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September 2018

September 06, 2018

Emptying Out My Bucket List

As the days careen by like out of control, unthinking, inebriated college students unclear about...

August 2018

August 17, 2018

7 Things to do on a Rainy Summer Day

There you are Friday, with your rain and gray skies. Truly, enough with the rain....

August 16, 2018

Don’t Rush Me: Bats, Target, and Putting Everything Away

All the pictures of the first day of school are making me think I should...

August 10, 2018

7 Tumultuous Takes

It’s Friday, did you know? One The bookshelf project is nearing its denouement. Matt has...

August 03, 2018

7 Bat Crazed Takes

Well, who cares what day it is. One Around 2am Matt’s bat phobia caused us...

August 02, 2018

There Are Bats In The Attic

Don’t worry, just because we’re still moving everything around doesn’t mean I will go on...

August 01, 2018

Finding Jesus Before It’s Too Late

Oh my word I have to read these books. Feel tragically sad that one, I...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Meditation Upon A Box Of Junk

Have been digging out the attic, practically with a shovel, so that Matt and I...

July 27, 2018

Cake and Death

Friday! It’s a miracle! One And the twelve year old is officially twelve. The children,...

July 21, 2018

Notes From Home: The Hidden Costs of Self-Definition

Found this article to be most interesting. Didn’t know there was something called the New...

June 2018

June 05, 2018

Rain, Cake, and the Syracuse Airport

The rain is raining all around, falling in sudden wind-blown drifts through the trees and...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

We Were Never Going To Win

I’ve been dabbling away at some different writing projects. The following is a fragment from...

May 08, 2018

The Met Gala and the Gray Sweater of Binghamton

The birds outside the window are driving the cat, and maybe even me, crazy. They...

April 2018

April 21, 2018

Notes from Home: Restoration

I was going to write about Anthony Trollop's The Warden but I'm going to delay...

April 06, 2018

7 Snowy and Sarcastic Takes

Would you look at that, it's Friday. One The great thing about this week was...

April 04, 2018

Just A Trifle

Don't worry. Didn't die. Did fall asleep for a couple of days, and probably will...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

Book Notes: A Kinkade Disney Luminosity

[This gnome with a dragon is not impressed with your coloring skills.] Gosh, I love...

March 16, 2018

7 Catchall Takes

It appears to be another gray snowy day. Very deliberately did not click on any...

February 2018

February 24, 2018

Notes From Home: Remembering Billy Graham

This is turning out to be one of those embarrassing occasions where I latently discover...

February 13, 2018

Every Day is Lent

As usual, I'm really looking forward to Lent. I think it's because Lent is essentially...

February 10, 2018

Who’s The Clever One Now?

Midweek I realized that all the children were waiting for me to get well so...

February 03, 2018

The Ruinous Writing Life

I love this article so much. The pictures, for one thing, are lovely--indeed, are exactly...

January 2018

January 13, 2018

Wrestling With Books

As far as I'm concerned, this is the blog post of the year. I know...

January 06, 2018

The Idea of Books

This is a pretty interesting account of Amazon trying to use the Kindle to transform...

December 2017

December 30, 2017

In Which I Make Resolutions For The New Year

Santa is really all about grace, or should be. There shouldn't be any seeing you...

December 14, 2017

The Tea is Forever Made

Well, look at this. I trotted off to church last night for choir practice--three of...

December 13, 2017

Persimmon Pudding

Ah, well. My cry was heard! Here is the 2017 Haters Guide to the William...

November 2017

November 25, 2017

Book Notes: Discipline to Whimsy

This year I have desperately tried to effect a recovery of reading. I know I...

November 23, 2017

Today I’m Thankful for You

Its not difficult for me at all to find voluminous waves of gratitude wafting about...

November 18, 2017

Notes from Home: Turkey and Pie

[These cats wish you would give them some turkey.] Would you believe it, I've caught...