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One Week Left! (Swiss construction, audition, dancing in...

Now that I know I’m coming back, I’m getting terribly excited about going home to see everyone, watch my friend get...

Children and Church

This essay is an attempt to speak calmly about an experience that I just want to rant about.   The subject is important to me, but...

Completing Some Trails and then Some

Yesterday we thought we'd do a few short stretches of trail to cover the northernmost portions of the Cross-Seminole Trail and the...

Stop! Drop that Yardstick!

I'm mailing a package to France, and as always it amused me to check out the "prohibited" list.  You are not allowed to...

Night Before the Audition Thoughts

So just what goes through the mind the day before an audition that will determine the course of your life?   Lucky for me I have...

Flag Day

In honor of Flag Day , I give a salute not only to our own flag, but also to those of our ancestors (so far discovered)....

More Comics

I admit it.  I like to read the comics online every morning.  There are better habits to keep, I know.  Today I felt like sharing...

The Sursum Corda Library

If I'd known how big a project book cataloguing would be, I'm not sure I would have had the courage to start, but now that it's...

Plus Ça Change….

While working on my book cataloguing project, I came upon an old church mission report, stuck in an even older Cruden's Complete...

Only Two Weeks Left (Japanese evening, real rain, church...

This week I’ve had a hard time keeping an eternal perspective.   Everything rests on my audition Friday and there on the work...

Homeschooling and Spelling

  Growing up I'd often be working and just shout out a question to mommy.  If she didn't have the answer she'd look it up...

Fear, Love, and Blogging

Believe it or not, I’m not much of a blogger.   My mother set me up with a blog when I heartlessly decided to abandon her to...

Bon Voyage, Atlantis!

You'll see a better video almost anywhere else, but here is a bit of natsukashi for our expatriot Floridians! You...

The Essence of Unschooliing

Today's Frazz :

The Heatherin

Janet wasn't the only one of our children who made musical instruments.  This is a Heatherin, or rather the Heatherin, the only...

Mid-Week Update (baking cookies, Swiss funerals, a new...

I see by the comments on my Forgiveness post that I haven’t been relating as many fascinating details of life here in...

Forgiveness

Praise the Lord my life is in His hands.   Praise the Lord he never gives up on me!   No sooner do I learn about and begin...

Computers!

Our router seems to be acting erratically again.  Last time the problem was the power supply, and I have a spare one to try now...

The Heart of George MacDonald

year ago I picked up Mom’s copy of The Heart of George MacDonald to read during our trip up north for vacation with family....

A Quote to Ponder

I'm currently reading too many books.  Maybe I'm just avoiding practicing.  In any case I came across this idea in...

Be Thou My Vision

I am thrilled that my blog has become a lively center for discussion.   Andy’s comment this post which includes thoughts...

Return to Leu Gardens, and Completing the West Orange Trail

Tropical Storm Barry brought us a night's worth of good, soaking rain, our first significant rain in many months and much...

Last Three Weeks Sabbath

For those of you on the edge of your seats as to whether the first reeds I’ve made in half a year turned out or not, I got a 50%...

On Patience: They also serve who only stand and wait

Some Randomness

 Just a few things I identify with in some way. "Everyone says I am lucky,” he added. “But every coin...

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