“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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100 word challenge: Treasured Time
These moments are too precious, too rare to waste. I have to drink them in. Every day changes our relationship: how we look at each other, how we talk to each other. Sometimes the change happens so quickly, I don’t recognize the new person in front of me. I know I can’t take this […]
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Fine Arts Friday: The þing
*þing is pronounced “thing. Yes, I could just write “thing,” but where’s the fun in that? This year, we’ve moved away from the “Fine Arts Friday” model to a “Morning Time” model. I’ll post some resources to find out more about the concept at the end of the post, but basically we spend about an hour […]
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The Epiphany post
At the beginning of the year, we’re inundated with admonitions to set goals, make resolutions, and in short plan to be a better us in 365 days. I haven’t been tempted to make any public resolutions, although I’ve had a couple of “I’d like to do X this year” thoughts. The truth is, I’m […]
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Best Christmas Pageant EVAH!
I’m going to start pushing now to have this adapted for our Christmas program at church next year. Can anyone say headbanging pre-schoolers? Some males report female cialis online visually related side effects such as headaches, dizziness and visual problems. A male reaching male menopause may begin to experience certain symptoms that include a decrease […]
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Happy St. Nicholas Day!
Remember, neither Santa nor his inspiration are to be trifled with. The Boy Who Laughed at Santa by Ogden Nash In Baltimore there lived a boy. He wasn’t anybody’s joy. Although his name was Jabez Dawes, His character was full of flaws. In school he never led his classes, He hid old ladies’ reading […]
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100 word challenge: Dark
The darkness is everywhere, invasive. It reaches out into nothingness. Coldly, silently, it consumes everything it touches. There is no edge, no boundary, no end. Only spreading night. People flee the darkness, hoping to outrun it. They hide and scurry. But still the darkness follows. They barricade themselves against the pursuing night, but it […]
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Free Advent resources
As my kids are getting older, I’m noticing that most family devotions are aimed for younger kids. It’s hard to find something that spans later elementary and teen ages. Recently, I’ve stumbled across two resources that are currently free. FREE! Snoopy Dance! The first free resources is Joy to the World! An Advent Journey Through the Songs of […]
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Tiptoeing into Christmas
Now that Thanksgiving is over, we are officially and fully in the Christmas season. Traditionally, this is the weekend that we pull everything down from the attic, spend the whole day decorating, and “prepare” for Christmas in one fell swoop. But that didn’t happen this year. The turkey is eaten; the pie is gone; the scarecrows […]
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Fine Arts Friday: There’s Nothing Like the Sun
There’s nothing like the sun as the year dies; Kind as it can be, this world being made so, To stones and men and beasts and birds and flies – To all things that it touches except snow, Whether on mountain side or street or town. The south wall warms me: November has begun, Yet […]
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100 word challenge: Discovery
Professor Jones was so excited about his discovery, he almost bounced out of his bow tie. His life’s work had finally been vindicated. He had long suspected – no, not suspected. Known. He’d long known that the there was a direct link between the ancient tribal peoples of the Northwest and the cultures of […]
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