Every Common Thing

The Way of Honest Thomas

Several years ago, I was out on a long, fast walk along a favorite stretch of river when I suddenly doubled over with a severe leg cramp that left me…

Aug 7 • 

Andrea Midgett

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May 2025

Fog

Hi Friends, It is amazing to me that so much of what we witness in the natural world is mirrored in our interior, daily, lived-out lives: Growth…

May 6 • 

Andrea Midgett

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April 2025

Lupines: Seed, scar, bloom

Hi Friends, Yesterday was the first day in a long while I could have spent writing, but truth be told, I was too tired, depressed, and drained to summon…

Apr 1 • 

Andrea Midgett

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February 2025

Woodpeckers, my grandmother, and me

Hi Friends, It’s been a while, even longer than I anticipated it would be. If you are anything like me, and I imagine you are, life continues to gallop…

Feb 4 • 

Andrea Midgett

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December 2024

Advent, and the Work of the Long Wait

Hi Friends, I have carried the above image in my mind the last several weeks of travel and moving about. A lot has been accomplished as I have worked to…

Dec 20, 2024 • 

Andrea Midgett

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October 2024

You Can’t Always Stop What You See Coming

Life hits us in such different ways – and we react so differently – a truth I find to be wonderful, amazing, sometimes puzzling, and occasionally…

Oct 30, 2024 • 

Andrea Midgett

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September 2024

Swept Away by the Flood

Please ignore Substack prompts to financially support Every Common Thing. I will let you know if I ever decide to take that step. The biggest way you…

Sep 18, 2024 • 

Andrea Midgett

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April 2024

A Daughter’s Musings on Death

Dear Friends,

Apr 30, 2024 • 

Andrea Midgett

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December 2023

Migration

Merry Christmas, dear readers. May we all rejoice in the Light that has come, even if seen only from a distance.

Dec 24, 2023 • 

Andrea Midgett

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The Coming Darkest Night of the Year

I was totally unprepared for how long, dark and cold winter in the Midwest can be when my husband and I moved there early in our marriage. I did not…

Dec 21, 2023 • 

Andrea Midgett

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Hide, Seek: Advent

My husband and I have been reintroduced the past few years to the joys of playing hide-and-seek with our two little granddaughters. Both girls are now…

Dec 12, 2023 • 

Andrea Midgett

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November 2023

Following Jesus Into the Storm

I was once caught in a bad thunder and lightning storm while leading a group of teenagers on a canoe trip across a large sound in eastern North…

Nov 9, 2023 • 

Andrea Midgett

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