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What's Missing Here?

A new study indicates that a combination of high fat, high sugar, and high stress is what piles on dangerous abdominal fat.  A...

Stone Soup and More

I don't have enough data yet from my comics survey to make any permanent changes, but I've added a couple of new ones on a trial basis...

In the States

It’s midnight, I have a scratchy throat and I’m sneezing.   I’ve just finished packing for my trip to Texas...

Say It Ain't So!

I hope this Weather Underground data is inaccurate!  Are there any readers from the Downingtown, Pennsylvania area who can...

I'm Home!

Thanks for your prayers.  I made it home safely and the only hitch was an hour delay on my last leg.  It really was no trouble...

The Van Fleet Trail

We ventured further last weekend, driving to Clermont and the General James. A. Van Fleet State Trail .  Porter was all for doing...

Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.

That's the subtitle of a Wired article by Edward Tufte.  My brother sent me the link.  I prefer to believe he didn't...

Boys into Men

One of our nephews is a Boy Scout. My father was for many years a Boy Scout leader, so when I joined the Girl Scouts I was...

Prayer Support

We were exhausted after our return from Switzerland, and our trip was a lot shorter and easier than Janet's will be, so I'm sure...

Fruits of the Garden

Last year's small garden yielded only half a dozen tomatoes, some chives, and a good supply of basil, largely because it got no water...

RETHINK - Air Conditioning

The May 21, 2007 issue of Computerworld has an interview with Amory B. Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute .  Talk about...

And That's a Problem???

The July issue of Reader's Digest has an advice column called "Ask Laskas."  Here is the first question:...

Preparing for Thanksgiving

Each family has its own Thanksgiving traditions.  Friendly swordfighting is part of ours.  Here Noah and Jonathan...

Comics Survey

Every once in a while the Orlando Sentinel publishes a comics survey, in which they ask readers to rate the comics they read and...

Round Ireland with a Fridge

Round Ireland with a Fridge , by Tony Hawks (St. Martin's Press, New York, 2000) This is Janet's book, given to her by a...

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...

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