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Violin Joy
I've been told it's a peculiar affliction, but I've always enjoyed listening to beginning Suzuki music students. There's a warm...
sursumcorda, 28 June 2013 |
When Life and Beliefs Collide
When Life and Beliefs Collide: How Knowing God Makes a Difference by Carolyn Custis James (Zondervan, 2001) As I...
Priscilla Dunstan on Baby Language
Priscilla Dunstan is a super-hearer with a photographic memory for sounds. What this did for her when she became a mother could be...
Is Modern America the Antebellum South?
Don't miss the latest post from the Occasional CEO . I don't have time now to summarize it, so you'll have to read the whole...
The Curse of the Front Porch Republic
For the sake of all else I have to do, I took the Front Porch Republic off my feed reader, but I still get, and read, their weekly...
Lowering the Bar. Again.
You have to crawl before you can walk. Except that you don't. Some babies roll, some scoot on their bottoms, some never...
Bullet Update Early June 2013 (J Reading, Cousin K’s...
I now have a note in my Tickler to wrote a bullet update on the 2 nd and 4 th Fridays in the month. Let’s see how well it...
I Can't Believe I'm Posting an Allstate Ad
This was posted at Free-Range Kids this morning, and I can't resist sharing it. I have no love for Allstate, but insurance...
Difficult Personalities
Difficult Personalities: A Practical Guide to Managing the Hurtful Behavior of Others (and Maybe Your Own) by Helen McGrath...
If I Had a Smart Phone...
Still love FoxTrot .
A 30-Minute Presbyterian Sermon and I'm Posting It???
Most of you know that I'm not fond of Presbyterian sermons. In my experience, even if they're good they're too long, because the...
Our Grandsons Have Poison Ivy and I'm Glad
I suppose that title requires some explanation. I don't wish any of our grandchildren harm, but I do wish for them a better good....
World Gourmet
Asian buffet restaurants are kind of like IHOP as far as I'm concerned: you need to go there every few years to remind yourself of...
How Great Is Our God, and The Gift of Love
Sunday, June 2: How Great Is Our God (Chris Tomlin, arr. Jack Schrader, Hope Publishing Company, C5491). (A reminder,...
Cooked
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan (Penguin, 2013) (This is a long post, with many excerpts...
Bullet Update April 27 – May 29 2013
It’s been a month since my last bullet update?! Sorry folks! It’s been so long it’s hard to read our...
Make the Bread, Buy the Butter
Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch—Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade...
I'm Not Absentminded; I'm Brilliant!
My husband likes to tell this story about one day when I was coming to pick him up from work: He was in a hurry to get going, so...
Holy, Holy, Holy
This is another reason why I like the Episcopal Church. Two weeks ago we honored and prayed for our mothers, but subtly; it was...
Different Worlds
In a comment to my previous post on Getting Organized in the Google Era , I was asked for an example to explain my statement that I...
Getting Organized in the Google Era
Getting Organized in the Google Era: How to Get Stuff Our of Your Head, Find It When You Need It, and Get It Done Right by...
Mathematics: Life of Fred
Life of Fred: Apples (and a whole lot more) by Stanley Schmidt (Polka Dot Publishing, 2012) Grandparents like to buy...
I Will Sing with the Spirit
Today we celebrated Pentecost. Here in the U.S. we do not have the wonderful Swiss custom of a Whit Monday holiday, but we did get...
A Different (and for Once Reasonable) Take on Immigration
I took the Front Porch Republic out of my news feed, not because what they had to say was bad, but because it was too good. I...
My Father's World / Cradle Me, Lord
Our choir anthem for May 5 was My Father's World (Gregg Sewell, Tribune Music, 10/2985K). I can't find a performance on YouTube,...