There is nothing I enjoy more than a letter from the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. I recognize it easily by the color of the envelope a...

On December 21, 2020 something occurred in the sky that last happened about 400 years ago in 1623. Saturn and Jupiter aligned in what is...

Every year as Christmas draws closer, we are greeted with familiar Christmas carols on the radio, shiny, bright lights seemingly everywhe...

I was once speaking to a 20-year-old young man whose father had just died. I told him that I was sorry to hear that his father had died....

We forget what it is like to be little. As adults, we are very much in control of the course of our lives--for the most part. Most of u...

November in Vermont is cold and where I live on Lake Champlain it is both cold and windy. It's the season of breaking out the winter coat...

The St. Nicholas Project is doing a special Christmas project this year for the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. Because of the Coronavir...

Tonight is the night in the fall when we turn our clocks back one hour. You all know the rule: "Spring forward, Fall back." With the mo...

By guest blogger, Laura Duquette On our life’s journey we have all met face-to-face with moments of sadness and of despair. ‘When trouble...

One of the core pillars of the Kurn Hattin Homes for Children is perseverance. By that virtue one learns to forge ahead, not to be a qui...

Have you ever had a day when you ask yourself, "What else can go wrong?" Then lightning strikes. Literally. Tonight, lightning struck ...

It's easy to have friends when you are little. It's hard to have friends when you are older. Perhaps it seems like there are more thing...

The following (unedited) note was included in the card that is printed in this week's blog. It is from a young boy at the Kurn Hattin Ho...

The Kurn Hattin Homes for Children is not an orphanage. An orphanage historically was a place where children who had no parents or famil...

Guest blog by Laura Duquette I have always loved the ocean and its surroundings. The sound of the waves, the scent of the salty air, the w...

Do you know the feeling? It's the feeling of never being caught up to the point of not being able to finish anything. It's that dreadfu...

I was recently dogsitting for a friend. All was going well until the dog jumped through a screened-in window and ran away, which I didn'...

This plant was almost dead by the time I got to it. I have been nursing it back to health for months. It had been left in a room with h...

Surely you're heard the term "guardian angel." It is a biblical and theological term which is also applied to people who watch over or pr...

Guest blog by Laura Duquette Yes, we have all heard that famous tune, sung by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz, as she played a young gir...