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Thanksgiving 2009 I’m thankful for God, infinite, ever-present, all-powerful good who wanted me, made me and actually loves me. I’m thankful for my husband and children, my family and friends and that we are safe, and happy and healthy. I’m thankful for eyes to see with, ears to hear with, fingers to touch with a … Read more
This page represents November 11, 2009 to November 22, 2009 See close-up entries below. Enjoy!
Our homeschooling group held an art show yesterday. These events are always fun. I am touched and impressed by the variety and quality of the work. The photo above is my 12 year old daughter’s presentation, with the first 8 photos below showing close-ups of her work. After that you can see my 15 year … Read more
Last April, when my 15 year old son was at MIT for a robotics program I was kicking myself that I didn’t have my camera when I saw the incredible building that housed the Robotics Department. (See my blog post from then by clicking here.) I promised then to bring back my camera and photograph … Read more
I brought my two homeschooling kids (12 and 15) for a weekend of classes at MIT Splash which is a wonderful program we would highly recommend. It is held at MIT every year on the weekend before Thanksgiving and this is our seventh year coming, as their older sister started coming in sixth grade. It … Read more
I am a regular writer for the Danbury News Times Forum on Faith Series. Here is today’s column for the Thanksgiving season: An American woman, Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science in 1879. Having seen the importance of gratitude in Christian life, she established as an integral part of her worldwide church, a special Thanksgiving … Read more
This Steven Spielberg film of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning book is wonderful, and wins five stars from me. The excellent cast includes Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg (her debut), and Oprah Winfrey (who back then was not even listed on the front cover.) I had never read the book nor seen the movie before, so … Read more
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (click here for their website) is right next to my church, which you can see in a background of the first photo below. I enjoyed a wet tour of the sculpture last Sunday morning before church; then got to thinking some of you may want to see it as … Read more
Here are some photos from our wet November… there is still beauty here for the noticing… Enjoy…
This is a very cool place. My 12 year old homeschooling daughter has been taking a film class here this fall and I got to see her movie today shown at the culmination of her class. They used the program FinalCut Pro, wrote, directed, acted in, filmed and edited their own movies. Hers was about … Read more
Thanks Glyna! Glyna is my husband’s cousin’s wife as well as a reader of this blog. A couple days ago she sent me this recipe and we are so glad she did! It is mild but wonderful and VERY EASY to make. She tells me it originally came from the Gooseberry Patch’s new cookbook Autumn … Read more
Yesterday I went with my husband to a gallery show of Wolf Kahn’s pastel works on paper. During the long but pleasant drive to Kent in the soft rain we discussed what made an artist famous, what makes them recognized and valued. Wolf Kahn is one of the best known artists alive today. (Jeff Koons’ … Read more
Well, the leaves are down now and our first frost has abruptly withered the flowers. It is hard to imagine now on this gray day spangled with bare branches that these photos were taken only last week. Enjoy…
A week ago these trees were glowing and awesome, beginning to blanket the ground in crimson carpets. Now these radiant leaves are totally gone for another year. In every “now” there is beauty to behold. That’s why I screeched to a halt to capture these images and to bask in their glory. Enjoy!
I first had this many years ago just after my brother-in-law’s funeral; it was made and shared with our family by my sister’s neighbor. We loved it so much we obtained the recipe and have made it ever since. We have come to adjust it slightly over the years, so I’ll share the original recipe … Read more
This page represents October 30, 2009 to November 10, 2009. See close-up entries below. Enjoy!
This is a little gem of a book. It is a quick read set in the post war 1940’s in London and on the Guernsey Islands, written entirely in letters. It is good to listen to in audio as all the characters who write the letters are done in different voices making it especially fun … Read more