tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67367711563459277872024-03-13T16:06:02.377-05:00Harmon PFarmsThis blog is a place for me to share pictures, tell stories and write about our family, our farm in Dover, Arkansas, our Faith in Jesus Christ , and our love for nature, animals and people. I hope it often makes you laugh, sometimes causes you to think, and sincerely gives you insight into who we are as we travel this amazing journey.Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.comBlogger442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-73076561163623988502019-12-25T01:19:00.000-06:002019-12-25T01:19:35.867-06:00CHRISTMAS LETTER 2019<br />
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It’s been awhile since I’ve written a “Christmas Letter” with
a whole family update so I thought I’d stay up tonight and get one
written for 2019. If nobody reads it, at least I’ve recorded our
family status for posterity.
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Jessi (34) left her
job at Cardinal Health and moved to Russellville, taking a job in
account collections with Transco Lines, Inc. She bought the camper we
lived in during our house remodel and is currently living in our
driveway! She’s taking some time to figure out what she wants to do
next, maybe grad school, maybe buy a house near by. In the mean time,
we are enjoying having her around! Her dog, Moony, is happy as a clam
down at the barn where he was born, with the other dogs and
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Joshua (33) has an
apartment in Conway but rarely spends the night there. He travels
constantly doing non-destructive testing for Applied Inspection
Systems. What this means is that he tests welds and metal integrity
through radiography, sonography, and other methods. Most of this work
is done in power plants. Joshua successfully passed is CWI course
this year also and is now a Certified Welding Inspector. We don’t
see him often enough, but he stops by every once in a while and we
mange to catch lunch with him in Conway on occasion.
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Katie (28) lives in
North Little Rock and got her own apartment for the first time last
February. She has a terrific job that she loves at Sowell Management,
an investment management company. She is excelling there and since
being with Sowell she has become interested in going back to school
for accounting. She is active in her church and volunteering in the
Little Rock area. About once a month, she and her dog Ladybug come
spend the weekend with us.
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ClaireAnna (18)
graduated from High School last May and started classes at Arkansas
TECH University in August. She was awarded an ATU academic
scholarship as well as the AR state lottery scholarship and a
scholarship from Ted’s company! We told her to take it easy at
school just so long as she keeps her scholarships but she finished
her first semester with a 4.0! She is majoring in Elementary
Education with a minor in Spanish. She works in the ATU library about
15 hours/ week for spending cash. ClaireAnna is no longer in 4H or
showing animals and it was very strange for Ted and I to not step
even a foot on the county fair grounds this year! My, how life
changes! She has taken up Karate, though, and goes to class twice a
week. She sings on the worship team at church, volunteers with
various organizations, was a camp counselor at Camp Caudle again this
year, and went to Bogota, Columbia for the second time this summer
with our church doing street evangelism.
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One of the most
exciting changes in our family this year has been the addition of our
bonus daughter, Sydni! What a surprise and a blessing she has been to
us! She is 18, graduated high school in May with ClaireAnna, and
started ATU in August majoring in Emergency Management with a minor
in Spanish. Sydni was valedictorian of her HS class, is also on
scholarships at ATU, and finished her first university semester with
a 4.0! If that weren’t enough to be proud of, she became a black
belt in Karate this year, having been studying at the same Dojo since
she was 10 years old! Sydni also works at the ATU library as well as
at her Karate Dojo. Both Syndi and ClaireAnna are living at home
during college to save money for travel and missions trips during the
summers.
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Ted and I are doing
well. We celebrated our 35<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary this year
and are grateful to God for each other and our marriage. We hope and
pray for 35 more! It’s hard for us to believe that Ted has
completed sixteen years as shipping manager with his company, which
is now called Amcor. (The 4<sup>th</sup> name change since he’s
been there!) We are getting close to the number of years he worked
for Pfanstiehl! I have started working again, as a substitute
teacher, and I really love it! It’s flexible so I pick and choose
the jobs I want to accept and the days I want to work. I’m trying
to work 3 days a week to help pay for my new Tacoma!
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We have slowed way
down on the farm over the last 2 years since ClaireAnna is occupied
with other things now, and have sold nearly all the sheep and goats
and cut back on cattle numbers. We now raise purebred Dexter cattle,
which are miniature cattle and very easy to handle and work with. We
like them very much! We sell pasture raised, hormone and antibiotic
free whole or half steers and also beef by the package out of our
freezer, USDA inspected. We do expect a few goat kids this spring
which will be fun.
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We are really loving
life in our remodeled home. It’s just a lovely space now that it’s
finished. Thank God that’s over! (Actually, we are still waiting on
sidewalks, a deck, and a driveway gate!) We are active in our church
as always, doing weekly nursery duty where all of the babies love Ted
more than me as always (It’s true!). I enjoy attending our women’s
Bible study with Jessi, and Ted leads the deacon team. We’ve had
no major health issues this year, but many minor ones. Ted ruptured
the tendons on his right pointer finger and it looks like that will
be something that bothers him for the foreseeable future. There have
been a few kidney stones and sore backs and joints, but all in all,
we are doing great!
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God has blessed our family in so many ways, but none compare to the blessing of being adopted into his family by the redeeming blood of Christ! We wish this same blessing to all who read this letter. Merry, Merry Christmas! </div>
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<br />Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-51033608837637994752019-10-29T06:32:00.005-05:002022-09-02T12:28:17.287-05:00Sonnet 82<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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His eyes are gentle, glancing toward her face: </div>
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Abashed to hold her gaze, they are not bold. </div>
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His confidence slips in and out of Grace: </div>
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Yet within the man, a will that keeps it's hold.</div>
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His words, like honey, stick, struggle to flow.</div>
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The sweetest of them, only God has heard. </div>
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His heart knows secrets her heart needs to know. </div>
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He prays there really is a little bird. </div>
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For lack of words he offers up his form.</div>
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In sacrifice, a Greater Love has he. </div>
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Each limb and muscle pressed against the storm; </div>
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No harbor safer than his arms could be. </div>
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The white winged Dove does whisper in her ears; </div>
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All to the man she gives, joys, tears, and years. </div>
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Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-67746782042720656412019-10-29T06:23:00.000-05:002019-10-29T06:34:35.240-05:00Sniper<br />
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He leaps and bounds, and spins around, </div>
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A giddy grin has he. </div>
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When ere I open full his gate, </div>
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His heart is filled with glee. </div>
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He doesn't spy a cat to fright</div>
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Or hunt for morsels free, </div>
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But sits, instead, square at my feet</div>
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And waits obediently.</div>
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For the fulfillment of his need, </div>
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His fervent reverie,</div>
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A hug, a rub, and yes, a kiss, </div>
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Then by my side, to be. </div>
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For if a dog finds joy in life, </div>
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It certainly is he. </div>
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But the object of his overt love</div>
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Is absolutely me. </div>
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Those eyes that shine aim deep in mine; </div>
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He knows not what I see.</div>
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That I'm the one to receive from</div>
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A heart as true as he. </div>
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Doggie day care, what is that?<br />
My dog is simply not a cat.<br />
He doesn't like it when I leave.<br />
I hope he's good but I'm naive.<br />
If left alone to his device,<br />
I'll be the one to pay the price.<br />
Plus I don't want him to be sad;<br />
Doggie pals might make him glad!<br />
And so, today, I dropped him here;<br />
I must admit I shed a tear.<br />
He's not my kid, I know that fact,<br />
But like my kid is how I act.<br />
And after work I'll pick him up,<br />
And hug and kiss that silly pup.<br />
Doggie daycare, what is that?<br />
It's where my puppy kid is at!<br />
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Where’re you
going, Jackson?</div>
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With a mighty leap,
to the top of your lookout post, statuesque and proud, you survey
every barnyard happening</div>
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Where’re you going
Jackson?</div>
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To the top of my
shoulders, to purr and nudge and insist I caress your glorious, silky
coat of tabby stripes, and hypnotize me with piercing yellow-green eyes</div>
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Where’re you going
Jackson?
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On a family hike
through the woods, to the pond, with kids and dogs, you and sister, June, both meowing so loud, “Wait for us!” when we get too far
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Where’re you
going, Jackson?</div>
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Into the hay barn
where it’s quiet and warm to take your nap in the middle of a
summer’s day</div>
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Where’re you
going, Jackson?
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On a rodent hunt in
the feed room at dusk and then maybe to get a drink from the goat pen
water trough, or chase a cricket through the tall yellow grass</div>
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Where’re you
going, Jackson?
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Down the dusty farm
road to greet ClaireAnna as she walks to the barnyard to do her chores,
then roll onto your back at her feet so she has to pick you up and
carry you back to the barn</div>
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What’s the matter,
Jackson?
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Just days ago, the
picture of health, now your coat is dull and those piercing eyes are
pleading and the doctor says there is no hope</div>
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Where’re you
going, Jackson?
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As my hand is closed
around the handle of a small, empty crate and the doctor hands me the
towel you were wrapped in when they carried you away</div>
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Where’re you
going, Jackson?
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Where Junie can’t
find you and we can’t see you anymore or hear your thunderous purrs
or feel your glorious, silky, beautiful, tabby-striped coat or marvel
at what a wonderful farm cat you are</div>
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a tiny house, on Harding Road</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">as
breezes through the oak leaves flowed</span></div>
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a quiet midwest lakeside town,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">kindly
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mother in a kitchen stood,</span></div>
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sister asking if she could</span></div>
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one more show or maybe two</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Dora,
Barney, Scooby Do?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Warm
beams of light on golden floor</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">where
ninja turtles fight a war</span><br />
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sleeping dog lies near the chair</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">A
loyal guard, her name is Bear</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Dad’s
out hosing down the walk</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">washing
away the sisters’ chalk</span></div>
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little boy hears such a noise</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">he
quickly drops his favorite toys</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">and
runs to flatten down his nose</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">and
stand on tippy tippy toes</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span style="color: blue;">
</span>
</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">He’s
looking out the window pane</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">the
view outside hard to attain</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">because he is so very small,</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">just
four years old, and not so tall</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">And
then he sees, to his delight</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">just
two doors down, a wondrous sight</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">The
biggest truck on God’s green Earth</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">spinning
round for all it’s worth</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">And
men in working boots with spades</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">setting
up the barricades</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">On
Harding Road in the summer sun</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">some
manly work is getting done</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">Now
running fast down front porch stair</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">the
boy has grabbed his favorite chair</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">He
can’t believe his lucky day</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">A
concrete truck just steps away!</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">He
places close his little seat,</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">Sits
right down and plants his feet</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">And
happily he spends the hours</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">watching
men with manly powers</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">pushing
buttons, pulling levers</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">letting
flow the concrete rivers</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #ffd966;">Filling frames and floating flat</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffd966;">the liquid rock from the rolling vat</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">And
as he watched, the little boy</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">thought "One day I won’t play with toys."</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">At
least not Ninja turtle kind</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">Imaginations
filled his mind</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">And
he was big and all grown up</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">And
driving his own concrete truck</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">Too
soon the sun began to set</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">Don’t
touch the sidewalk, it’s still wet</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">The
work is done, the truck is gone,</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">and
Josh, the boy, is walking home</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">His
tiny chair, he puts away</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">He
calls for Bear to come and play</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">Soon dinner time and then goodnight</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">His
mother tucks him in just right</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">In
a tiny house, on Harding Street</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;">a
special day is now complete</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-55636745508081888252018-02-14T16:22:00.000-06:002018-02-22T16:23:18.244-06:00Valentine<br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
By Lisa Marie Harmon</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
This is a Happy
Valentine</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
to all the children
that are mine</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
To say you’re
children is a lie</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
but mine you are, I
won’t deny</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
The first, beloved
daughter, Jes</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
A love unknown, I now
posses</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Then Josh, the one
and only boy</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My sympathies he can employ</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Dear Kate, so sweet
and very kind</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
does play a favorite
in my mind</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Then came a final,
precious jewel</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
In all our hearts,
ClaireAnna rules</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
A mother blessed
beyond deserve</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
My joy expressed, I
won’t reserve</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I love you all more
than my breath</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
I’ll love you true
till my own death</div>
<br />Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-20898224557502258162016-09-10T21:19:00.000-05:002016-09-10T21:19:22.866-05:00Till Death
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Till
Death</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By
Lisa Marie Harmon</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s
said a man will leave his home and cleave to his new wife,</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And
she and he will then be We as long as both have life.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But
promised not, is any pair, full freedom from contention.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In
love and life there is more strife then passion dares to mention.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And
just because they now are one in flesh and life and purpose,</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It
would be foolish to pretend that conflict will not surface.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And
when it does, the two are shocked and saddened to discover,</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That
pride and sin and discontent are certain to uncover.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They
must, instead of giving up, a war against these wage.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hold
not a grip on bitterness; turn every damaged page.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Remember
well that love is not based on the way you feel.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But
rather it’s a gift you give with purpose strong as steel.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It
doesn’t come; it doesn’t go. True love is not unfaithful.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It
holds no record, casts no blame; it’s patient and it’s graceful. </span></span>
</div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So
when you take that sacred vow, and make it from the heart,</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You
Stay, you Keep, you Persevere, till death, you do not part.</span></span></div>
Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-89835198170050635412016-09-09T12:24:00.003-05:002018-03-04T23:41:47.905-06:00Questions<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This one just came flying out of me this morning. I had no choice but to write it. I LOVE it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Questions</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By Lisa Marie Harmon</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Does distance-perfect golden sun emit sustaining light?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Does lightning bright with thunder boom a wondrous show ignite?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do ranges surge forth from the earth? Do Tetons pierce the sky?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do canyons grand and river’s rage a shocking view supply?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do far beneath the crusted firm the molten mantles stream?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do crystal pools of azure blue in mountain valleys gleam?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is winter cold in farthest north white deep in glacial snow?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is spring with cherry blossoms pink a certainly to show? </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do creatures strange of deep abyss in lightless pressure thrive?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do killers breach and dolphins leap? Do seabirds hunting, dive?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do eagles glide on currents high in swift and glorious soar?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do redwoods live a thousand years to harbor forest floor?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Does single cell to infant form in less than forty weeks?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Does newborn’s wisdom urge him just and mother’s breast he
seeks?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did all of universal realm, in random chaos form,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or God but whisper His command and all that is was born?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span><br />
</span><br />
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span></span>Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-63838272850978962802016-09-08T21:29:00.001-05:002016-09-08T21:29:44.341-05:00Daughter<span data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0">Haiku about a certain girl I know with curly hair. (Love you!) </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0">Seeking direction</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0">Willful, striving, divergent</span></span></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".ph.1:5:1:$replies10100442144311782_10100442149915552:0.1:2:$comment10100442144311782_10100442171237822:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0">The hair and the girl</span></span></span></span>Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-2835325747182222212016-05-17T23:27:00.003-05:002019-10-29T06:27:20.878-05:00Love Song<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By Lisa Marie Harmon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wish that I could write a song<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An opus just for thee</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Love manifest in measured verse <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My desperate rhapsody<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A major hymn with lyrics strong<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On notes that rise and fall<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">That voice my tender passions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">For my One, my Love, my All</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But when I put my pen to leaf<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A rest is all I see<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Love’s lexicon fails to supply<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A single line for me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The longest words are less than small<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Impotent to impart<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The essence of my love for you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your lock upon my heart<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And for the pitch, what intervals?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What rhythm in what time?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fast like the beating of my heart?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Slow like your breath with mine?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No chords could possibly progress<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With sound to justify<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No harmony, no melody<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That wouldn't’ be a lie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I know I’ll never write the song<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There’s nothing on the page<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My song of love for you, my love<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is silent for the age<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A song’s but whispers in a life<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A life can louder sing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For all my days, to you, my love,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My life, my song will bring<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-82120455128975952132015-11-29T11:31:00.000-06:002016-09-08T21:49:03.272-05:00I Like You the Way That You Came<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wrote this poem awhile ago after looking through a fashion magazine and thinking about all the ways people in our modern times try to change themselves physically. With plastic surgery, steroid enhanced body building, excessive tattoos, multitudes of piercings and gauges, body changing implants, exorbitance of fashion and/or jewelry and metamorphosing make-up, we can literally become unrecognizable as ourselves. Sure, we all want to express our individuality and creativity and often we humans do that through our physical appearance. But I also think that a lot of people are so deeply unhappy with who they really are or so petrified of not being accepted by others that they go to spirit crushing lengths to become someone they were never intended to be. And I just wanted to say to those people.....Every single one of you was created in the image of God. You are endowed according to His Will and Wisdom with totally unique and intrinsic value and natural beauty. Nothing could be more perfect than that. He loves you beyond measure just exactly as you are. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You are already different from every single other human being. You are already special, amazing and precious. Nothing you do to your physical self can make you more valued, important or loved. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I Like You the Way That You Came</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By Lisa Marie Harmon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your long hair is
lily hot flame. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your tresses are blacker than night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your curls sing canary gold fun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your braids are mahogany light. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your smooth skin is
cocoa dark brown. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You shimmer an effloresce white. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your tan skin
glows beachy sun gold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But your skin is
red like a fight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your eyes
are a Bonnie bell blue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your eyes
melt a chocolate sea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You've got eyes of spruce hazel true. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your eyes can look straight into me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your soft body
rolls like the surf. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your body is
spindles of thin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You'r tall and you're mountainly stout.. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your strong body
races to win. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your shoulders are broad and they're square. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But you have the
smallest of mass. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And you have a button small nose. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You’re kind hands
are wispy like grass. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your square face is solemn and stern. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And your face is quiet with pride. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You favor a whimsical grin. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And your face shows happiness wide. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No two can be one in reflection. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each one wears a crown of his own. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Brilliantly made with intention.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not chance like two dice that are thrown.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So how are <i>your</i>
stars all aligned? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And what dispensation is true? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What way are your textures combined? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just who is the
authentic you? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some people
don’t like their own book<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As it was designed and imprinted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They just can’t
accept how they look<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the form
that they were minted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each one of us changes with time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In ways we
both shrink and we grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But don’t
change your natural rhyme<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Into somebody nobody knows. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I like you the
way that you came. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your
features combine to a T. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You are the
most perfect you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And that you
is just fine with me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-62115034497846706952015-09-13T20:17:00.000-05:002015-09-13T20:19:31.392-05:00Upon the Pillow, Soft<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Lisa Marie Harmon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight she feels the Peace she knows she
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Peace, it comes from just one source, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Name Above All Names. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It washes all her sins away and swallows
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It fills her thoughts with gratitude; it
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A happiness no truth can shake, no
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her life has not been easy; she has known
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But every night, this Peace, it comes, and
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But just before she falls asleep, a smile
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For she’s received the Promise of His never
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To rise upon the morrow and that day, to
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Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-52263678689671455692015-04-11T22:29:00.002-05:002015-04-11T22:54:30.637-05:00Today, On The Farm<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lot's of things going on this weekend at Harmon PFarms......</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My reluctant farmer held off till the last <br />minute but did make it out by 9:00 this morning <br />to start our long day of farm work. Aww. Poor baby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, We checked on the new chicks in the nursery. There is a whole new set of meat chickens waiting their turn in the pasture pen. We've also got some laying hen chicks and 6 turkeys. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we fed the always voraciously hungry meat chickens in the pasture pen. They are doing great and will be ready to butcher in a couple of weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We spent most of our day out in the horse pasture, moving, piling and burning logs and debris from several fallen trees that has accumulated over the last couple of years. We've still got one big section to do, but were very happy to get a lot accomplished and leave the pasture looking good! The horses were so curious and hung around us all day, sticking their noses in the truck and piles of wood. Weirdos</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. (Should have gotten a photo of that.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">When we finally pooped out in the horse pasture for the day, Ted set an entire cow pasture on fire, burning off the remains of several round bales from winter hay feeding. Men love to do this. I stayed in the air conditioned truck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So while we were picking up branches from a woodpile, Claire and I came upon two baby snakes. One was a green garter snake. The other a black rat snake. Ted caught them both with his bare hands while Claire and I picked out jaws up off the ground. (Okay, he was wearing gloves, but when it comes to picking up snakes, that's the same as bare hands.) Considering Ted is petrified of snakes, we were both shocked. Way to go, honey! This is the baby garter snake. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ClaireAnna picked up a log and noticed the earth beneath heaving </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">slightly up and down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With a little scraping of the area with a stick, she unearthed this guy, still enjoying his hibernation. Sorry, toad. It's time to get up! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the icing on the cake of creatures unearthed in the brush pile.....A huge tarantula! Ted actually picked this thing up too, but he dropped it before I could capture it on film. You'll just have to trust me. He was having a particularly fearless day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We spent a little time today, caring for Ruby and Bell, who are getting some training time tied in the milk barn shed. This is in preparation for the county fair. Claire will be taking them both. </span></div>
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One of the many great things about homeschooling is the opportunity to teach your kids the subjects you feel are important. ClaireAnna and I just finished this text on argument. She is now very capable of identifying twenty-eight different fallacies and understanding how they invalidate an argument. She's learned how to recognize these fallacies in our culture, discussions and media and she's not going to fall for them! This is a great study of informal logic that sets the stage for learning more advanced deductive reasoning skills. We enjoyed it and learned a <b>lot</b>! </div>
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<br />Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-3350105383041775042015-01-18T21:52:00.001-06:002015-02-09T09:23:18.195-06:00Microwave Chocolate Cake For Two (Or One!) There are two versions of this cake. Both are delicious and nutritious, grain free and therefore gluten free, and refined sugar free. One is sweetened with coconut sugar and raw honey and is a perfect treat for kids that you will not feel bad about giving them. (I'd even let Claire eat this for breakfast since it is more nutritious and has less sugar than a bowl of cereal and is definitely healthier than waffles or pancakes!) The second version uses Truvia for a truly low carb, low glycemic cake that will satisfy ANY sweet craving you may have! Every single ingredient in this cake has some nutritional value and on the whole, it is actually GOOD for you! Honest! We LOVE this cake!!<br />
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1 large egg, beaten<br />
1 tablespoon coconut flour<br />
1 tablespoon cocoa<br />
1 tablespoon almond flour<br />
1 tablespoon coconut sugar<br />
1 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce, optional<br />
1 tablespoon natural peanut butter, or any unsweetened nut butter<br />
1/2 tablespoon raw honey or pure maple syrup<br />
1 tablespoon almond milk, coconut milk, milk, half and half or even sour cream<br />
1 tablespoon coconut oil or butter, melted but not hot<br />
1/2 teaspoon vanilla<br />
1/8 teaspoon baking powder<br />
1/8 teaspoon salt<br />
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1 tablespoon chopped pecans or walnuts, or any other nuts<br />
1 tablespoon dark chocolate chips<br />
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I don't need anything. I have more stuff than I ever thought I would ever have and most of it, I don't use. I don't really even want anything, materially. I will shed no tear if I never acquire a single thing on this list. However....if someone actually wants to buy me a gift, here are some ideas. </div>
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Okay, I'm going to be very specific for this one! I wouldn't mind if I eventually collected ten to fifteen place settings of Fiestaware as well as various serving dishes to match. Five or so of the Bistro three piece sets and five or so of the Fiesta four piece sets. I don't want any of the five piece sets; cups and saucers are useless to me. So, my color choices are cobalt , turquoise , and lemongrass. <a href="http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1095539/fiesta-4-pc-place-setting.jsp?pfm=rrrecs-pdp-gtab1" target="_blank">Kohls often has them for 50% off. </a></div>
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<br />Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-14423944472928328062014-12-26T13:34:00.001-06:002014-12-27T00:16:51.725-06:00Maple Chipotle Sweet Potato CasseroleThe topping of this casserole tastes like caramel. The filling has a surprising, but yummy bite. This dish is not too sweet, using only natural sugars, but still gives that old fashioned sweet potato casserole feeling. This is the sweet potato recipe I'll be using for holidays from now on. It's delicious. <br />
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2 lbs sweet potatoes<br />
2 T butter<br />
1/2 Cup coconut milk<br />
1 chipotle in adobo sauce<br />
1/4 cup maple syrup<br />
1-3 tablespoons orange juice (optional)<br />
1/2 teaspoon salt<br />
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Topping:<br />
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2 T butter<br />
1/4 cup maple syrup<br />
14 cup coconut sugar<br />
1 T orange juice<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />
1/4 teaspoon salt<br />
2 cups pecans<br />
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1 Preheat oven to 350<br />
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2. Peal, chop and boil sweet potatoes until they are tender, about 10 minutes.<br />
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3. For the topping, melt butter in a large skillet and add everything but the pecans. Heat until the mixtures starts to bubble and let cook for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat, add the pecans and stir to combine. <br />
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4. Beat the cooked drained potatoes with the other filling ingredients until very smooth. You can use an immersion blender, a stand mixer or just a potatoes masher and your husband's arm. (hehe)<br />
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5. Pour the filling into a 2 quart casserole dish, add the pecan mixure and bake until bubbly, about 30 minutes.<br />
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Notes: No one who ate this could taste the orange flavor but Ted, and he did not like it. The rest of us loved it. The orange juice is totally optional and barely noticeable unless you are just really sensitive to orange flavor. I'd say to try it the first time. You can omit it after that if you don't like it, but you might be surprised. I was.Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-80153855375419521252014-12-26T13:27:00.001-06:002014-12-26T13:27:41.836-06:00Classic Deviled EggsI like my deviled eggs plain and tangy. These are simple. You can dress them up with chopped pickles or bacon if you like.<br />
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6 eggs<br />
1 teaspoon white vinegar<br />
1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard<br />
1/8 teaspoon salt<br />
1/4 cup mayonnaise (I make my own)<br />
black pepper to taste<br />
paprika<br />
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1. Hard boil the eggs and peel when cooled.<br />
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2. Slice eggs in half and put yolks in a large bowl and whites on a serving plate.<br />
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3. Add remaining ingredients to yolks (not paprika) and mash or blend till very smooth. (I use my immersion blender or food processor.)<br />
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4. Taste yolk mixture and adjust for salt, tang and creaminess.<br />
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5. Spoon yolk mixture into a resealable plastic bag and pipe filling into egg whites. <br />
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6. Sprinkle very slightly with paprika.<br />
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<br />Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-41116276800827174942014-12-23T21:38:00.001-06:002014-12-23T21:38:09.743-06:00Zucchini Bread (Gluten Free, Refined Sugar Free)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This zucchini bread is really delicious! It's moist and fluffy without being too dense as some gluten free baked goods are. It's also not too sweet. It is not "low carb" but it is gluten free and refined sugar free and filled with healthy ingredients. I think it would be a perfect breakfast, especially if you added chopped nuts for protein. We all agree, no one would ever know that this bread is gluten free or made with only natural sugar. It is good enough for company. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/4 cup quinoa flour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon baking soda</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 medium to large smashed banana</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/4 cup virgin coconut oil (warm enough to be liquid, but not hot)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/4 cup full fat coconut milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon lemon juice</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1 cup zucchini, shredded and packed</b></span><br />
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This tasted delicious warm or cold. <br />
You could certainly bake it in a loaf pan and increase the baking time or make muffins out of it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ted is the cow whisperer. <br /> He goes into the catch pen and does his thing all by himself. <br />Magically, cows start walking into the chute one by one.<br /> If he encounters a stubborn cow, <br />sometimes Claire or I will go in with him,<br /> but today, he managed all by himself. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Claire's an expert by now. We couldn't do it without her! </span></td></tr>
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<br />Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-2789037354201578612014-12-18T19:49:00.000-06:002014-12-18T19:50:59.815-06:00Sheep, Sheep and More Sheep! We've got 16 sheep now, all ewes but one young wether. Fourteen are purebred Katahdins and two are purebred Dorpers. All but 4 should be bred to a registered Dorper ram (since sold). We've also got an extra ewe and wether that belong to a friend in our herd, so there are 18 sheep altogether. Lambing will begin in late February and continue through March. We should have about 24 lambs when it's all over! We sell breeding quality ewe lambs at 3 months old and 100 pound, 100% grass-fed, butcher lambs in the fall. Call us to get on our waiting list; we sell out fast! Here they are today, in the loafing shed, on a dreary, drizzly evening. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello, Annie Lee</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nom nom nom nom nom. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is Annie Lee's daughter, Lily</td></tr>
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<br />Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-19100529741945945312014-12-14T19:17:00.000-06:002014-12-21T19:26:14.480-06:00Sauteed Red Cabbage <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This may not be the prettiest dish, but it is delicious and nutritious!<br />Not too sweet, not to vinegary, perfect with a bratwurst! </td></tr>
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1 tablespoon bacon grease, lard, or coconut oil<br />
1 medium onion, thinly sliced<br />
1 clove garlic, minced<br />
1/2 of a medium head red cabbage, cored and thinly sliced<br />
1 large granny smith apple, peeled, cored and grated<br />
2 medium carrots, peeled and grated<br />
1/2 cup pureed kale (optional for nutrition)<br />
1 teaspoon sea salt<br />
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper<br />
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary<br />
1 teaspoon mustard seeds<br />
2 tablespoons Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar<br />
2 tablespoons coconut sugar<br />
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1. Saute the onion and garlic in the bacon fat for a couple of minutes until they start to turn transuscent.<br />
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2. Add the remaining ingredients and saute until all the vegetables are nice and tender, at least 10 minutes.<br />
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3. Makes 4-6 servings<br />
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This goes great with any kind of sausage or pork. <br />
Freezes well.<br />
I put raw, fresh kale in my food processor and puree with a tablespoon of water. I keep this in the freezer in 1 cup batches to add to various dishes to boost nutrition. It works great in this red cabbage dish but is totally optional.Lisa Marie, Harmon PFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09670965990814422386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736771156345927787.post-33919486457732817592014-11-27T18:28:00.002-06:002014-11-27T18:29:31.853-06:00Cream Cheese Frosting8 ounces cream cheese<br />
1/4 cup butter<br />
1/4 cup raw honey or maple syrup<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla<br />
1 teaspoon cinnamon, optional<br />
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