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My son’s group took the time to see Machu Pichu, which was also inspiring. Below see their photos of that excursion and their leave taking for home…
As I discussed yesterday (see here), my son, along with 20 church teens, went on a service trip to Peru to build a school. They also spent time with the school kids while they were there. If you want to read the blog of their experience you can see it by clicking here. They were … Read more
My son went on a service trip to Peru in July with 20 other church teens. (He’s the tall one in these photos with the black hat on.) They went to build a school there, which I’ll post about on my blog tomorrow. My son did not take a single photo (can you imagine?) Fortunately … Read more
I’ve just started discreetly taking candid photos of people I don’t know out in public. I’ve tried to be respectful and only capture something meaningful. Just like anything, when you start looking, you see it more everywhere. And you can tell so much from a face. So ponder these and enjoy. I’m likely to do … Read more
I first heard of this film when Sandra Bullock won the Academy award for it over Meryl Streep playing Julia Child. That caught my attention. I thought at the time they must have made a wrong call. Not much of a football fan, I hadn’t seen this when it came out. But the Academy award … Read more
At first glance, I thought these were black and white photographs, but they are actually black, white and gray pastels. Very effectively done, they are by artist Whitney Knapp of New York (click here for her website). As much as I love color, this opens up a lot of ideas for me that I might … Read more
The other day, I posted my recent water lily photos, so it is only fitting to now post my recent photos of land lilies…
Here are two small, current dilemmas here: 1.) My daughter’s worn out shoes. I gave a familiar ultimatum to my teenagers: clean your room or else. The “else” in this case was the worse threat imaginable. I promised that if they didn’t do it, I would enter their room and do it myself. (You’d think … Read more
This page represents July 22, 2010 to August 2, 2010. See close-ups of recent entries below. Enjoy!
These taste great and are good for you too. They are a perfect option for a weekend breakfast or brunch. The recipe came from Bubby’s Brunch Cookbook (see here), which I checked out of the library. Apparently Bubby’s is a NYC landmark restaurant in Tribeca that I’ll have to visit sometime, since this book is … Read more
We’ve got purple potatoes, purple beans, and purple cabbage. It’s quite fun after all the green we’ve eaten…
Wow. I was really impressed and inspired by this artwork of kiln fired glass by Alice Benrie Gebhart.
Sexuality Can Be Beautiful We learn that God is all; matter is nothing. Spirit, being all, could not create it’s opposite, matter. Sensuality can be sin: Not just out of wedlock or in the act of lust or adultery. When steeped in matter and about matter, it is all wrong. This will never satisfy since … Read more
I liked this Pulitzer Prize winning book more than most that get that award, and I give it four stars. Olive was depicted as a fleshed out character who felt very real to me. This book is made up of short stories with Olive either central, secondary or peripheral, but all are linked together so … Read more
