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Easter Sunday 2015
For us, Easter started last night with an Easter Vigil service that was over two hours long, but wonderful. Lighting...
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Mid-Holy Week 2015
I've said it before, and it's still true: how blessed we are to be at a church ten minutes away from home (seven in good...
Jesus Ist Erstanden! A New Song for Easter
I'd planned to post this on Easter itself, but then I figured, why let it get lost among all the other Easter music I'll be...
Fooled
My favorite part of April Fools' Day is that it is the anniversary of two of my favorite people. Other than that, it's not...
Anthems for Palm Sunday 2015
Thus begins Holy Week. It couldn't have been better weather: sunny, dry, temperatures dancing around 60 (a nice break...
The Winged Watchman
The Winged Watchman by Hilda van Stockum (1962) When I was a child our family hardly ever bought books. We were great...
Anthems for Sunday, March 22
Last Sunday it was our great pleasure to sing two beautiful anthems, both favorites of ours for a couple of decades. ...
Help Wanted - Good Science Books for Children
Our grandson has a birthday coming up. Okay, two grandsons have a birthday coming up—the same day, in fact—but that's...
Vivienne Reflection: 3 Years and 2 Months
Vivienne is at my side saying “I don’t want you to work.” So this will be brief. Add the fact that...
Anthems for Sunday, March 15
I'm quite behind in logging our choir anthems, mostly because we've been gone a lot. Rather than attempting to catch up, I'll just...
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) I don't remember when I first read To Kill a Mockingbird . Or even if I read...
Daniel Reflection: 19 Months
Daniel says “Mama” now! He can catch a ball (maybe it was an accident) and has a good throw and kick. ...
College Degree Genealogy
In the first comment to Saturday's Pi(e) post , Kathy Lewis asked about the math legacy of my mother (the one who introduced Kathy to...
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... and that's the best I can do without looking. I should have ordered one of Joseph's shirts for myself. Our...
I'm So Sick of This Hypocrisy - Top Gear Edition
My nephews introduced me to Top Gear , the BBC show that achieved the astounding feat of making me thoroughly enjoy a show about ......
Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time. DST. In Europe, it's called by the more logical name of "Summer Time," but we in the United States...
Southwest Snatches Victory from Defeat
I don't know what caused our homeward flight to be delayed five hours. It certainly wasn't the weather, which could hardly have...
Kids and Practicing
How do you get kids to practice their instruments? That's the question of all parents who can't help having occasional misgivings...
Joseph Reflection: 56 Months (4 years and 8 months)
How Joseph is growing up! But he still does cute things. While reading “Silent Night!” from the hymnal he said...
Size Matters
It's extraordinary how often otherwise civilized people think it's not only their right but their duty to criticize the size of other...
Dependence Is for Babies
Glenn Doman used to say that what babies and small children want most of all is to grow up, right now. (I've wasted too much time...
Vivienne Reflection: 3 Years and 1 Month
Vivienne loves pink, and Hello Kitty, and dresses, and Angelina Ballerina. She loves all the cute stuff she got for her birthday,...
Isn't Returning Just Recycling, Only More Annoying?
I can see by yesterday's Frazz comic that Frazz lives in Connecticut or some other state that charges a few pennies extra for certain...
Daniel Reflection: 18 Months
Daniel has a special love for his daddy, pointing to the door when he wants him home from work, running to him as soon as he arrives,...
A Visit to King Arthur Flour
95 by 65 #38 (5 new restaurants, #2) and #48 (visit King Arthur Flour): Two flies with one swat. (This European...