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June 2015

June 01, 2015

Monday Blech

Three nights of weird Nyquill induced nightmares have not improved my capacity to cope with...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

Monday Morning Haze

Sheets of rain are spreading themselves over the hill in front of me, obscuring the...

September 15, 2014

Scenes of Sunday

I have lived at church the last three days, as I always do at the...

September 12, 2014

7QT: Jesus and his Apostles

One Catechesis starts back up this Sunday. If you live in Binghamton you've been hearing...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

Let the Little Children Come

I know I've blogged a lot about Marigold and her unfolding life in Catechesis of...

May 19, 2014

Weekend in Review

The weather says its supposed to be cold and cloudy. So this large patch of...

May 05, 2014

Eyes Wide Open

I just looked at the Calender and discovered I've signed up to take the two...

May 01, 2014

God is not dead (though anymore, as little children say at Easter)

I've been meaning to post about the new amazing classrooms at church for quite a...

April 2014

April 14, 2014

It’s Holy Week

I imagine you're all well aware of this fact. It might have been the palms....

April 04, 2014

Seven Quick Takes

OneClassrooms are built and almost completely painted. Actually, they probably are painted. I left church...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

And So The Long Day Wore On

I woke up during the night to the sound of rain and a child crying...

March 10, 2014

When The Lord Builds the Classrooms

Woke up to the sound of a big truck pulling up next to our window....

March 07, 2014

Ashes to Ashes: Death and Dogs and Children and Jesus

Ash Wednesday is always complicated. Matt and I both love church, you know, but we...

March 06, 2014

Lent and Bread and Syrup

So here we are, in my favoritest season of all time. I know I've been...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

they rose up to play

Somehow managed to push play on the bible without really being awake and so climbed...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

blessed art thou

Now that Marigold is four she is doing and saying so many things that four...

December 06, 2013

st. nicholas and other matters

As I lie here, nursing a foul headache and a throbbing thumb, I can hear...

November 2013

November 12, 2013

7 quick takes

oneWe've been trying to finish watching Ben Hur for nearly a whole month. And we had to...

November 11, 2013

monday morning haze

The children are gently squabbling in the kitchen over their vats of sugar cereal. Matt...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

7 quick takes: church and home tra la la

oneThe last many weeks I've been spending every available 'extra', as if there are any...

September 07, 2013

slow children walk, cheerful children run…

Or maybeCOME to Sunday School at COGS (Church of the Good Shepherd)!!!! If you can possibly...

September 03, 2013

in which i complain about work i actually enjoy doing

I think I mentioned off hand last week that I'm supposed to be spending every...

February 2013

February 05, 2013

work, it won’t save you but it’s still a good idea

I've been mulling over the Christian concept of Work over the past many weeks, not...

September 2009

September 07, 2009

Rearranging the Furniture

I seriously overdid it yesterday and ended up in a rocking chair, at the end...

August 2009

August 10, 2009

teaching a child in the way he should go

Thank you all for interesting and encouraging comments of last week. As is so often...

August 10, 2009

teaching a child in the way he should go

Thank you all for interesting and encouraging comments of last week. As is so often...

May 2009

May 22, 2009

Odds and Ends

I've already been derailed by Gladys sprinkling sugar carefully into my printer, so who knows...

October 2008

October 05, 2008

Sunday was made for…Jesus

It has been on my mind for some time to describe for you an average...

September 2008

September 08, 2008

Half of a post

For those of you who are getting tired of all the homeschooling chitchat, I'm sorry,...

June 2008

June 24, 2008

Tuesday in Review

Summery of the DayIt’s the end of another long day. Matt is buying me a...