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“It has taken a while, but I certainly do know it now – the most wonderful gift I had, the gift I’ve finally learned to cherish above all else, was the gift of all those perfectly ordinary days.” Katrina Kenison I love “ordinary days” too, so here I share some photos of how awesome the … Read more
Toward a “Both/And” World Sometimes we get so fused up over something being either/or when it can easily be both/and. Our son couldn’t decide between Political Science or Engineering so he’s double majoring. Whatever he does in his future he’ll benefit from what he learns in each. Churches struggle with a clash of concepts … Read more
Secret Sometimes when the morning sun streams through the kitchen window and I’m washing the dishes or opening a can of cat food or sweeping potato peels and onion skins off the linoleum floor, I get so taken with the way my arms move back and forth with the broom or how pretty my … Read more
You Took Me In a refuge a reverie an agent of regeneration resonating… I always say give of your light but not of your oil but how does one get an oil change? Unexpectedly, it seems from the arms of divine Love through your willing hands stretched out to a stranger Sand beach filled my … Read more
Last week my town overwhelmingly voted NOT to sell our water to the multinational corporation Aquarion who owns almost all of Connecticut’s water
Each year, New Pond Farm puts on a wonderful Shakespeare play after a three week camp for middle schoolers and early high schoolers. We enjoy this occasion especially because we usually know a bunch of homeschoolers who are in it
As we head into a long holiday weekend, I thought it would be a good time to share some great sources for free ebooks. Project Gutenberg has 42,000 free ebooks available for download that were previously published by professional publishers but have expired copyrights. Manybooks.net has 29,000 free ebooks for Kindle, Nook and iPad. Feedbooks.com … Read more
I found this framework of prompts on the April 25th entry of the Design so Vast blog and thought I’d give it a try: Vanity – Anything good God gets the credit for, which wipes out vanity fairly expeditiously. And if we’re talking about the type of furniture which I think we are, that is … Read more
Ever buy stuff off the internet and see a place to enter a coupon code to save money and wish you had one? I’ve taken to googling for coupon codes and have learned that you can almost always get one for whatever you are looking for at Retailmenot. I just bought software, for example, at … Read more
Yesterday we were out of pocket for 22 hours going to Maryland and back to attend our daughter’s Senior Oral at St. John’s College in Annapolis. We had a great day and she did an excellent job. Getting started at 4:30 am we saw dawn’s glow on the GW Bridge, as you can see in … Read more
I originally saw this little volume during my recent visit to the MOMA, and I was pleased to be able to check it out from my library. I loved it! Below are some snapshots I took from it as teasers to encourage you to buy a copy. Here are some other quotes than the ones … Read more
Our 15 year old daughter works on this CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) at New Pond Farm, and we get a share. Above is one week’s worth, a couple weeks ago. Today, when I went to pick up my daughter, I took the photos below of the packing process. Below, you can see the 20 bins … Read more
This week in my Bible study, I have been stunned by the story of Zelophehad’s daughters, which you can find in the book of Numbers, chapters 26 and 27. Basically, Zelophehad passed on with no sons to receive his inheritance, and women were not allowed to by law. But his daughters, not wanting to lose … Read more
I like a lot of things abut New York City, but the variety and quality of food to choose from is definitely one of them. Most of these photos were taken on a stroll through Dean and Deluca (click here for their website) where this time we only bought Parmesan cheese straws and a drink … Read more
I took these photos this morning at our Farmer’s Market here in town. It is a true feast for the eyes and a wonderful place for friendly community spirit. In the last six pictures you can see what we brought home, that is, besides happiness, sunshine, and light hearts.
You’d be proud of me, I’m actually cleaning out my office, which has been long overdue, but is finally progressing in the right direction. One of the side benefits is I’m finding all sorts of things. The poem below is one of the things I was delighted to see once more. I vividly remember writing … Read more
