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About The Joyful Hermit

I am a hermit, a life-long Christian, successful in living frugally yet with creativity and JOY! I provide can-do ideas for all aspects of daily life. I live the up side of being down in any situation. Learn to live each day simply and joyfully. Benefit from practical tips and creative ideas with The Joyful Hermit.

Joyfully Inexpensive Joyful Gift

Posted on April 16, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

The price of greeting cards, for those who still send them, can cost as much as a joyfully fun gift that is utilizable as well as spreads joy beyond the initial gift.  Joyful Hermit pounced on the idea when noticing … Continue reading →

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Indoor Greenhousing

Posted on April 14, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

This year Joyful Hermit decided to take indoor greenhousing to a higher level.  The flats of annuals costs rise yearly, and finding sales is hit-and-miss.  Big Lots had three-shelf greenhouse units for $20 each; JH purchased two, on separate days … Continue reading →

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Fortress of Solitude

Posted on April 11, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

When Porter visited, he delighted in the gardens and discovered a hidden area within the Young’s Weeping Birch, Chamaecyparis ‘Green Arrow’, a Japanese maple, and various perennials, that he called his Fortress of Solitude.  Of course, we adults marveled at … Continue reading →

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What Is Joy?

Posted on April 7, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

The Joyful Hermit today considers joy.  What is joy?  How do we get it?  Of what use and benefit is joy in our daily lives?  For the answers, JH turns to the spiritual because the spiritual is the root of … Continue reading →

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Laetare Soup

Posted on April 6, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

Laetare is a Latin word meaning rejoice! The fourth Sunday in Lent is known as Laetare Sunday, and Joyful Hermit rejoiced having landed through the mid-point of Lent by making a fridge & freezer-clearing soup. Two sweet onions sliced, five … Continue reading →

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Choosing a Life Theme

Posted on April 4, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

Joyful Hermit has a theme of life.  You would expect a hermit to love God, but love is for everyone.  That is why Joyful chooses love as a theme for life, and the heart shape is a good statement of … Continue reading →

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Variations of a Theme

Posted on April 3, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

Efficiency nests in simplicity when we utilize variations of a theme.  Peace is the fruit.  This can be in temporal matters of our daily lives such as eating, dressing, working, sleeping, playing.  It can be in our giving, also, such … Continue reading →

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Cycles of Joy

Posted on March 28, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

Is it possible to have joy always, even amidst pain, suffering, darkness and downturns? Yes. But we must understand that there are two perspectives of joy.  One is the temporal view and experience of joy, and the other is the … Continue reading →

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Lenten Lessons in Muffin Offering

Posted on March 21, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

Coffee-and-donuts is recent to the parish activities roster.  Joyful Hermit intermingles twice, and each time a widower mentions he’s not been able to eat donuts for 35 years.  Says if he did, he’d taste them for three days.  Joyful receives … Continue reading →

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Joyfully Augmented Breakfast Cake

Posted on March 18, 2011 by The Joyful Hermit

Read about a simple way to augment a muffin or other mix.  Joyful Hermit swooped up several half-priced blueberry and banana nut muffin mixes awhile back.  On their own merit, they offer minimal protein (2 g) per serving.  But augmented, … Continue reading →

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