Bits and Clips for August 2017
This is a monthly feature of the highlights that I saw, read, watched, or listened to on the internet during the month…
Ideas
Eclipse Links
Here are a few links for today’s solar eclipse: facts about it, places to view it, and to watch a live stream.
House, Gardens, and Art at Hill-Stead Museum
If you haven’t seen this small gem, it is definitely worth the short amount of time it takes to see it. Check it out the next time you are traveling along 84 west of Hartford.
Duchess Rail Trail Bike Ride Over the Hudson
We left from Hopewell Junction, and round trip, across the Hudson and back, it was 28 miles.
Whole30 Compliant Recipes and Ideas (with Breakfast Photos)
Many of my blog readers have asked me for some Whole30 meal ideas, knowing that I generally eat that way anyway since before the term was coined.
A Visit to the Yale University Art Galleries
Stop by this gem the next time you are in Connecticut near New Haven! You’ll be really glad you did!
Live Life on Your Terms (Mandy Hale Quote)
Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path.
The Great Spiritual Migration (Book Review with Notes)
This book makes some major great points and I am encouraged that it is so popular that it is making the rounds. It’s perspective is much needed.
Bits and Clips for June and July 2017
Usually done monthly, this post includes both June and July, because at the end of June my blog was switching servers. So this list of links is a bit long
Things to Do with Herbs
Here are lots of ideas of what to do with the fresh herbs that are growing so abundantly in your garden.
Lessons from Moses
I’ll briefly summarize the story of Moses, then I’ll highlight some of the lessons my Sunday School class gleaned.
I Missed You! (The Blog is Back)
What happened is that after 9.5 years of blogging everyday, this site grew too large for our (affordable) server. We had to migrate all of it to another bigger, much more expensive server, and because there was so much to transfer it took a bunch of time.
Happy Fourth of July with Links
We had a quiet day here, reading on the front porch while the Firecracker Race runs by, chatting by phone and FaceTime with our children, having watermelon and burgers, hanging out in our beach chairs at the Quarry with friends, and then
Refuse to be Homogenized
It takes courage to stand one’s ground against homogeneous thinking—thinking that simply melds into what everyone else is thinking.
24 Mistakes (by Jim Palmer)
Putting church over community.
Putting orthodoxy over love.
Putting certainty over wonder.
Putting teaching over conversation…