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My Tax Idea

The other day we were told, by one whose buisness it is to predict these things, that no matter who wins the upcoming presidential...

Humor of the Day

I hesitated (briefly) to post this, for fear the person concerned might, if she ever came this way, think I was making fun of her. ...

An Embarassment of Genealogical Riches

As with much of my life, my genealogcial work goes in spurts; I love to get deeply into a project and run with it until the demands of...

Genealogy

I've added a new category to this blog:  Genealogy.  This won't be the first post, as I've reclassified some earliers ones...

Swiss Taxes

Let it be known that once again I called about Swiss taxes and once again I was told I do not need to do anything.   Last time...

Community and the Internet

The Cult of the Amateur arrived from the library yesterday, not that I've had time to crack it open yet.  But I thought about...

AWAD Quote

Here lies, extinguished in his prime, a victim of modernity: but yesterday he hadn't time--- and now he has...

Hostess Janet

My German Bible study is on vacation so I was left guilt free to host BCF Bible study last night.   I had a grand time doing...

Chef Janet

So I’ve decided to stop being so scared about cooking and just do it.   I didn’t do anything too adventurous for...

I’m Dreaming of a White Easter

In the dark we gathered at Margarethen cemetery, lit torches, sang, and walked over the hill to the church.   We gathered...

Christus ist Auferstanden!

I get up in six hours for the sunrise service, but I just got back from an Easter Vigil service that lasted longer than two hours and...

Good Friday

I’ve been working hard all week for the Good Friday service at BCF.   It was a nice service of readings, reflections,...

Good Friday Thought: No Sin, No Forgiveness

I wouldn't have thought to search the pages of USA Today for Good Friday inspiration, but Google News thought otherwise and led me to...

The Cult of the Amateur?

I’ve been a fan of the Mars Hill Audio Journal since the early 90s, though only an intermittent subscriber.   I enjoy and...

Break Time!

Easter is not yet here, but Easter break is!   Today was the last day of classes and I had class until 10pm.   It hardly...

What's Always in the Refrigerator?

I accept the challenge from Liz ; the subject intrigues me.  What things are always found in your refrigerator?   I'll...

This One's for You, Heather!

Dana Summers is one of my favorite cartoonists, partly because I like his cartoons and partly because he's a local boy.  Not a...

Pre-dyed eggs

They say America is the land of the ready-made, and it might be true, but I don’t remember ever seeing pre-dyed Easter eggs,...

Blog Format Change

In reviewing the function of my blog and the changing circumstances of my life I’ve decided to try a new approach to blog...

Therefore Keep Watch

Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Liberty Whether you attribute that quotation to Wendell Phillips, Thomas Jefferson, or Patrick...

Apologies

Our spam filter usually works really, really well, but the stupid spammers are getting more and more clever, and there were two when I...

Raclette

Last year when we went to Switzerland we tried several new Swiss dishes, but somehow missed raclette .  To make up for it, this...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life , by Barbara Kingsolver,  Steven L. Hopp, and Camille Kingsolver...

Palm Sunday!

Happy Palm Sunday, one and all!  The choir sang for two services today, so we had double the fun.  Those of you who live up...

Basic Hygiene? Thoughts on Deciding to Skip Breakfast...

One of the strangest and most difficult aspects of interacting with other people is discovering those areas which you consider to be...

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