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Earthen Vessels
Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith by Matthew Lee Anderson (Bethany House, 2011) It took me much too long...
sursumcorda, 25 October 2012 |
Vivienne at Nine Months
On the 21 st Vivienne turned nine months. It is at once hard to believe it has been that short and that long since we welcomed...
Bullet Update September 28 – October 19, 2012 (Ticino,...
The last weekend in September we visited the Stücklins while they were on vacation in the Ticino. We had a grand time despite...
A Modern Once-ler
I appear to be in the mood for quick posts sharing other people's brilliance. They're much more entertaining than what I can come...
One Screen to Rule Them All
Once again, Eric Schultz ( The Occasional CEO ) has come up with just the right note. My list of his serious posts I want to share...
The Chocolate Prize
Don't you love what you can do with statistics and charts? This chart is from a great article in the New England Journal of...
Murdoch Mysteries Revisited
We're now into the fourth season of Murdoch Mysteries , and I'm sorry that will be our last season for a while, unless we move to...
Mind Organization for Moms Review and Giveaway
The Power of Moms is offering a FREE Mind Organization for Moms program to one lucky reader of this post. Details on how to...
Scaling Down
Scaling Down: Living Large in a Smaller Space by Judi Culbertson and Marj Decker (Rodale, 2005) Prepare NOW; don't let...
Following Instructions
Recently, I bought a new 500GB hard drive from Western Digital. This despite the fact that the salesman told me external drives...
Puzzle Time!
H/T Stephan. or ?
Snake Handling, and other Church Practices
I keep writing about our new church while the main post of introduction is still rambling about in my head. But so it goes...
Quick Notes
We watched the first half of the PBS documentary Half the Sky last night. ( Quarter the Sky ?) The conclusion is...
Further Adventures in Blood Donation
It's been the required eight weeks since I last gave blood, so I made an appointment to do so. It's pretty convenient now; you can...
Except the Dying
Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings (St. Martin's Press, 1997) I had been looking forward to reading the first of Jennings'...
Bullet Update September 1 – 27, 2012 (teeth, dancing in...
I hope I don’t keep this once-a-month schedule for bullet updates, but better late than never. Sept. 1:...
The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and...
Miracles
Miracles: A Journalist Looks at Modern-Day Experiences of God's Power by Tim Stafford (Bethany House, 2012) Do you...
Just for Fun
Have you seen this ad ? In anything other than very small doses, this technology could get 'way out of hand: can you...
Casting the Net, Vol. 22 - Mathematics Education
My backblog has once again achieved unmanageable proportions, so it's time to bring back—ta da!— Casting the Net , in...
Not Much to Say But "Amen!"
It's not easy to offer a prayer in such a diverse, public setting, but Jena Lee Nardella, founder and executive director of of...
Murdoch Mysteries
Nothing is so likely to lure me to the television set as a good, short mystery. Fortunately or unfortunately, Netflix has a...
Back to School
Stone Soup today is worth highlighting.
Bullet Update August 20 – 31 (Sitting, somersaults,...
Aug 20 th : Joseph learns to do a somersault by himself. Vivienne is getting pretty good at sitting up by herself, though she...
Free Census Search
Ancestry.com is opening all its U.S. census records (1790-1940) for free from now through September 3. The census is one of my...