Book Review: The Year of Pleasures
This is a pleasant read about a new widow dealing with her husband’s recent passing. The marriage had been a happy one and the story is not maudlin nor stricken, but gently progressive. Sprinkled in with her present day challenges and her retrospective wonderful memories are productive kernels of wisdom about going forward. Love remains … Read more
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! I’m grateful that Jesus proved that we live forever! We’ve had a nice day over here… comments for photos below… Studying the Bible Lesson in preparation for today’s service We had a yummy Gougère for breakfast (click here for recipe) Here’s a photo of the outside of our church I snuck a photo … Read more
My Good Friday Sermon 2011
Each year, I represent my church as one of the seven or eight preachers in our town’s three hour Ecumenical Good Friday Service. The second to speak today, here is what I said: Today, on Good Friday, we have a picture of a scourged Jesus, beaten, bleeding, and ridiculed with a crown of thorns, dragging … Read more
20th Page Done in my 3rd Box-A-day Art Journal
This page represents April 7, 2011 through April 18, 2011. See close-ups of recent entries below. Enjoy!
Recipe: Leek, Spinach, Barley & Tilapia Soup
I make this soup probably more than any other one. It is a nourishing meal in a bowl – healthy comfort food that always hits the spot. When recently asked for the recipe, I was surprised to discover that it had not yet graced the blog! This soup is a favorite around here, a … Read more
A Visit to Olin College of Engineering
Today we visited Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (click here). This is my son’s dream engineering school, but it is also tiny, elite and very difficult to get into. This is a school especially designed to be a creative, innovative, hands-on engineering school. It is young, built in 1997 to respond to a dearth … Read more
Photos of 6th Street between Avenue A & Avenue B
Last Saturday, when we sat in on the Permaculture Class (click here) we spent the day on 6th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. There are several neighborhood gardens there, beautifully re-purposed from empty lots. We also got to grace again Benny’s Burrito (click here), one of my favorite New York City spots for … Read more
Uniting Jew and Gentile
The Pastor of our church is two books, the Bible and “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy. Christian Scientists everywhere study all week the same Bible Lesson that then is their Sermon read on Sunday. Especially in light of my role representing our church on our town’s ecumenical clergy … Read more
Photos from a Permaculture Class
Today my husband, daughter and I – at the invitation of a friend – had the privilege of attending a permaculture class in New York City, held at the Sixth Street Community Center. We spent all day listening to the students’ final design presentations. Wow, was this inspiring! Not only were all the ideas great, … Read more
Book Review: Made You Look
This book is for kids and young adults to help them be alert to and wise about advertising. I just completed it with my 8th grader, because her writing assignment was to write an ad, and she thought she hadn’t much experience with ads since we don’t watch TV. This book was excellent at instigating … Read more
Sophomore Year Over
I am in Annapolis, celebrating the end of my oldest daughter’s sophomore year at St. John’s College. She is happy, challenged, thriving, and possibly a bit over-scheduled. Every minute doesn’t seem to have enough seconds for her; her days have no excess hours. She was the lead in and co-directed the school play, Eumenides, … Read more
Two New Pottery Bowls I Made
Here are the two new bowls I have made in pottery. The small one was made to house the five marbles that my youngest daughter and I use to help her made decisions throughout the day….
Book Review: The Keeper of the Bees
After reading with my daughter The Girl of the Limberlost (click here) and loving it, I resolved to read more by Gene Straton Porter, but haven’t until now. This author, who died in a car crash in 1924 before The Keeper of the Bees was printed, wrote ten novels that have sold more than ten … Read more
Recipe: Heavenly Deviled Eggs with Honey Mustard Dressing
These deviled eggs are so good, I’m posting this recipe today because of a blog reader’s request. The recipe makes more dressing than one set of devil’s eggs requires. We keep it in the refrigerator to use as dressing (particularly good on Boston or butter lettuce) or use it to later make another batch … Read more