So, we went to church yesterday and the seating arrangement is totally changed. We used to have two columns of chairs with an aisle between. Seeing as we have several large families in our congregation, long rows of chairs worked quite well. Now, we have three columns of chairs with two aisles. The center section…
Jim Hart, while denying he was ever gone, is back.
In Iraq bloggers: Kevin Sites CNN correspondent, personal blog. Dear Raed Iraqi blogger for democracy in Iraq.
Over the weekend we rented Amelie and Signs. Amelie was enjoyable, light, and quirky. Amelie learned that being kind/generous made her feel good, so she decided to do more kind/generous things. Amelie’s generosity had a deliberately harsh side, though. The Glass Man was a particularly interesting character to me, as a mentor to Amelie and…
I’m still loving my Claire Holley CDs. I decided to check out her site to see if there’s anything new out (and something’s coming in June! Woo-Hoo!), and found there’s an earlier CD than the ones I have, so I’m going to order this one from Paste Music. Paste recommended someone who has worked with…
fascinating We tend to think that “unleavened bread” means bread that hasn’t risen, but that isn’t necessarily the case. God did not prohibit Israel from using yeast. What was prohibited was leaven. The leaven in question was a bit of dough from the previous batch. The dough would be allowed to ferment (thereby producing yeast)…
What a crazy morning. An adventure no less. I got up this morning and was very hungry. Now, I’m usually hungry when I first get up but generally don’t eat until I get to work where my oatmeal is. This morning, I just was hungrier than usual; wasn’t going to make it to my oatmeal;…
So I was driving along this morning listening to Morning Edition, and the reporter is talking to an Elementary School Principal who is “burned out.” I generally perk up when I hear stories about education as my mom and granmother have both been teachers and my degree is in education, so I have an interest,…
This “magic” trick is pretty cool. I’m sure there’s a logical explanation, but I can’t figure it out …
No, Daniel, neither Jason nor I have quit … The last time I tried to blog, about the wine tasting we went to, blogger ate the whole beautiful blog and I’ve been too sad to try again. The wine tasting was great! We had a blast sitting with the mayor of Hilliard and his wife…