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Tim Van Deelen

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Muskrat Love

I am writing this on Valentine’s Day, so I’ll just come right out and say (type) it. Muskrats don’t get enough love (and now if

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Yellow

Yellow is the color of bird-life royalty, the signature color of the warbler tribe. Warblers are small and fragile in hand, but they soar over

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January 6

On January 6, 2021, I sat in my COVID home office and watched the insurrection in real time. I had two livestreams open on my

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Sun

Advent began for me on that first Sunday about 9:20 CST. We sang much-loved “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” in our Covid-weary church and something

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Ice

My money’s on January 11. Well, not really – it’s a low-stakes wager (no money). Here in Wisconsin, it’s an annual contest. Guess when Lake

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And now I need to ask…

Dear Debra, Congratulations on the book coming out in February! I’m recommending it to everyone. I’ll probably write a review at some point, but you’ve

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November

Pastor Doug is a good egg. I walked over though a blustery gray November and found him waiting in the white party tent we rent.

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Reformation Day

Reformation Sunday in our Lutheran parking lot was cheerfully Wisconsin-ish. Pastor Doug’s red stole paired nicely with the old-timey mackinaw wool plaid he wore under

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What About Hunting?

Writing for The Twelve scored me a lecture invitation at Calvin University’s Academy for Life Long Learning on Monday where I could “talk about anything

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