Writing Wednesdays Introducing Stanley Bookman! I’m going to draw your attention toward Stanley’s home a little later in the post, but I wanted to get to something else first; something I hinted at a week ago. Next week, I plan to launch the first in a series of “Spotlight’s on…” These guest blogs featuring various [...]
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Sep 29
Sep 29
tuesday tidbits: got chocolate?
Tuesday Tidbits This from a friend, P., who discovered this mug-o-cake recipe in Good Housekeeping magazine. It’s seems especially suited toward those who want to satisfy their chocolate craving without baking a whole cake. Though I haven’t tried it yet, I plan to very soon. You never know when a little chocolate might come in [...]
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mama mondays: a homecoming to remember
Mama Mondays On Friday, my three youngest kids and I made a beeline south to take in the 2009 Shanley High "Deacons" homecoming game against the Central Cass High "Squirrels." Though we don’t have any football players or high school students in our family as of yet, we went out anyway in support of our [...]
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Sep 25
faith fridays part ii: from the horse’s mouth
Faith Fridays (Part II) I don’t normally post twice in a day, but I’m doing so this day specifically for the benefit of those who might appreciate knowing better the crux of my stand on the topic of euthanasia. My earlier "Faith Fridays" post introduced the subject through my discussion of a book I’d begun [...]
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faith fridays: when an author disappoints
Faith Fridays Those who’ve been frequenting this blog a while know how much I love books, how I see edifying books as life-giving, and how, when I discover a well-turned phrase, I can’t help but feel compelled to pass it on. But from time to time the opposite happens. I might scour the library or [...]
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writing wednesdays: fool-proof cure for writer’s block
Writing Wednesdays Last night I was reading Anne Lamott’s Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, and I stopped here, where she’s describing the act of offering up prayers to the Wailing Wall: "This is something I do all the time, shove bits of paper with prayers and names on them into desk drawers, little boxes, my [...]
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tuesday tidbits: commercial debut
Tuesday Tidbits So, let’s say you are in a new city, let’s say San Antonio, for the first time and your uncle has dropped you off in front of the Alamo and asked you to wait for him while he goes and finds a parking spot. And let’s say while you are standing there, you [...]
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mama mondays: the achievement trap
Mama Mondays All our lives, we parents have lived within a system of achievement and reward. We were conditioned to move toward a desired goal from infancy. When the outcome was deemed successful by the world, a reward often would be the result. As school children, most of us looked for the golden stars on [...]
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soulful saturdays: the lure of st. mary’s
Soulful Saturdays My trip to Texas is a week old now — practically prehistoric, the way life seems to fly past at break-neck speed. But I haven’t yet completed the mining of that treasure. I haven’t, for example, revealed that my very favorite part of the trip was a walk to St. Mary’s church in [...]
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thanks and new comments policy
Greetings readers! Firstly, I want to thank those of you who follow my blog regularly. I appreciate every time you take a few precious moments out of your busy day to read what’s on my mind. When you take another minute or two to comment, I am blessed even more, but even when you don’t, [...]
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