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    We're currently undergoing some home phone renovations, so if you need to contact us, please do so via e-mail, cell phone, Facebook, or...
 
	
        
    Our anthem, February 16, 2014: Come, Christians, Join to Sing arr. Carlton R. Young (Sorry, still no acceptable YouTube...
 
	
        
    I never finished my personal goals for 2013, but we did make some family goals and I like the idea of reflecting on the past to help...
 
	
        
    Thanks, Jon, for finding this. From where I sit (the office next door) this is enough like Porter's frequent phone meetings to...
 
	
        
    Our anthem for Sunday, February 9, 2014. The Lord's Prayer (Benjamin Harlan, Harold Flammer A8674) I'm sorry for the...
 
	
        
    "I don't want to eat" has almost never been a problem in our family! Nonetheless, this article on ending mealtime battles caught...
 
	
        
    
 
	
        
    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...
 
	
        
    ... to point out to our Northern friends that our temperature was a record-breaking 86 degrees today. Last week was winter. ...
 
	
        
    Our anthem for Sunday, February 2, 2014. God Watches Over You (Joel Raney, Hope Publishing C5581)
 
	
        
    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...
 
	
        
    Our anthem for Sunday, January 26, 2014. Down to the River to Pray (arr. Sheldon Curry, Daybreak/Hal Leonard 08743261)
 
	
        
    From LarkNews.com, one of the best 404 File Not Found errors I've come across.
 
	
        
    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 was written in 1985, but neither of us had seen it until Sunday. We went to the performance at Sanford's Wayne...
 
	
        
    If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets, even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or...
 
	
        
    Each Christmas we send out a slew of Christmas cards, and receive slew minus epsilon in return.. (By "slew" I mean about 120; and...
 
	
        
    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...
 
	
        
    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...
 
	
        
    Publix, our local grocery store, often has tasting centers set up throughout the store. Of course they are meant to encourage you...
 
	
        
    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,...
 
	
        
    Tired of Treasury bonds that pay nearly nothing, and bank accounts that pay less? Frightened by the vicissitudes of the stock...
 
	
        
    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...
 
	
        
    How to Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson (HarperCollins, 2005) The Idle Parent by Tom Hodgkinson (Penguin Books, 2009)...