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Is Our Postage Too Cheap?
Do e-mail, SMS, Facebook, Skype, and other quick-and-easy forms of communication, in an increasingly non-literate society, spell doom...
sursumcorda, 19 January 2012 |
RIP, Senator
When Moses received the Ten Commandments, when Hatshepsut ruled Egypt, when the Phoenicians were developing their alphabet, The Senator...
Life with Joseph - 1 (no baby news yet)
It's hard being a long-distance grandmother, whether the distance is 1000 miles or 4800. Certainly I'd rather our grandchildren...
Forgetfulness and the Doorway Effect
[ I know most of you are waiting for Baby News, but as that has not yet been forthcoming, I have to improvise. ] A series of...
How To Read a Book: Part II (or How to Have a Conversation)
‘Way back in September I gave an incomplete review of Mortimer Adler’s “How to Read a Book” and said that last...
Outstanding in the Field
If I weren't eating so well at the famous Swiss Zum Stücklin , I might be sad at missing the Outstanding in the Field event held...
7 Quick Thanks Friday – 12 (Not in Labor)
Things I am thankful for in no particular order (and the list could go on): Computer time! This quick thanks...
7 Quick Thanks Friday – 11 (or Tuesday. The pre-baby...
If I can’t blog regularly on Fridays before the baby’s here I doubt I’ll keep it up after. It was fun while it...
When Grandma Makes Stew in Switzerland
We're stocking up on meals, pre-birth, and today made a double batch of our favorite stew. The recipe calls for a hefty helping of...
Looking Back Two Years - 2010 Resolution #1
At this time last year I reflected on the results of my 2010 January resolution: Read More Books . It was an unqualified...
Life in Review: Celebrating Two Years of Tickler Success...
By popular demand, here are some photos. I purposely didn't straighten everything up because even though my desk is mostly clean,...
Bullet Update: The End of Life as We Know It (Dec....
Tomorrow my mother arrives. When she leaves we will be a family of four (God willing and the creek don’t rise). Life...
Wawa Is Coming to Town!
So, Orlando finally gets a Wawa ! Nowhere near us yet, but there's hope. I'm still waiting for a Trader Joe's....
The Screwtape Letters - the Show
Several months ago, Porter signed us up for a pre-anniversary present of tickets to the Orlando performance of The Screwtape...
Life in Review: Celebrating Two Years of Tickler Success...
(This is continued from Part I and Part II ) The System (Continued) General File System (see Part II) Tickler (see Part...
Life in Review: Celebrating Two Years of Tickler Success...
(This post is continued from Part I ) The System On bad days I do very little work in the system, but I almost always make sure I...
Life in Review: Celebrating Two Years of Tickler Success...
The end and beginning of the year are full of celebrations for us: birthdays, anniversaries of weddings and baptisms, and this year,...
A Boy's War
A Boy's War by David Michell (OMF International, 1988) In 2010, revelations of unspeakable abuse of missionary children at...
Saturday Morning Humiliation
Why do Jehovah's Witnesses bring out the worst in me? They're only doing what they think is best. I'm not good with any form of...
7 Quick Thanks Friday – 10 (or Saturday – the...
Things we are thankful for in some particular order: Christ’s coming to earth! Hallejula! We had...
Can I Really Be Thinking of Getting an E-Reader?
It's not polite to think about items you didn't get for Christmas while we're still in the Christmas season. But hey—at...
Christmas Fun
(Continued from Pre-Christmas Fun .) You wouldn't think that with just the two of us it would still take all day to open...
The Zen of Fish
The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket by Trevor Corson (HarperCollins, 2007) Eating sushi is...
Pre-Christmas Fun
This post was going to include Christmas Day, but it turned out to be pretty long, so I've divided it into two parts. Last Sunday...
The First Day of Christmas
Here's one reason why it's more fun to be Episcopalian/Anglican/Catholic/Orthodox or anyone else for whom Christmas lasts a full...