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July 2011

July 10, 2011

In conversation with children

Elphine: You were born in England? Did you see the queen?Me: NoElphine: Why not?Me: I'm...

July 08, 2011

A Woman’s, and probably a Man’s, Work is Never Done

Putting off the two giant remaining tasks of the week--sorting through a vast pile of...

July 07, 2011

Birth Story Haikus

I don't actually have time to write any (maybe later) but what A BRILLIANT Idea.I...

July 06, 2011

10 Minute Fish

One bag super cheap (5$) fish, frozen, dumped ( half-frozen on its way to being...

July 01, 2011

7 Quick Takes

OneMaybe letting the three year old repeatedly stay up till 9pm with no nap during...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Brazilian Boiled Pork

So you take a huge, practically obscene, piece of meat, pork, that you bought at...

June 26, 2011

for your compline praying

June 25, 2011

The Rain is Raining all Around

Blast it.And I was really hoping to spend the day sitting outside doing nothing. Now,...

June 22, 2011

You know what might be fun?

Dismantling a table, nailing the top to our kitchen island/butcher block, painting the top red, picking...

June 21, 2011

Three is too much

I just went to Wegmans with the three little girls. Matt had to take Elpine...

June 20, 2011

Impossibly Pleasant

Some really lovely people in the church stopped by and gave us this furniture last...

June 18, 2011

Inroads

Every upswing in energy and growth in the church seems to be met with a...

June 18, 2011

A Foretaste of our Busy Weekend

In the present instance, going back to the liver-pill circular, I had the symptoms, beyond...

June 17, 2011

This Fisk Wasn’t for Me but I’m taking it anyway

One Phyllis Strupp, of whom I have never before heard, thinks that Father, and by...

June 16, 2011

Whine

Why isn't there a hue and a cry (backed up with money from some rich...

June 14, 2011

I might as well be Santa

My first answer to nearly everything my children ask me is always a full throat-ed and enthusiastic...

June 13, 2011

Sermon on the Feast of Pentecost

We’ll be mainly in Acts 2 this morning, if you’d like to go there in...

June 08, 2011

Now in the fading light of day

Romulus came weeping down to the laundry room. "They're not letting me have FUN!" he...

June 07, 2011

I was supposed to do stuff today but I can’t remember what it was…

Comfortable CatComfortable BabyRhododendron out the frontLetter WritingAngry Letter WritingLetter WritingDisobedient Letter WritingNew Rose BushZucchini LettuceOld RoseBecause it...

June 06, 2011

a Weekend in Conversation

Gladys, snuggled deeply and comfortably in my lap: "I hate that song."Me laughing hysterically: "Hate...

June 04, 2011

For a Saturday Evening

He is the Way.Follow Him through the Land of Unlikeness;You will see rare beasts, and...

June 03, 2011

Seven Quick Takes

OneSolemn Communion got off to a rambunctious and successful start last night. Its been about 5 years...

June 01, 2011

Oh to be like other people

So I've been reading the first three pages of Charles Williams' Descent into Hell over...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Long Lost Pictures

Exhausted baby after being baptized. Still can't get over how fat she is. Its so...

May 30, 2011

Hee Hee

From Charles Williams Decent into Hell"Don't you think so?" Watteau, whose actual name was Myrtle...

May 29, 2011

My sermon from this morning: Colossians 3:18

It’s a pleasure to be here with you this morning for this difficult and probably...

May 27, 2011

Seven Quick Takes

OneMy computer is on the delivery truck. Could be here any minute. Don't know what...

May 22, 2011

A Trick a Trial a Trifle

I have a beautiful trifle dish. I bought it for a dollar at the Christmas...

May 20, 2011

Because it just can’t be passed up

I expect you're settling in to enjoy a quiet Friday evening and were casting about...

May 19, 2011

Not dead yet

Was just sitting here thinking, "I wonder what I could blog about if I had...

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