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Sealed with a Book {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 31}

Sealed with a Book {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 31}

by Darcy Wiley | Dec 1, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

Dry summer that it was, there was still something to celebrate come fall. The fields and orchards gave a smaller harvest, but a harvest nonetheless. And so, she gathered a basket of Indiana apples under withered leaves and cooked them slow. She drove to my place with...
A Feast of Grammar and Grace {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 23}

A Feast of Grammar and Grace {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 23}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 21, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}, Sweet Tea

We gather around to feast on grace, to celebrate the bounty of the year or to thank Him for the way He’s helped us muscle through hard times, all things through Him who gives us strength. We squeeze tight at the table in the name of family and faith with good gifts...
A Recipe for Revision {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 21}

A Recipe for Revision {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 21}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 18, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}, Sweet Tea

I rake fingers through flour, light and dry, then pull beads of cold butter into it, oil and weight joining. Then the cold water splashes in, an awakening. Dough rounds itself away from the sides of the bowl. This is my second try. My practice pie turned out a runny...
A Creative Compost {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 18}

A Creative Compost {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 18}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 13, 2012 | Fresh-Cut Flowers, Pencils & Pens, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

More than half of the trees have lost their leaves. My green pepper plants have shriveled up and fallen over. The newest tomatoes have suffered frost bite. The veggies have grown through drought and flood in this hearty stew of compost and peat and vermiculite, but...
A Well-Punctuated Writing Life {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 17}

A Well-Punctuated Writing Life {Preserve Your Story ~ Day 17}

by Darcy Wiley | Nov 7, 2012 | Pencils & Pens, Pocket Change, Preserve Your Story {31 Days}

This past summer, Austin Chapman clicked up the volume on a song he’d never heard. When the sound of angelic descants whirled into his ears from a recording of Mozart’s Lacrimosa, the young man wept. It wasn’t just the first time he’d heard this piece of music, it was...
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I’m Darcy Wiley, co-writer of The Yes Effect: Accepting God’s Invitation to Transform the World Around You. I’m an explorer at heart… Read more

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