Author Archives: sarahcondie

About sarahcondie

I am a Christian, a wife, a mother, an ex-librarian, a minister's wife, a women's Pastor, a quilter, a reader, I enjoy thinking about things slowly, I love cups of tea, I love sitting at my kitchen table in dappled sunlight and chatting with my friends, my children's friends, my family abut anything and everything.

2019 begins

Posted on January 1, 2019 by sarahcondie

One of my favourite smells is the lemon scented gum tree. After heavy rain, you can smell the lemon – it is fresh and summery. I could smell these gums on my way to my morning swim. A beautiful way … Continue reading →

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Reflections

Posted on July 15, 2017 by sarahcondie

I have not written in a while.  At the end of March my husband, my beloved had neurosurgery to try to fix his trigeminal neuralgia – a facial nerve condition.  It was successful.  He awoke in ICU with no pain. … Continue reading →

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Umbrellas and a sliding door moment

Posted on March 23, 2017 by sarahcondie

I don’t know about you, but for many years, I lived in a household of the missing, disappearing umbrella. I would buy them and they would vanish.   I blamed my children and their friends.  However, we also seemed to acquire … Continue reading →

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A refreshed soul

Posted on February 3, 2017 by sarahcondie

February has to be my least favourite month of the year.  Why?  It’s the humidity, the heaviness and oppressiveness of the heat.  This year, I feel like we have had February through all of January and I am over it. … Continue reading →

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New beginnings

Posted on January 21, 2017 by sarahcondie

I enjoy the start of new things.  I am filled with a fresh optimism and hope that whatever I start doing, I will keep doing.  Over time I have learnt that starting is the easy part – it is keeping on … Continue reading →

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Chewing gum

Posted on October 7, 2016 by sarahcondie

I don’t ordinarily chew gum. The only time I ever chew gum is when I am sitting on a plane for the take off and landing. It protects my ears. Other than that, chewing gum has no appeal to me … Continue reading →

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New York – 2

Posted on September 26, 2016 by sarahcondie

To survive in New York, I found I needed to focus on tiny things. In a city that is large, brash and self-confident, it is easy to walk so fast to keep up that you fail to notice small tiny … Continue reading →

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New York – 1

Posted on September 26, 2016 by sarahcondie

I had always wanted to spend time in New York. It was one of those “must go to” places that I had stored away for one day. There are landmarks there that are familiar to me as if I had … Continue reading →

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Making a lemon tart

Posted on February 22, 2016 by sarahcondie

Today I am making a lemon tart.  Lemons.  Ever since I met Amelia Bedelia as a child I have had a thing about lemony things.  Lemon meringue pie without the meringue. Pastry.  I have made pastry all my life.  Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Going home

Posted on February 5, 2016 by sarahcondie

Well, I have still struggled to find words, so I decided that I would pick a photo and write what comes to mind as I look at it. This week I visited a woman who had returned from two months … Continue reading →

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