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Western Roads


Out and about

Out through the northwest and back through the south. Nineteen states and 6,800 miles later, we are home with our hearts stretched wide.

July 28, 2022

Textures of Harmony


Out and about

There is a coffee shop that’s calling my name, and an unmarked-grave-yard that gave me the heebie-jeebies.

April 25, 2022

Brave Women


Out and about

Thank you for showing me what openheartedness looks like, the joy and the tears together. Together is where we thrive.

March 30, 2022

Traveling to Renew


Celebrations, Out and about

The seminar was so precious to me. So many beautiful women, using their faces to shine on each other and their gifts to bless the world.

February 5, 2022

Women’s Retreat: El Roi


Out and about

But the thing I want to tell you about today is a new women’s retreat starting up. It’s scheduled for Halifax, PA on March 17-20 of this year.

January 6, 2022

Swatches of Lancaster


Out and about

One of the things I like about it is that it has great barns and cool houses, very old, like this home with the massive wood beams.

March 8, 2021

Recipe for restoration


Out and about

Take two lovely friends and a city such as Baltimore. Stir in a great dinner: marinated steaks, great bread, a salad with berries and feta.

October 13, 2020

COVID-19 and what we have in stock


Dark days, Out and about

She is carrying one item. “Good luck, people,” she says, just loudly enough to be heard, but quietly enough to be ignored. “There is not much in there.”

March 16, 2020

Two scary stories


Out and about

One of the holiday gifts his parents gave the boy was a blow gun, which he loved. It was not a toy for small children, to be sure.

February 25, 2020

In which I fall in love with a flower


Out and about

Who knew there was such diversity in orchids? Did you know there are over 25,000 species? And that Pennsylvania is home to 60 of them?

January 14, 2020

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Shari Zook


Shari Zook is a wife, mother of four, and foster parent for the past eight years. She bakes cakes, grows herbs, and reads amazing books, but her heart is in nurturing children, crafting words, and connecting with women.

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