by Alena Mentink | Nov 23, 2024 | Home to Osceola, Uncategorized
It’s time to take a look at a pioneer-style, 1800’s Thanksgiving–just as the holiday would have been in the Home to Osceola series. Be prepared for a bit of history, lots of recipes, and a healthy dose of pioneer wisdom. Thanksgiving and the 1880s...
by Alena Mentink | Jul 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Where I live here in Nebraska, we can always tell that it’s summer when: The corn in the fields grows high enough that we have to stop at the intersections on all the county roads because it’s impossible to see if anyone is coming. When the hum of spray...
by Alena Mentink | Apr 17, 2023 | Spiritual Living, Uncategorized
Sometimes, it feels as if there are two ditches to fall into when we’re making use of our time. Spreading ourselves too thin with too many yeses . . . Or grudging every little request for our time. Wasting time . . . Or working ourselves into a lather. Holding...
by Alena Mentink | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Maybe you’ve been keeping a journal for years and are looking for a fresh idea to write about. Or maybe you have just decided to start a journal and need something to help you begin. Either way, journal prompts can provide just the nudge your mind needs to get...
by Alena Mentink | Dec 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m a Nebraskan. And I’m hopelessly biased to Nebraska. There are few books I love reading more than real-life accounts of pioneers, especially when those pioneers filed homesteads in Nebraska and set to work turning a frontier into civilization. No Time...
by Alena Mentink | Dec 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
My siblings gave me raised eyebrows when they heard about the book I was reading. And no surprise, because usually the books I pick out are set somewhere west of the Mississippi and involve homesteaders or cowboys or trail-blazers of some kind. And this book is set in...
