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Difficult Personalities
Difficult Personalities: A Practical Guide to Managing the Hurtful Behavior of Others (and Maybe Your Own) by Helen McGrath...
sursumcorda, 11 June 2013 |
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,...
Court Rules Against German Homeschool Asylum
The Romeikes have lost the latest round in their fight to keep from being sent back to Germany , where homeschooling is considered a...
It's Not Supposed to Be Like This
I'm having a mid-life crisis. 1 Theoretically that's good news, as apparently I'll be living past 120. But it's still...
I'm Still Wondering If There's Anyone Who Doesn't Already...
It's been over a week since the jury summons notices went out for George Zimmerman's trial , and neither of us has received one, so I'm...
Yes! Sunshine Is Good for You
Recognizing the approach of Mother's Day, I honor my own with this story. When it comes to sunshine and health, it turns out Mommy...
Speculoos Makes It Big in America
Speculoos à Tartiner , in its American incarnation as Biscoff Spread, is now available at many stores here and around the...
BrainHQ
I've been interested in learning and brain plasticity for a very long time, especially in young children. More recently, thanks to...
Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed...
Monica introduced me to the Project-Based Homeschooling blog and I liked Lori’s work enough to ask for the book for my...
Our Hard Work is Paying Off
Catching up: I wrote this post a few weeks ago but got interrupted and somehow forgot to publish it. Things have gone a little...