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April 2017

April 21, 2017

7 Thrilling Takes

I don't really deserve Quick Takes after a lame-o week of blogging, but I'm going...

April 07, 2017

7 Takes to Reality

Friday. Therefore Takes. One It's snowing! And it looks like we bombed Syria during the...

April 01, 2017

The Moral of the Story

The rain turned to snow just now and there's some kind bird shrieking outside my...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

The Defining Literary Work of the Age

So I guess Disney remade Beauty and the Beast. The story, from what I can...

March 22, 2017

I Missed International Happiness Day

I found out, many hours too late for me to mark the occasion in a...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

Notes from the Children’s Rooms

We are having a big giant party tomorrow--well, open house, no games, no cake, just...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

If You’re Having Trouble Fathoming the Next Four Years

All weekend long I've been hearing people shouting in total exasperation, and have perhaps even...

January 13, 2017

7 Frenzied Takes

One One of my favorite ways to read the Bible is to wake up way...

January 07, 2017

Book and House Notes

There are still lots of thing that I need to put away, now that Christmas...

December 2016

December 17, 2016

Notes from Home: Parenting and Reading

Facebook informs me that today is Bart Gingerich's birthday. If you don't know who he...

December 16, 2016

7 Amazed Takes

One I've had a bit of a strange week. If you wanted to know why...

December 09, 2016

7 Roiling Takes

One Didn't mean to become all Book all the time, but considering that I only...

November 2016

November 27, 2016

Put Down Your Phone, It’s Advent

Can't remember why, but this weekend the children wanted to hear what old dial up...

November 11, 2016

NPR Doesn’t Get It

I just took that NPR "How Big Is Your Bubble" Quiz and according to them,...

November 10, 2016

Disappointed? Join With Me For Cake

Ahh, the sweet smell of blame and recriminations in the morning. I think it was...

October 2016

October 22, 2016

Autumnal Notes

For a while now that I've looked out my bedroom window it's been what I...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Let’s Make Monday Great Again

We drug ourselves out of a deep and refreshing sleep and put together a nice...

September 14, 2016

Wordy Wednesday: Flying Leaps

Is it already Wednesday? That means the piano teacher will be here in an hour...

August 2016

August 26, 2016

7 Not Facing School Takes

One It's so interesting to feel the weather. Nobody, it appears, slept last night because...

August 20, 2016

Saturday on the Parenting and Marriage Links

This week's Podcast is all about parenting, men's strength, and how to get your husband...

August 03, 2016

Trump and the Infant Cry

So I did give in and watch the clip of Mr. Trump throwing the baby...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

The Importance of Being Embarrassed

Elphine and I got to see Love and Friendship yesterday while the little girls harassed...

May 2016

May 10, 2016

Watching Food Competition TV With Children

However long ago, when we came to the end of the Great British Bakeoff, there...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

7QT: Hatmaker, Coffee, Death and a Chat

Being of tired mind and limping body, I'm going to fling around some quick takes...

April 07, 2016

Politics, Pekoe, and the Second Decade

A long while ago, seemingly years before I had reached the end of what Leila...

March 2016

March 11, 2016

7 Helpful Takes

The time finally came, the walrus said, to rearrange the chore chart and make all...

March 02, 2016

In Which I Explain About Trump to my Children

Being obsessed as I am with politics, my children are tragically aware that we are...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

What is it About the Great British Baking Show?

I am tragically already awake for the day, due to the fact that the puppy...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Pouring Beans

I don't even have enough cerebral anything, as I limp into the weekend, to muster...

December 2015

December 14, 2015

Jesus for the Man trying to be a Little Girl

As I was mulling over and feeling sad about David's sin, this weekend, but then...