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Over the winter, Jimmy and I decided we’d grow pole beans in the spring in order to use some vertical space in our garden. We grow our crops in raised beds, and they fill up quickly. It made sense to try gardening “up” for a change. So Jimmy built a new, 36-inch high by 72-inch long raised bed along one of our garden fences and constructed a huge trellis on which the beans could climb. We planted two varieties—Seychelles and Scarlet Runner. I’d seen Scarlet Runner growing

A friend saw that I had posted some bird photos on Facebook this week and commented, “Hey! How are you? It’s been a minute!” 129,600 minutes, to be exact. From early January until the day after Easter, I was off social media completely. This was one of the requirements for a program in which I participated at my church called Magnify 90. It involves prayer, discipline, fasting and fellowship—all designed to help you turn your attention to God and strengthen your faith, a

One of my pet peeves is when a person makes a dramatic announcement on social media that they are leaving the platform. Then they linger for a few days, disappear for a few more days, and are back on social media a week or two later. I’m not sure why it annoys me. Maybe it’s because social media has made us all so convinced of our “importance.” So at the risk of annoying myself, here’s my own announcement: I’m deactivating my social media accounts on Monday, January 5 bec