Our Son Starts as a Counselor at Crystal Lake Camps
Our son starts today as a counselor at Crystal Lake Camps in Pennsylvania, where he completed the counselor-in-training program last summer.
Month: June 2012
Book Review: Sketchbook Confidential
I’ve read through this book slowly, a couple of page spreads at a time: each artist featured here had two page spreads. I enjoyed seeing examples of artists’ private…
New Poem by me: Rendered Dysfunctional
I’m going to give a little preface for this poem as it may not seem in keeping with this blog’s hallmark of hope. Some of you have me way up on a pedestal, but
Poem by Virginia Thesiger: The Safe Place
The Safe Place: There is no little space where God is not,/ No crevice, cranny, fissure, scissure, slot,/…Through which His counterfeits can infiltrate.
Recipe: Cornbread with Sprouted Flour
As discussed previously on this blog, I’ve been working on recipes incorporating Sprouted Spelt Flour. This cornbread is a keeper. It is delicious!
Book Review: The White Tiger
This is an eye opening novel of corruption and oppression in modern day India. The protagonist cannot free himself from bondage of class and station without…
From Homeless to Harvard
I was very inspired by this news story about a homeless teen who is graduating High School today and is headed to Harvard in the fall.
“Scanner Photography” by Ellen HoverKamp
These exceptional photos (yes, done by a high resolution scanner!) are also available in the New Pond Farm Photography Show that I posted about yesterday.
New Pond Farm Photography Show
– Our family has been members of New Pond Farm since our oldest was in pre-school seventeen years ago. For less than $100/year we have access to over a hundred acres for prime land seven minutes from our home. This educational farm also has wonderful programming. We have made maple syrup, sheared, carded, spun, and … Read more
Annual Meeting 2012
We attended the Annual Meeting for our worldwide church today and it was wonderful. Held in The Mother Church in Boston, the quality of thought in the room was
Our Oldest Starts an Internship with the Governor
Tomorrow our oldest starts her paid internship with the Governor of Maryland! (She’ll be spearheading “new media” for him, writing his blog posts, making…
Artist Paul Signac
I’ve been studying up on the artist Paul Signac, who is new to me and I find his work inspiring. A contemporary of and friends with Monet, Van Gogh, and…
Book Review: The Joy Diet
I really liked this self-help book written by the foremost “life coach” in the country. By taking in this book, you receive what she charges big money to offer to her clients.