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The flurry of activity over the female VP nominee seems to have everyone weighing in about what it means to be a working mom. Now, I’m not going to get into the fracas about the governor of Alaska specifically, but I will say that I am downright angry at just about every side in the [...]
I am oh-so-aware that the rhythm of my work life is very different from most other middle class North Americans’. Monday morning this fall is going to be my quiet morning (I’m just thinking that I wish I could go out and buy a Sunday paper on Monday morning…maybe I should start walking up to [...]
I know everyone else is horribly curious about this: What exactly are the pression questions on the 13-year-old mind? Well, after a confirmation kick-off yesterday, over pizza and soda floats, my troop of 13 years olds are interested in the following things: The Trinity—what on earth is it? The Divine and Human Natures of Christ—how [...]
Here’s something I’ve been thinking about after hearing this excellent interview with Alan Ball, creator of some very interesting TV shows and movies. Ball’s new TV series is about vampires, and in this interview, he comments that one of the things the whole vampire-genre get sone thinking about is the value of life. Vampires (in [...]
OK, I’m trying not to be political. But, I just can’t leave this alone. The former mayor of New York just noted, with scorn, that the current senator of Illinois of “immersed himself in Chicago politics.” Yes, I realize there is a Chicago political machine. I realize it is infamous. But, um, New York has [...]
This morning, I organized all of my knitting stuff. For real. For the first time, probably, in 8 years. If you knit, you will understand how huge this is. It might be a major turning point in my life.
Zora’s got a thing for Gordon Lightfoot singing Alberta Bound. It’s getting to be a little much. We’re working hard at church today, Zora and I, and we may have a new development in the favorite song department. After 20 repeats on Alberta Bound, she seems to now be taking a shine to Sufjan Steven’s [...]
There are all kinds of corny sayings about how great it is to be a grandparent. Sometimes, one of the coolest things about being a parent is seeing, from an adult point of view, how wonderful your own grandparents are. Here’s a little clip of Zora with her Great-Grandpa Loyd (great being both a title [...]
I’m home now. For real. Travel over.More later…Â
A few recommendations for your listening and reading pleasure: I am listening, for the third time, to an interview Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, and John C. Reilly about their new movie. (I have a 2 year old–I think I missed bits and pieces the first few times.) Hysterical. I can barely type straight because I’m [...]