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Vivienne Reflection: 2 Years and 8 Months
Vivienne continues to grow at an incredible rate. She’s much taller, and much more able to speak full sentences in English...
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Give to the Winds Your Fears
Sunday, September 21, 2014 Give to the Winds Your Fears (words by Paul Gerhardt, translated by John...
Your Life Calling
Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life by Jane Pauley (Simon & Schuster, 2014) This is why we have...
To Love Our God
It was good to sing this one again. Sunday, September 14, 2014 To Love Our God (Mark Hayes, Hinshaw Music...
Quantum Physics and the USPS
Forget Area 51, the NSA's invasive civilian spying, and anything else you may think the U.S. government has tried to keep up its...
What Were They Expecting?
"Great goddess Athena, great god Apollo, we ask that you impart wisdom in these proceedings today," Jennifer Zarpentine, a Wiccan...
Daniel Reflection: 13 Months (Walking and Talking!)
Daniel is such a delight at the moment. He has steadily worked on his walking and it is now his preferred mode of...
The Brainy Bunch
The Brainy Bunch by Kip and Mona Lisa Harding (Gallery Books, 2014) Facebook, like smartphones, can enslave or empower. Or...
Look at the World, and Be Unto Your Name
We missed a lot of choir this summer (all for good reasons), and I've missed even more keeping track of what we've sung when I have been...
Finally - A Stand Against Age Discrimination in Church
For some time we double-dipped in choir, singing for two different churches. We've only been back a couple of times to visit what...
The Jungle
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1906) I'd heard in high school about this exposé of the Chicago meat-packing industry at...
Vivienne Reflection: 2 Years and 7 Months
Vivienne grew a great deal over vacation. We’ve been working for a long time on switching to a “normal voice”...
Daniel Porter Stücklin Turns 1 Year Old!
We celebrated Daniel’s birthday on the weekend with his cousin A, who turned one a few days after him. We had fondue and...
If You've Seen, or Plan to See, "The Sound of Music," You...
Courtesy of the National Archives, here's an article that gives a better picture of the von Trapp family than The Sound of Music...
A Heart-Warmer for Sunday
Nothing profound today, just something to make you smile . She's 150% of my age.
So That's Why I Can't Work with Someone Looking Over My...
My husband likes me to be with him, to look over his shoulder, while he works. I am exactly the opposite. With a few...
Back in Switzerland
Being away for two months is disorienting. I almost didn’t recognize the living room when I arrived. I forgot the pit...
New Adventures and Big Changes
Recently, I have become wise and venerable, by virtue of celebrating my 62nd birthday. Now I qualify for some more senior...
Not Exactly Normal
Not Exactly Normal by Devin Brown (Eerdmans, 2006) As often happens at the Maggie P., we had some "relatives of a relative" come...
"People in the Past Didn't Live Very Long"
Thanks to my NEHGS newsletter, I can point to where my own observations are confirmed (and explained) in print. The Summer 2014...
Nurtured by Love, by Shinichi Suzuki
I haven’t had many reading moments, but I’ve tried to skim a few books quickly while in reach of my parents’...
Vivienne and Daniel Reflection: 2 years and five months,...
Vivienne continues to blossom in language and sociability while here. Potty training is on and off. Viv loves watching all...
Joseph Reflection: Four Years Old!
Where to begin? We are enjoying a lovely time in Florida with my folks. Joseph is currently having a blast in the pool with...
"At the Cross," Joseph Edition
Janet was clipping Joseph's fingernails. When one of them suddenly spun into the distance, Joseph burst into song: The...
Quick Update - Thoughts on Speech Development
There are a thousand things I could write about related to my trip to Switzerland, but time is short and people at least want to hear...