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July 2021

July 15, 2021

Chairs For Everyone!

I'm sorry to say, but my thoughts have irrevocably turned to next week when I...

May 2021

May 20, 2021

A Broom and a Tax Collector

"She cleaned other people's houses, her own she could not clean." That was my thought...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

Getting into the Spirit of the Thing

I'm over at Stand Firm this morning. This was a fun thread—a Muslim anthropologically observes...

September 2020

September 09, 2020

Color is Back!

Thank Goodness, Sherwin Williams has released their color predictions for the next year. Coronavirus has...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Safe Church Architecture

I can’t remember if I linked this yesterday. It’s pretty interesting. Now someone needs to...

June 16, 2020

Cloud Cuckooland

I'm calling 2020 The Year 'O Fear. But I don't want to talk about that...

March 2020

March 11, 2020

The Total Tweeness of Self-Care

I googled "twee" and this was the first thing that came up. Well, this is...

January 2020

January 22, 2020

A Broken Chair and Minimalism

My mother sent me this ages ago and I finally got around to reading it. It is...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

Witless Wednesday

It’s time for a new category on the side. In my restless search for ridiculous things...

November 08, 2019

7 Tense Takes

This cat, who was so ill, is feeling so much better, thank Heaven. Oh, well,...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

Don’t Throw Away That Cup

Casting my eye over the lections for this morning, I remembered that I gave a...

January 2019

January 11, 2019

Kon Mari and the Bee

The Bee has been reading my blog, apparently. Fifteen people tagged me with this gem,...

January 09, 2019

Sparkling Home Decorating Advice for 2019

[me surfing the internet] I have yet to take down my big fat Christmas tree....

January 08, 2019

Don’t Make Me Throw Away All My Stuff

So the push to declutter is on. I haven’t been watching Mari Kondo—I don’t feel...

October 2018

October 04, 2018

My Annual Anxious Autumnal Angst

Turning enthusiastically away from politics this morning, I wonder, am I losing my mind? How...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

The Real Reason I Homeschool

Gosh I’ve got so much to do. I have seriously tried to look for interesting...

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...

June 2018

June 17, 2018

A Happy Waiting

Made a valiant attempt to sleep through the night but gave up around 3:30 and...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

7 Windowless Takes

It's Friday. Can you believe it? So that's Takes. One Have been liking it on...

January 21, 2018

The Kon Mari Method For Your Church

I finished the Life Changing Magic of Tidying up a bit ago--lots to quibble with,...

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 20, 2017

10 Steps to a Stress Free Christmas

The main headline on Drudge this morning--well, that one above the headline--is that eight out...

December 12, 2017

In Which I Continue My Christmas Shopping

We are poor in spirit. Whatever we manage to do with the stuff of the...

December 10, 2017

Kon Mari and a Manger

Due to the miraculous wonder of Amazon, and her silent, insouciant scroll and Buy Now...

October 2017

October 08, 2017

Salvation in a Walmart Aisle

It helps, when I go in, to remind myself that this is Who I Am....

September 2017

September 23, 2017

You Can’t Have Everything, Where Will You Put It?

Then, decked out in cream, lipstick, and scarf, the lady turns once more to the...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

Is It Ok To Tear Pages Out Of Books?

I have an hour and a half left to endure in the Life Changing Magic...

August 02, 2017

The Proper Way To Fold A Sock

A goodly portion of my 'time off' so far has been sorting through cupboards and...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

You Can’t Be Mother To The Whole World

One of the things I look forward to most in life is having an audible...