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Hamilton (Not a Review)
Although our choir director might think me heretical, I'm not much of a fan of Broadway shows. It's not that I don't like...
sursumcorda, 5 April 2016 |
Long Day's Journey into Night
How far should we go in an effort to understand someone else's pain? Although the Catholic Church strongly discourages the...
Cure
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind over Body by Jo Marchant (Crown Publishers, 2016) Jo Marchant is a scientist and a...
Leading Our Leaders
I like Michael Hyatt's take on our political situation. I f there’s one thing that stands out in the ongoing...
Ellie Reflection: 8-9 Months
January Ellie continues to expand her mobility. She managed to get up to Daniel’s workspace by first holding onto a...
Bad News for Those with Family Overseas
Do you remember Kathy's friend B. who met us at the airport in Banjul ? He's also a math major who sometimes comes to her for...
The Ruby Ring
It's no accident that Aesop's Fables have been popular for millennia. Great truths revealed in brief, memorable stories are...
The Road to Character
The Road to Character by David Brooks (Random House, 2015) I read this book on the recommendation of our rector, so I'm...
Jesus Ist Erstanden!
Easter is in less than three weeks so it's time to bring back my favorite new Easter song from last year. I know it's still...
Hooray for Altamonte Springs!
'Way back in the early 1980's, our little city of Altamonte Springs pioneered a program of reclaiming treated wastewater for irrigation....
From Racial Slurs to Foreign Aid
Toubab . White person. I'm told it's not a racial slur, but have my doubts. It felt like one. It was certainly a verbal assault....
West African Journey - the Adventure Begins
Before the wheels of our first flight had left the ground, at least five people had, separately and individually, encouraged me to...
Disney Delights, Disney Disappointments
Yesterday was the first day of EPCOT's Flower and Garden Festival for 2016, and we were there to celebrate its opening. As...
West African Journey - Preparation, and a Dissertation on...
I've been overseas every year for the past decade, so it ought to be routine by now. But travelling to the Gambia is not like...
Data Loss and Recovery
I know people who are fond of saying, as if it were original with them and somehow encouraging to others, that we should never ask for...
February 29 Memories
Joyce K. is a very good friend of our family, and though she has plenty of grandchildren of her own, she happily played a grandmotherly...
The Fatal Tree
The Fatal Tree by Stephen R. Lawhead (Thomas Nelson, 2014) This is the final book in Lawhead's Bright Empires series, of which...
Do You Dream in Color or in Black and White?
Do you dream in color or in black and white? This question, common in my childhood, must seem nonsense to the next generations, as...
Manjiro: The Man who Discovered America
Manjiro: The Man who Discovered America by Hisakazu Kaneko (Riverside Press, 1956) This book was apparently...
Daniel Reflection: 2 ½ Years!
It’s hard to believe Daniel is only 2 ½. He holds his own playing with his big siblings and is becoming downright...
What Right Does the Pope Have to Question Donald Trump's...
My amusement for this week comes from all the folks who are questioning the right of Pope Francis to suggest that Donald Trump is not...
Language Translation, of a Sort
I'm sorting through the photos from our Gambia trip. During our safari in the Fathala Game Reserve in Senegal, I hastily wrote...
The Billion Dollar Spy
The Billion Dollar Spy by David E. Hoffman (Doubleday, 2015) This is not a book I would necessarily have picked up myself,...
Never Give Up
More than 40 years after Porter assisted a University of Rochester professor in the search for gravity waves, predicted by Albert...
Girl Scouts, Cookies, and More
I was a Girl Scout in various forms (Brownies on up—no Daisies in those days) for most of my childhood. I've written...