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | Feb 29, 2024 | Good Reads, Posts
All cookies are best hot from the oven, so I mix up this entire batch, divide it into eight, 1-cup sections, make each section into a long roll about 1-inch in diameter, and freeze each roll in separate zipper bags. When I am expecting guests or I feel like baking...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | Feb 15, 2024 | Good Reads, Posts
In the Bible, fresh from slavery, the children of Israel reminisced about the good old days of mud brick quotas and “sitting around the fleshpots of Egypt.” (I’m taking a leap here, but I picture “sitting around the fleshpots” as Egyptian...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | Jun 7, 2023 | Good Reads
I deadhead my garden almost every day. It keeps my flowers looking great by extending their time in bloom. If I neglect to cut off the spent blossoms, the plant may go dormant or set seed. When I work in the garden, God often reveals truths to me. Last Saturday, as I...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 17, 2023 | Good Reads
The sun was shining, and birdsongs filled the air. It was time to clean and refill bird feeders. Feeders attract birds I ordinarily wouldn’t see such as cedar waxwings, orioles, all kinds of woodpeckers, and more. Wild bird food can be slim pickings in early spring...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 17, 2023 | Good Reads
We were swimming at a neighbor’s farm pond when we noticed one of his sons carrying something small, black, and fuzzy to the water’s edge. Naturally, we wanted to know what he had. It was a newly hatched bantam rooster. He was planning to drown the little chick....
