Blog reader Libby shared with me some quotes her friend Karen put in the Palo Alto Reading Room window for National Bible Week, and I thought you might enjoy seeing them:
Thanksgiving 2011
This is what I shared at our town’s ecumenical Thanksgiving service last Tuesday night. Everyone always has these things they can be grateful for! Happy Thanksgiving!
New Poem by Me: Harvest Home
Harvest Home Modern day pilgrims fly in from everywhere; they drive home and come in from the far off pastures bringing their sheaves with them. The original pilgrims were with each other all the time and rejoiced to have food while we regularly having food in abundance are in turn celebrating the rare opportunity of … Read more
Boston’s Flour Bakery
While my high school kids were in all-day classes at MIT last weekend in Boston, a friend and I visited the MIT museum.
Contemporary Wing at the Boston MFA
Last year when I visited the new American Wing in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Contemporary Wing was not open. So this year I returned to see it. Here are some of the best bits with a few close-ups. It is interesting to contemplate that all art was at one time contemporary… … Read more
Degas and the Nude
While my kids were in classes at MIT I saw this show at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. 19572
Today’s Newspaper Article by me: Recognizing Good Around Us Helps Us Find More
I am a regular contributor to the Danbury News Times Forum on Faith column, which is also picked up by the Connecticut Post and the Stamford Advocate. Here is today’s article:
Visit to Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Today we visited Worcester Polytechnic Institute, or WPI as most people refer to it, in Worcester, Massachusetts. We left with a positive impression.
Doodles in Gouache
These doodles were done while accompanying my 9th grader
as she does her homeschooling work.
60 Second Recap
While at church in Boston last Sunday, I had the privilege of meeting Jenny Sawyer who has the website 60secondrecap.com that produces short video clip summaries of typical high school reading. Check out her library of clips about assigned reading such as Shakespeare or Lord of the Flies, or check out her pick of the … Read more
Book Review: The Alchemist
This book has been on my to-be-read list for many years, and I’m glad I finally got around to it. It is an allegory that explores pursuing one’s own unique destiny, or as this book refers to it, your own “personal legend.” There is a lot here about examining and being led by the … Read more
Your Actual Purpose
Why am I? What do I have to give? There is much talk about purpose these days, and many folks are struggling with questions about whether they are doing the right thing with their life. They spend a lot of energy sorting out what human typecast or exterior construct their purpose should conform to, when … Read more
Be Your True Self
There is nothing more important than being your true self. This does not mean catering to your human personality, but instead, expressing and embracing your actual individuality as created by God. There is nothing more noble or satisfying than being exactly what God made you to be. It is counterproductive to let personality define you … Read more
Recent Black & White Photographs
Isn’t today’s date awesome? 11/11/11… We’ll see only one more like that!
Anyway… here are some of the black & white shots I’ve taken recently…
Recent Food Around Here
Above you can see the tiny, tasty Connecticut kiwi we picked from a friend’s back yard, eaten skins and all. Below, find roasted rosemary potatoes, Swiss chard saute, eggplant Parmesan, roasted garden vegetables, pumpkin cake, stuffed acorn squash, homemade caramel corn, apple cranberry coffee cake, and grilled salmon salad. In addition to those things you … Read more
A Visit to Brown Engineering School
Today I drove to Rhode Island and back to visit Brown Engineering School with my son who is a senior in High School and in the process of applying to college.