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December 2020

December 31, 2020

When All Your Dreams Come True (with book list)

Well, I have been enjoying my blogging break—sleeping till 7 and everything—but I can’t pass...

December 10, 2020

Thoughts and Prayers upon the Occasion of Procuring a Christmas Tree

As a staunch observer of Advent, in my soul, I am always wishing we would...

December 08, 2020

Every Single Story

I'm ploughing along desperately in my effort to get to 75 books before the end...

December 01, 2019

What Are You Waiting For?

I finally clicked on my free November audible listen this last week, The Burnout...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

And Then Jesus Said

[This Morning Jesus is Super Excited about all of your efforts to climb out of...

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...

May 2017

May 03, 2017

Death Comes to Us All

This morning I'm totally delighted to have my friend Liz who blogs at Thrift and...

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...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Resolutions and a Prediction

Yesterday I noted the seven most wonderful things that have happened to Me Me Me...

December 23, 2016

7 Takes to a Happy Christmas

One It's super apocalyptic to be reading Jonah and Revelation at the same time in...

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...

August 2016

August 02, 2016

Write Every Day

Tragically, I have been up for two hours already, reading reading reading my own book....

May 2016

May 05, 2016

Why Am I Still Homeschooling

I am trying desperately to properly wrap up my school year and not just putter...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

In Which I am Basically Grateful about 2015

I am slowly being sucked into an Internet sinkhole of Star Wars reading which I...

October 2015

October 12, 2015

Autumn Light

This Sunday's sermon was all about the resurrection. It had to be, since we've finally...

August 2015

August 03, 2015

Yes, Marigold, today is BBS

I have already been up for several hours, even though it is Monday, because today...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Of Writing a Book

The time has come, the walrus said, to just stop fussing around and just write...

June 05, 2015

Seven Packing Takes

Just to help my own self out, because I'm feeling the pressure of time and...

June 01, 2015

Monday Blech

Three nights of weird Nyquill induced nightmares have not improved my capacity to cope with...

May 2015

May 30, 2015

A dollar a book

The sky is gray. The teapot is chipped. !? Not by me was it chipped....

May 28, 2015

Traveling Mercies

If you're at all inclined towards prayer, my parents are going from one end of...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Easter is Coming

I'm right on the edge of renaming this blog Oh Look it's Snowing. That way...

February 2011

February 25, 2011

7 Quick Takes– Long Over Due Pictures and other things

One--pictures from the hospitalThis baby is so big that she fits the baby bunny already....

January 2011

January 21, 2011

Christmas in my heart the whole year long, blast it all

The baby is quietly waddling around the house undoing things--taking all the bottles out of...

January 21, 2011

Christmas in my heart the whole year long, blast it all

The baby is quietly waddling around the house undoing things--taking all the bottles out of...

January 18, 2011

Baby Obsession–I’m sorry, I’m 37 weeks, I simply have nothing else on my mind

Matt appears to have the flu or something horrible which is in direct conflict with...

September 2010

September 20, 2010

Will Six Babies Be Any More, Really, Than Five?

It hasn't really sunk in that we're going to have a sixth baby in a...

October 2009

October 22, 2009

The end is in sight

I am up at an unusual hour because Matt was called out at something like...

October 20, 2009

Why Confinement is a Good Idea; or a blog post of complaint and woe

In a few minutes I have to dash around and try to get myself out...