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Business Meetings in the Early 21st Century
Thanks, Jon, for finding this. From where I sit (the office next door) this is enough like Porter's frequent phone meetings to...
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The Lord's Prayer
Our anthem for Sunday, February 9, 2014. The Lord's Prayer (Benjamin Harlan, Harold Flammer A8674) I'm sorry for the...
Children and Meals
"I don't want to eat" has almost never been a problem in our family! Nonetheless, this article on ending mealtime battles caught...
Guess What We Found at Our Local Publix?
Bullet Update: Celebrations, A Tooth, Languages (January...
I’m still working out the new system for blog and educational journals, but here’s a catch-all for what we’ve been up...
This May Not Be the Best Time ...
... to point out to our Northern friends that our temperature was a record-breaking 86 degrees today. Last week was winter. ...
God Watches Over You
Our anthem for Sunday, February 2, 2014. God Watches Over You (Joel Raney, Hope Publishing C5581)
Vivienne Turns Two!
I sincerely hope that the blog makeover I wrote about is not the death of this blog. Shortly after I wrote that we all got sick...
Down to the River to Pray
Our anthem for Sunday, January 26, 2014. Down to the River to Pray (arr. Sheldon Curry, Daybreak/Hal Leonard 08743261)
I Once Was Lost but Now Am Found
From LarkNews.com, one of the best 404 File Not Found errors I've come across.
Praise His Holy Name, and Lift Every Voice and Sing
In one way or another, we covered a lot of bases with our church music last Sunday. It was a wild ride. But that's one thing...
Nunsense
Nunsense was written in 1985, but neither of us had seen it until Sunday. We went to the performance at Sanford's Wayne...
Quote for the Day
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets, even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or...
Enjoying Our Christmas Cards
Each Christmas we send out a slew of Christmas cards, and receive slew minus epsilon in return.. (By "slew" I mean about 120; and...
New For 2014: Blog Makeover Part I
This blog has become a mishmash of random information so it’s been on my mind for a while to give it a makeover. With the...
Bullet Update: Christmas (Dec. 20th – Dec. 31st)
It’s the end of the year and I never fully wrote out my goals for 2013. I guess that saved me some guilt. Our big...
Chicken Over Warm Kale and Asparagus Salad
Publix, our local grocery store, often has tasting centers set up throughout the store. Of course they are meant to encourage you...
Paper Airplane? There's an App for That!
Wouldn't all Kickstarter projects like to have funded $906,490 of a $50,000 goal? And with 17 days left in the drive? Well,...
New Investment Strategy
Tired of Treasury bonds that pay nearly nothing, and bank accounts that pay less? Frightened by the vicissitudes of the stock...
A Sense of History
My sister-in-law's "books read in 2013" post has me itching to work on my own, but re-entry chores after our vacation are taking...
My IDLE Certification
How to Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson (HarperCollins, 2005) The Idle Parent by Tom Hodgkinson (Penguin Books, 2009)...
Deer Hunting with Jesus
Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant (Crown, 2007) It is good for me occasionally to...
Bullet Update: Daniel Kisses, Swiss Steel Visit (Dec. 7th...
Life with three kids is hopping. Computer time is even more limited. Baby is crying as I type . . . I broke a...
Lessons and Carols, 2013
December 15 was the Third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete Sunday . This day of rejoicing in the midst of the somber...
Christmas Cards and Traditions
Here are some excerpts from Conversion Diary's 7 Quick Takes post today . You may recall from previous years’ ravings...