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The First Song of Isaiah, and an Interesting Typo
Our anthem for today, November 3, 2013: assisting our cherub choir with The First Song of Isaiah (Jack Noble White, Belwin CMR...
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Caribbean Fun
We have a bunch of folks from the Caribbean in our church, including several friends from choir. Every year they put on a...
Bullet Update: Military Airplanes (Oct. 19th – 31st 2013)
Saturday, October 19 th we all got a real treat. The military airfield next door had an open house for the first time in over 20...
One Word: #BostonStrong
Four months ago, Joseph added a Boston Red Sox baseball cap to his Amazon wish list. Did he know something?
When in Our Music God Is Glorified
Our choir anthem for Sunday, October 27, 2013: When in Our Music God Is Glorified (arr. by Mark Hayes, Beckenhorst Press,...
My First Vlog
‘Way back in May I made my first attempt at video blogging. Stephan took the kids for the day and I had nearly 10 hours to...
An Unexpected Visitor
We like snakes. Snakes eat bugs and rats and other not-so-pleasant would-be inhabitants of our yard. For the past several...
Rejoicing with Exceeding Great Joy!
It's not the most profound of Christmas anthems, nor the most beautiful, nor at the top of the list of anthems I'd most like to...
Say It Ain't So, Amazon!
I went to Amazon.com this morning, and learned that they have raised the minimum purchase for free shipping from $25 to $35. And...
A Fun Saturday
Jonathan, in his dinnertime prayer, described it with many more superlatives and much more enthusiasm, but it was, indeed a fun...
The "Quiet Day at Home"
It's not quite Heather's birthday, but it looked like a good, (relatively) quiet day to celebrate, so that's what we did. It...
Bullet Update: Ready for Wurd (Oct. 10th – Oct. 17th 2013)
My daughter fell asleep with a carrot in her mouth. That’s reason enough to blog, plus my mother is too busy with her other...
Quick Thursday Night Update
It was a busy day today so I'll try to make this quick. Jonathan, having been given permission to come visit me any time after 7...
When the Baby Sleeps In
Yesterday Daniel got a clean bill of health at his two-month appointment. The vaccination made him quite tired and he slept until...
From Reading to Reader, from Talking to Talker
The process whereby a child learns to read continues to fascinate me. Three months ago, Noah, who had just turned seven,...
An Outing with a Pre-Schooler, a Toddler and a Baby
Today yesterday Daniel turned two-months old, and that means I have survived life with three kids for over eight weeks now. ...
A Computer for the Maggie P.
The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon has its drawbacks. Like size. And price (better with the IBM discount, though). And...
When I Think of You
Our choir anthem for Sunday, October 13, 2013: When I Think of You (Michael W. Smith, arr. by Gary Rhodes, Word Music, 0 80689...
Welcome to the Age of Wisdom
Happy Birthday! Congratulations to one of my most faithful readers, who turns 50 today. Mind you, it's a bit of a stretch to...
Pork, Glorious Pork!
It's times like this I am so happy to be neither Jewish, Muslim, nor Theonomist. We had pulled pork for dinner the other night and...
Bullet Update: September and Sickness (Sept. 5 – Oct....
My excuse for missing a few Friday posts is that of sickness, which thankfully is mostly over. It’s hard to believe Grandma...
Der Himmel Erfüllt Mein Herz
Last night the youth choir at our church gave a concert. The theme was the history of Contemporary Christian Music, a genre rather...
Holy, Holy, Holy and I Choose You
Once again I apologize for the lack of meat in recent posts. I'm intensely involved in a couple of projects with deadlines, and...
Vivienne's Entry at Last, and Only about an Hour Left to...
Here's Vivienne's story . Janet's here . Joseph's here . Stephan's here . Voting closes in about an hour, I'm...
Now You Can Vote for Janet
Yesterday I published Joseph's entry in the Seats for Switzerland contest; now it's Janet's turn . Vivienne's will be up soon,...