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The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Stories
We gave Jonathan a copy of the Three Billy Goats Gruff story, and if the words aren't exactly as I remember my father reading them to...
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A Novel Way to Encourage this Generation to Breastfeed
A recent New York Times article on the effort to promote breastfeeding includes this interesting line: Nursing may even produce a...
Flag Day, June 14
In honor of my father, who knew to display an iris on this occasion.
And So It Begins
I know hurricane season began June 1, but really, we're not supposed to have to think about this till August, at least! Yet here is...
A Few Jonathan Stories
I'm too busy playing with Jonathan to write much about him, but here are a few delightful Jonathan-isms: I'll friz it to you and you...
Science Museums
We went to the Orlando Science Center last weekend. Because they had three new movies we hadn't seen, we didn't have much time for...
Mere Discipleship
Mere Discipleship: Radical Christianity in a Rebellious World , by Lee C. Camp (Brazos Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2003)...
Memorial Day, 2006
This Memorial Day I honor my grandfathers, who served our country in World War I. Howard Harland Langdon , 219th Aero Squadron...
It's Not About What You CAN'T Do
During my lifetime I've watched the Deaf community teach the world to see them as people, rather than as people who can't hear. This...
RETHINK - Children's Church and Sunday School
In her Christianity Today article, " Faith Like a Child ," Scottie May reviews two books on children and faith: O. M....
Gaaaaack! It's Almost June, and We Know What That Means!
Yep, hurricane season is almost upon us, though I doubt there'll be much to be concerned about before August. The National Oceanic and...
The 42-Mile Weekend
I rode my bicycle to church! One of our two churches is still out of reach, 20 miles away and much of it not well suited to cycling,...
RETHINK - Transportation
When we lived in Rochester, New York, we had one car and could go for days without using it. We rode our bicycles to work; we walked to...
RETHINK
Several months ago, our local newspaper (or perhaps it was Parade Magazine ; I don't recall) asked readers for their one-sentence...
Xylitol
There's nothing like a little foreign travel to open your eyes, and while we were in Japan my eyes discovered xylitol , which appeared...
Two Reasons Why We Need to Read Beyond the Headlines
I like to check out Google News every morning, and I'm especially interested in their Health section. Today there were two...
What Talented People Knew All Along
Thomas Edison said that genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. Anders Ericsson, a psychology professor at Florida State...
Freakonomics
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden side of Everything , by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow,...
But You Don't Have to Pay for It Now
When I was in high school, a semester course in economics was required for graduation. I managed to convince the school to accept an...
It Felt Like a Real Date
Any extravagance around the time of a birthday counts as part of the celebration, and thus comes without guilt. Thus when Porter wanted...
My Biking Adventure
Well, it turned out to be not so much of an adventure after all, which was a good thing. But you would have thought it was something...
TV-Turnoff Week, April 24-30+
I hear it's officially TV-Turnoff Week . Those who know me know I'm more likely to respond negatively to social pressure like that....
Japan! Monday, April 3 - Homeward Bound
The Longest Day. Our last day in Japan , the first day of our return home, the 37-hour day in which we landed at Newark before...
Japan! Sunday, April 2
We relaxed a bit this morning, spending our time packing, reading, and practicing kanji, depending on who we were. :) Our lunch...
Japan! Saturday, April 1
There was no view of Fuji today, which goes along with the weather change from yesterday's cold to much warmer today. We walked...