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February 2017

February 10, 2017

Let My Life Serve as a Warning to Others

I've written before, extensively, that the last thing you ever want to do is have...

February 07, 2017

The Martian and the Marriage

Survived the endocrinologist. Wasn't poked in the throat with a needle, thank all the heavenly...

February 06, 2017

Super Bowl Podcast and Other Various Links

Good Moaning. I'm off to take the children to the dentist and then later I...

February 04, 2017

Notes on the Token Economy

I didn't do much reading this week, and only a tiny bit of work around...

February 03, 2017

Seven Infantilized Takes

One I didn't mean to go on a tear about Self Care for a whole...

February 01, 2017

The Usual Lament

Today I am going to indulge myself in a Lamentation, ignited, once again, by the...

January 2017

January 28, 2017

Book and Hospital Notes

Friday has come to mean that I don't get to spend a nice evening with...

January 27, 2017

7 Suffering Takes

It's Friday, and that means Takes One If you're looking for a good workout, Kelly...

January 21, 2017

Home and Hospital Notes

I spent yesterday first at the doctor, and then at the hospital, which had not...

January 19, 2017

I Am Going to Watch the Inauguration

Eight years ago, we were in the throes of a sudden move. It was the...

January 18, 2017

Wordy Wednesday: When Mother Gets Sick

[See how bad it is!] This is the week of the listicle, probably, because I...

January 16, 2017

MLK Podcast and Links

Its a bright sunny day, but very cold, so I think I will stick with...

January 13, 2017

7 Frenzied Takes

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

January 12, 2017

Doctors and Preachers

Humiliated myself by going to the doctor yesterday. Not only was I measured, again (for...

January 07, 2017

Book and House Notes

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

January 06, 2017

For the Feast of the Epiphany, Beauty

There's a brilliant article making the rounds imploring women's ministries to stop telling women that...

January 05, 2017

On the Last Day of Christmas

The Grandparents are leaving, which is utterly tragic. And the house is, what you might...

January 03, 2017

Not That Kind of Person

I linked this fab podcast I just discovered yesterday. I feel stupid for not knowing...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

7 Narcissistic Takes

I was busying trying to write something mean, funny and poignant about Lena Dunham (I...

December 27, 2016

In Which I Stand Up After Christmas

Slowly emerging from a profound and complete stupor. Every year I wander around on Christmas...

December 22, 2016

God, Santa, and the Dog’s Bum

Well, a holly jolly Christmas to you. I have to arise and go remove poop...

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 13, 2016

Dear Baby God, Help Us To Stop Freaking Out

Just woke up from a hideous nightmare in which I was wandering around a huge...

December 12, 2016

Why Bother With Church Podcast and Links

We've done up a little podcast for this cold snowy day. This week we talk...

December 10, 2016

I Object to the New Amazon Go Store

Happened to watch a little advertisement last night for the new Amazon Go Store. Haven't...

December 03, 2016

Adventy Home, Book and Kitchen Notes

Don't have a lot of time because I have to go wander around Walmart. I'd...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

Advent Notes

I see Mr. Castro has perished. May God grant him something or other. Mercy? And...

November 24, 2016

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today I'm thankful for My family, because what kind of a jerk is not thankful...

November 22, 2016

A Christian Lamely Justifies Her Black Friday Plans

[Remember, the tagline, which used to always appear, is...Somebody Has To Do It.] Today I...