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For Janet, and Our Other Coffee-Loving Friends
Study finds coffee-drinkers live longer The bad news? Lots of cream and sugar could negate the effect. The good...
sursumcorda, 17 May 2012 |
Insanity in Indiana
Florida gets all too much press for crazy happenings, so it's about time another state took the spotlight. Was it another school...
Mother's Day Wisdom
Until Janet wrote a post that tops everything , this celebration of mothers from Lenore Skenazy was my favorite Mother's Day...
Mother’s Day Reflection
Two kids, two Mother’s Days. Time flies when you look backwards. On Sunday there were flowers on the dining room table...
Luke's Story
Luke's Story by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Putnam Praise, 2009) Luke's Story, the second book of LaHaye and Jenkins'...
Helicoptering -- It Isn't Just for Parents Anymore
It was almost an idyllic scene: Three adults, eight children—four boys, four girls, ages 9, 8, 7, 5, 3, 3, 14 months, and 6...
The Fort
The materials: We bought a couple of posts and a second hammer, but the rest of the materials were scrounged or donated by...
No, We Can't
No, We Can't: Radical Islam, Militant Secularism, and the Myth of Coexistence by Robert Stearns (Chosen, 2011) I received...
Home Sweet Home
Some people think I have it all together. Sometimes I’m one of them. Feeling a little bit prideful that I can go...
Change that Attitude
We all know that getting angry, or annoyed, or judgmental, or impatient, or any number of things that we do each day is not good or...
Bullet Update April 14-27
We now have a calendar posted in the kitchen for writing down cute things. Thanks for the idea, Sarah! The only problem is,...
Children's Art, Life, and Meaningful Praise
Celebrating a Simple Life has a perceptive post this morning. Ostensibly, it's about giving meaningful praise to children's...
What Wonderful Weather!
With apologies to our Northeastern friends who would like to be done with winter, thank you very much, I just have to say that I LOVE...
Snow? SNOW?
Porter remembers days in Rochester, NY when it snowed on his birthday. Not very often, but it happened. It looks as if...
Because I'm Still Waiting for "Quiet"
My library copy of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking looks to still be several weeks away, but...
A Valuable Perspective on "Back to Sleep"
I haven't read the book myself, but was thrilled to find this review of The Truth about Tummy Time: A Parent's Guide to SIDS,...
Raclette!
We love having folks over for dinner: good conversation, a chance to catch up, the opportunity to fix dishes that don't work well...
RIP Miss Read
The world lost a wonderful writer today , though at 98 you can hardly say she died young. Dora Jessie Saint, aka Miss Read, was...
Bullet Update
Friday the 13 th may be unlucky, or maybe not. Both kids are sleeping at the same time(!) so there’s a moment for a blog...
Mark's Story
Mark's Story by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Putnam Praise, 2007) This, the second story in The Jesus Chronicles , is a...
Wonderful Fool
Wonderful Fool by Shusaku Endo, translated by Peter Owen (Tuttle Publishing, 1974; originally published in 1959) I am currently...
A Moment for Grandmothers
A friend posted this on Facebook, and it still makes me smile. Except for the singular "Grandmother," which just sounds wrong on...
The Stories of Emmy
The Stories of Emmy: A Girl Like Heidi by Doris Smith Naundorf (Xulon Press, 2010) Doris Smith Naundorf is known in...
7 Reasons Why It's Great to Be Part of an Episcopal Church
... and also why it's great to be attending a church close to home. Sunday: Palm/Passion Sunday Service Tuesday: ...
For Our Daughter, on the Occasion of Her 30th Birthday
30 Reasons Why You Light Up Our Lives (It was hard to stop!) From early childhood you have loved God “with all your...