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February 2014

February 17, 2014

spring is still a long freakish way off

I hinted broadly and widely and Matt shuffled his way into the snow and into...

February 17, 2014

an olympic rage: in which i am an elitist judgmental snob

We've been enjoying a nice respite from family movie nights and reality in general by...

February 08, 2014

my talk at iv last night: independence

Some lovely person came up to me this Sunday after church, someone who had spent...

February 05, 2014

{phfr}:grumbling about the snow edition

{pretty}It is objectively pretty.It is. I awknowledge that it is objectively beautiful. However, I am...

January 2014

January 20, 2014

happy mlk day

It's so hard not to start every blog post with a weather update....Maybe because every...

January 16, 2014

We All Saw This Coming And We Knew It Was Bad {wstcawkiwrb}

I was mulling over the idea of linking up with Like Mother Like Daughter's Pretty Happy...

January 15, 2014

spoiling children

Matt roasted a chicken on Sunday and, wonderfully, the children only ate half of it...

January 01, 2014

reds and greys

Winter Storm Hurcules is bearing down upon us. Well, it's actually already here. Matt is...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

7 quick takes: various festivities, jumbled week, tra la la

oneRomulus, just now as he was being hurried along by his father to men's bible...

December 10, 2013

the old year, the reckoning

I've been all wrapped up in the apocalypse lately what with being in the last...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

and then the ice

I lay awake from midnight to three am listening to the ice fall out of...

November 26, 2013

yuck

We get to have a new furnace today so that will be nice. As for...

November 04, 2013

there’s a new church year around the corner

I'm good at living and celebrating the church year because it's my job and if...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

that the body thou hast broken may rejoice

Romans 121 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present...

October 21, 2013

two americas

Been running back and forth across town all morning making little unpleasant and impossible visits...

October 10, 2013

man is born to trouble

I've just come to the end of David's life in my ordinary way of morning...

October 01, 2013

rejoice, o children, you can learn without federal money

Here's me enjoying a little early morning Government Shutdown. Ah, the sweet smell of the fall...

September 2013

September 18, 2013

a little tasty morsel

We get all kinds of church supply catalogues in the mail nearly every day. Indeed,...

September 09, 2013

the town circus

So I stupidly and blithely, several weeks ago, said to the really super nice person...

September 02, 2013

curried birthday meat pies

Begin with a flakey and gorgeous pie dough.2 1/2 cups flourPinch Salt mixed thoroughly into...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

camping on hunting island

After exhausting ourselves with so much resting in the Shenandoah we pressed south for something...

August 14, 2013

camping in the shenendoah

I've always wanted to go to the shenendoah valley ever since I heard that wonderful...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

ducks

San Antonio has a beautiful duck feeding option. The river is all green and cool and...

July 27, 2013

one luxury and another

Romulus turned seven yesterday.And so I worked on a contribution for cake wrecks. This is...

July 25, 2013

lap of luxury

I have been groping towards my former mind over the past few days, feeling that...

July 05, 2013

a garden of ignorance

I have a lot of interesting plants in my garden. Whether plunked there by me,...

July 04, 2013

independence

Alouicious finally finished his school work last night. I was pretty sure the effort would...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

a true happiness

I appear to have just had an unplanned blog holiday. Oops. I lost my voice...

June 16, 2013

good dads

Every year on Father's Day I waffle between discouragement about that horrible statistic about fathers'...

May 2013

May 25, 2013

sublime

Rhubarb Mango CrumbleI made some rhubarb strawberry sauce, but more almost jam.Just cooked down all...