by Ingrid Lochamire | Apr 19, 2016 | Faith
It was a sweet picture. A tiny Mama, grey hair disheveled and shoulders draped with a fluffy child’s blanket, twinkled as she shuffled her feet and waved her frail hands. Her smiling, middle-aged son lightly touched her dancing fingers and attempted to guide her...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 24, 2016 | Faith
The last time I sat in the kitchen with my friend, Kathy, I could see her trays of seedlings lined up under grow lights in the next room. Inch-high heirloom tomatoes and peppers, melons, herbs and who-knows-what-else held the promise of sun-warmed produce in the...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 11, 2015 | Faith
We were stuck in a fog here in the valley today. It was noon before the sun broke through. Earlier this morning, while I was still in my p.j.s and just getting ready to make some coffee, Hubby came through the back door saying “I need your help.” He was...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Jan 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
The temperature rose to a balmy 24 this morning and the sun was shining on northern Indiana, so I bundled up, grabbed the snow shovel and went to work on our huge front porch. We live in a 140-year-old brick house that sits on a rise at the edge of a glacial valley....
by Ingrid Lochamire | Apr 13, 2013 | Faith, Family
It’s rainy and cold this morning, but the grass is turning green here in our valley. Daffodils are blooming along the creek bank and the field down the road has been disked. Soon, seed will be pressed into the furrows and the growing season will begin again....
