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Life Is Complicated
This morning's news brought two articles that illustrate the truth that our world is never as simple as we want to make it....
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1940 Census Update
As noted in a previous post , I've been having a blast with the just-released 1940 census. I did not use Ancestry.com's...
Spam Comments
Okay, folks, the spam comments have really gotten out of hand. Heretofore I have always at least glanced at them, to make sure...
The Consecration of the Rev. Gregory O. Brewer as Fourth...
Our much-beloved Bishop of Central Florida, John Howe, retired this year. The bishop-elect was Gregory O. Brewer, and...
Tomorrow's the Day!
I'm as concerned about privacy as the next person (and a lot more than many), but sometimes I think our government goes too far, such as...
Going Granola . . . a Mommy-Brain Musing
The smell of freshly made grape nuts fills the air. Our two-year old and two-month old who were both born at home are asleep for...
Dots! of Our Own
Woo-hoo! My copy of Dots: Zero to One Hundred arrived today!
On Justice
Given that the events occurred not far from home, yet have become international news, I'll say a few words about the Trayvon Martin...
Bullet Update (More EC, Joseph Abilities, Taxes)
I have a hard time knowing what’s important to record and what’s not. I find myself impressed Joseph’s...
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Concert - JoAnn...
JoAnn Falletta , conductor Elmar Oliveira , violin John Callahan : Pulsar (World Premiere) Saint-Saëns : Violin...
The Bone House
The Bone House by Stephen Lawhead (Thomas Nelson, 2011) The second book in Stephen Lawhead's Bright Empires series took...
Some Fun for the Musicians
With a tip o' the hat to Sarah D., who helped make my Facebook presence worthwhile by passing along this gem of a sight-singing test:...
The Introvert Advantage
The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney (Workman, 2002) This book was...
Bullet Update (Counting, Talking, Smiles)
March 8 th : Joseph counts from zero to 12 in Swiss German while pointing to the numbers of his number puzzle. (Up until now...
Life Is So Good
Life Is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman (Penguin, 2001) George Dawson was born in 1898, and died in...
No Wonder Einstein Was So Bright ...
... He was born on Pi Day!
The Skin Map
The Skin Map by Stephen Lawhead (Thomas Nelson, 2009) (audiobook, read by Simon Bubb) I review books for the publisher,...
It's about More than Churches
I saw this on John Stackhouse's blog , and find it both sad, and amusing, and open to many more applications than Christian...
Midori, and the Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä , music director Midori , violin Brahms : Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, op. 56a Sibelius :...
Trader Joe's, Getting Closer
Thanks to my sister, I have three Trader Joe's reusable grocery bags that would just love to be used at an actual Trader Joe's. ...
The New Folk Song Army
We are the Folk Song Army Everyone of us cares. We all hate poverty, war and injustice , Unlike the rest of you squares. (Tom...
My New Exercise Program
Tired of waiting for Netflix to offer anything beyond the second season of the Duggar family's TV show (they're now on Season Six), I...
We have Mobility!
There are so many things to write I have no idea how to write them all but better write something than nothing at all. We...
Mainstream Tabloidism?
The following headlines were presented as the top three on my Orlando Sentinel news feed this morning: Transgender woman denied...
Teenagers!
I realized yesterday that—until September, anyway—all of our nephews are now teenagers. And what a fine bunch of young...