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What Da?
Be warned: as usual, when we get more grandchild time, you get more grandchild fare. Here's a Joseph story from our trip to...
sursumcorda, 31 July 2013 |
Life as a Family of Four
Before life as we know it fades into distant memory, I’d like to write a little about our daily life and rhythm. I know that...
Some Have Birthday Cake
I had a wonderful belated birthday celebration here in Switzerland, including a long, leisurely mother/daughter breakfast of pastries...
Vivienne at 1 ½ Years
Yesterday Vivienne turned 1 ½ and with great timing I was feeling insecure about my decisions as a mother (it’s amazing how...
Come, Christians, Join to Sing and O Great God
July 14 Come, Christians, Join to Sing arr. Carlton R. Young I'm sorry I can't find an example of anyone singing this...
Joseph Andreas Stücklin at Three Years
You are now three years old! As I tell you every evening, I’m so glad God gave you to us and that I get to be your...
What I Saw in America
What I Saw In America by G. K. Chesterton (originally published 1922) In 1921, G. K. Chesterton embarked on a lecture tour of...
Bullet Update Mid-July 2013
I left off in the middle of our Family Weekend last time. Joseph was in a good enough mood the next day to enjoy his birthday cake...
Music in Elementary School and Beyond
This quotation from an interview with Anne Fine set me to thinking. (H/T Stephan) [I] hate the way that we have weeded out...
Flash Mob, GGGAMB Style
I'd rather be with family than almost anywhere, but it's a pity that we only manage to spend Independence Day with the Greater Geneval...
Is College Worth It?
Is College Worth It? by William J. Bennett and David Wilezol (Thomas Nelson, 2013) It is the best of times and the worst of...
Bullet Update End of June 2013 (Joseph turns three!)
Friday, June 14 th we said goodbye to Stephan’s brother and family as they head off to Canada. We surely will miss...
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...
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...