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A Challenging Day, but a Good One
Porter put the bikes on the back of the car again this morning, and we headed off to the Tosohatchee State Reserve near...
sursumcorda, 20 May 2007 |
For Your Amusement
It was a scene worthy of one of those funniest-videos shows. As I opened the front door this morning to take out the trash, I...
Carrion-Eaters, Too, Are God's Creation
On one of our recent bike rides, we came upon a dead armadillo. Dead armadillos happen not infrequently in Florida. They may be...
I Knew We Had a Lot of Books...
...but even I am amazed. Heather introduced me to Book Collector , and I've been thrilled. I've long wanted to make...
Our Favorite After-Church Activity
This post is going to be about our Sunday bike ride, but I have to admit that coffee hour is also a favorite after-church activity,...
Checking Out a Farmers' Market and Another Bike Trail
I've given up my search for an organic farmers' market; around here I should be happy with a farmers' market of any kind....
One More Reason to Avoid Hospital Births
Or hospitals in general, if you can help it. I realize they perform a vital service, and I really am thankful for doctors and...
More Sunday Biking
Biking after church could get to be a habit. A good one. Last Sunday we returned to the West Orange Trail, this time heading...
A Long Story and a Warning for Homeschoolers
We have been blessed with a surprising number of very bright friends, their talents ranging from math to music, from business to...
More Music, No Flowers This Time
Having written recently about my love of student recitals , I have to mention that we went to a Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra...
Europe 2007: April 15 - Homeward Bound
Now I must report on my first dissatisfaction with the Swiss transportation system. The bus we rode from the airport could not...
Flowers and Music
Not long ago, a friend was lamenting to me about how tedious elementary recitals are. Little piano and violin students plunking and...
Europe 2007: April 14
A day of rest, recovery, last-minute shopping, and…packing. None of us wanted to think about the next day's departure;...
Europe 2007: April 13
When we first began planning this trip, Porter's one goal in Switzerland (besides visiting Janet) was the Jungfraujoch experience,...
Europe 2007: April 12
What to do, now that we are back in Switzerland? Let's visit another museum! This time it was the Skulpturehalle...
Maitland, Florida, 2007 or Salem, Massachusetts, 1692?
This just in: middle-aged men have no business stopping to chat with young people. After all, the young and their elders...
Europe 2007: April 11
After tearful goodbyes, we traveled with our host (who had business in Paris) on an early morning TGV back to Gare Montparnasse....
Europe 2007: April 10
Today was another beautiful day. We've had so many since arriving in Europe. The week before our arrival was so cold...
Europe 2007: April 9
Awaking before the rest of the household, I slipped outside to explore the grounds in the peaceful early morning light. Just...
Europe 2007: April 8 -- Easter!
When our friends asked what our Easter traditions were, my immediate reaction was, "total exhaustion, following a glorious church...
Europe 2007: April 7
Having slept off our Thanksgiving dinner-style museum orgy, and packed our suitcases for departure, we were ready to indulge in another...
Europe 2007: April 6
Ah, to wake up in Paris, and eat breakfast in the café next door! So what if croissants/bread, orange juice, and...
Europe 2007: April 5
Transition! We took the tram to the train station, where we bought drinks to go with the food we had bought yesterday to eat on...
Sunday Adventures
I thought our Sunday was exciting, until I read about the Daleys' ! It was Sunny on Sunday here, too, at least for the...
Mad Cow: It Was a Very Good Year
We had so much fun last year at the Mad Cow Theatre's Orlando Cabaret Festival : It Was a Very Good Year that it wasn't hard to...