Month: April 2009

Photos of Secular Easter in Texas

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We had a wonderful Easter celebration with my husband’s family in Texas. Here are some vignettes of the trimmings. There was an Easter Egg Hunt for 14 kids who searched for plastic eggs filled with chocolate and money (my youngest found the most: $18.30, which was comprised of 11 dollar coins and change!). The youngest … Read more

Photos of the Palo Duro Canyon

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The above picture is how the whole area surrounding Amarillo looks. This augments why the Palo Duro Canyon is so amazing, for a half a mile further on, all of a sudden and without warning, you will have all the spectacular scenery shown below. In addition, we had unexpected, great weather for our day in … Read more

Book Review: Beyond Belief

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A review of this book in the Christian Science Monitor said, “This remarkable book will stir and provoke thought. It offers rewards to any reader concerned with the promise and power of faith, and the hunger for spiritual discovery.” It lived up to this description and much more. Pagels makes clear how choosing the gospel … Read more

Forum on Faith Newspaper Article–Spring: A Sweet Season of Renewal

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Spring: A Sweet Season of Renewal While Mary Baker Eddy is best known as the founder of Christian Science, and author of the bestselling book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which presides along side the Bible as the pastor of the Christian Science Church, she was much more. She healed people the … Read more

Two Book Reviews

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The above two books are the best (non-spiritual) non-fiction I have read since the Omnivore’s Dilemma a few years ago. Now that I have to return them to the library after hogging them for months, I thought I’d review them together since I wrote extensively on the topic of their content in former posts: (see … Read more

Today’s Painting

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This a landmark in the Palo Duro Canyon, near Amarillo Texas. I will be visiting there soon, and I painted this for my husband’s Uncle Harvey who is having a birthday party while we are there. Uncle Harvey is an artist at heart too (although an oil and gas man by profession) so I thought … Read more

A Disappointing “Jesus”

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We went to see Jesus Christ Superstar today. I have loved the soundtrack for decades but never have seen it. I have always wanted to. I have a personal tradition of blaring the song “Hosanna” every Palm Sunday. So when I saw that we could see the actual musical, on Palm Sunday of all things, … Read more

Robotics Today at MIT

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I’ve kicked myself all day that I didn’t take my camera. I could have had such great photos to share. I’ve spent the day with my teenage son in the Robotics department of MIT, with the John’s Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Program (see here). It even occurred to me to bring my camera, but … Read more

The Problem With Being Overly Considerate

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There are problems with being overly considerate of others. It can be a real source of misunderstanding. When you defer too much to someone else, they then misread you, and then communication is detrimentally hampered. Here are two examples, one old and one recent, but both ironically classic. When I was growing up, we had … Read more