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The Problem with Katniss

I finally read Hunger Games this weekend. I can see why everyone is fascinated. It’s a really compelling story. The world creation, the plot, and the characters, are all well drawn and it took me a while to notice the problem with Katniss. Don’t get me wrong, she’s a very […]

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L is for she LAUGHS at the days- an interview with Secret Agent Josephine

After a long career as a super spy Secret Agent Josephine is now coming forward to tell her story in this colorful set of illustrated children’s books written by Brenda Ponnay aka Secret Agent Josephine. They are available in any e-reader format and hardcopy. I’ve been reading about Secret Agent […]

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My Grandpa’s Thoughts on War

My grandpa is  WW II veteran. His whole life he’s written poems and several years ago he self published a book of them. (Back before it was easy and cool to do so.) In honor of today, here’s one of his poems. In Flander’s Fields Again (Excerpt from My Thoughts […]

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So many changes (You can come back now.)

Several important things have happened in the past 2 weeks that we should catch up on. Aaron switched careers. No seriously, he totally switched. Instead of carpentry he’s going to be selling fine colored gemstones for a living. His employer is one of The Charis Project‘s  long time supporters and […]

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The Eve Tree

Rachel Devenish Ford and I traveled in overlapping circles for a few years before we actually met. I knew who she was long before she knew me, I think. She has a kind of presence, a look, a quiet, graceful way of moving through a crowd that makes you stop […]

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Just for fun

Today I’m over at the MOBsociety trying to encourage moms of little people. Here’s an excerpt: No, he isn’t perfect. I had to remind him to do his jobs, twice. He hangs his head and gets a surly look on his face when I tell him to get back to […]

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The Mamas and the Papas

I went to a book reading on Saturday. Correction, I READ at a book reading this past Saturday. (That sentence was so much fun to type.) I think I was expecting more of a book store or library sort of reading. You know, the kind with a few chairs arranged […]

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7 quick takes

I’m loving quick takes this week as a place to wrap up all those odds and ends that I keep meaning to follow through on and haven’t yet. 1. My friend Megan made us a birth announcement for jellybean. Then, ’cause she knows me well, she made another that I […]

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What is Worship?

Aaron and I have some ongoing discussions, the kind that haven’t ended yet and we’ve been at it for all 10 years of our marriage. One of them is our discussion of church songs and how people tend to give more thought to what kind of toaster to buy (his […]

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Remember Who You Are

I finished reading The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis to the kids this week. (If you have never read it or the accompanying books in the Chronicles of Narnia series you should stop now, drop everything, go out and buy the books and read them all this month. They are […]

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