Exploring the Connection Between People and Place
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Making a decision helps keep us present in the here and now.
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Neighbors can really make or break our experience of home. For the first time in my life, I really know my neighbors. And that makes all the difference. What about you? Please go to Finding Home on Substack.com to tell me your story!
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janpepplerhome.com/2022/07/08/neighbors/
Picking blueberries reminds me of a time when I was particularly happy. And nothing says home more than good memories.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janpepplerhome.com/2022/06/30/4th-of-july-blueberry-pie/ and at Finding Home on Substack.com
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The world would be a better place if we were kinder, gentler, and more honest with ourselves, as well as with each other. This begins with admitting we’re not okay.
This episode is based on two posts at Finding Home on Substack.com: "I Am Not Okay" and "Be Gentle, Be Honest, Be Kind."
Who are we when an ancestor is written out of the family history and erased from the photos? Who are we then? What is home when some doors are locked?
To read the guest post mentioned in this episode, please visit FindingHome on Substack.com. The post is here: Grandfathers - Remembered and Erased.
The photo accompanying this episode is of the only grandfather I knew, my step-grandfather, Lino.
While in Sambucca di Sicilia in February 2022, I fell in love with a home that fit my budget perfectly! Only, there is a problem. And my friend who is an architect says it's too big to fix.
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...Nothing else compares to losing your father because the role of Father is very unique.
This episode is also available at Finding Home on Substack.com and as a blog post: http://janpepplerhome.com/2022/05/20/when-you-lose-your-father/
The photo accompanying this episode is of me and my father, taken in 1988, at Schloss Linderhof in Germany.
You think Mother’s Day is just a celebration of women who birthed babies or raised kids? Think again. The origins of this special day may surprise you.
This episode is also available as a blog post at Finding Home on Substack and at JanPepplerHOME.com
For May Day, Arbor Day, and Every Day - "I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree"
This episode can also be found at Finding Home on Substack.com and is also available as a blog post: http://janpepplerhome.com/2022/05/01/for-the-love-of-trees/
Wendell Berry's poetry is more salient this year than ever. In the midst of everything, participate in Spring. Practice resurrection.
This episode is also available at Finding Home on Substack.com and at JanPepplerHOME.com
The photo for this episode was taken by me, Jan Peppler.
Push past the winter blahs with these ideas for enjoying the little things and creating a home that makes you happy.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janpepplerhome.com/2022/04/08/spring-cleaning-a-happy-home/ and at Finding Home on Substack.com.
Just because you’re got at a job doesn’t mean you’re meant to do that job forever. Living a purposeful life where your work is a calling requires taking chances and starting over.
This episode can be found as a blog post at Finding Home on Substack.com or at JanPepplerHOME.
Whether you’re a power cleaner, a compulsive cleaner, or a daily tidy-upper, cleaning house doesn’t have to be complicated. But the best cleaning starts with two simple steps.
This episode is also available as a blog post at Finding Home on Substack or at http://janpepplerhome.com/2022/01/29/cleaning-house/
I discovered mold in my home last week, at first forcing me to let go of some things. But then I had a choice of what to keep and what to release. And choice is hard.
This episode is also available as a blog post on Finding Home.substack.com and at JanPepplerHOME.
Whenever someone tells me "home is inside you," I cringe a little. That sentiment is far easier said than done. How, then, DO we begin to find home inside ourselves?
This episode is also available at FindingHome on Substack.com or at janPepplerHome: http://janpepplerhome.com/2021/12/30/home-is-inside-you/
Celebrating the Winter Solstice with a story about Amaterasu Omikami, the Japanese goddess of the sun.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://janpepplerhome.com/2021/12/21/here-comes-the-sun/
Just some musings on the history and current state of this holiday.
This episode can also be found as a blog post on JanPepplerHOME.com or at Finding Home on Substack.com.
In recognition of EVERY vet. We, as a country, need to do more to support our vets. It doesn't matter if you agree with the military-industrial complex or not. These people have done what 93% of Americans haven't - and can't even imagine. They are true public servants. They deserve our respect and special attention to their post-service needs.
This episode is also available at JanPepplerHOME.com and at Finding Home on Substack.com....
A few days before my mom died, she told me, “I’m dying. It’s okay, I’ve seen that it is all okay.” My mother was going home. Going home to God. This is what she believed. As did my father, who died on Christmas morning. "O Jesus Christ, Thy Manger is my paradise." This is what he believed. My belief about heaven is different from theirs. But death, I do believe, brings us home.
This episode is also available as a blog post at Findi...
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