From the monthly archives: April 2009

Tea Time

By annkroeker On April 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

In July 2007, I posted this video I found that contrasts a calm, tranquil tea with the bustling world all around.

The team of students who created it wrote this in the YouTube notes:

In 1982 Larry Dossey, an American physician, coined the term “time-sickness” to describe the obsessive belief that “time is getting away, that [...]

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Sneak Peek

By annkroeker On April 27, 2009 · 17 Comments

 

I’ve been working on my forthcoming book, Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families, for years. Much of that time, I wasn’t sure what I could say about it here on the blog.

In fact, for quite some time, I was evasive. I didn’t know how long it would be before the book’s release, [...]

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Make-Do Mondays: Make-Do Style

By annkroeker On April 26, 2009 · 9 Comments

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At Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.

It’s a carnival you can visit to celebrate creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. If you want to participate, you can share your own make-do solution in the comments or write [...]

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Do-Re-Mi

By annkroeker On April 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

Many thanks to alert reader Lynn Hopper for sending this link.

One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite musicals in one of my favorite countries.

Wish I could have been there. I guess this YouTube video is the next best thing.

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Food on Fridays: Cottage Cheese Ingredients

By annkroeker On April 23, 2009 · 9 Comments

Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Just write up a story about grilled cheese sandwiches, take a picture of your favorite fruit, or tell us why you love (or hate) to cook.

In other words, the Food on Fridays parameters are not narrow. It’s [...]

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Photo Tour of D.C.

By annkroeker On April 23, 2009 · 7 Comments

Learning to navigate the Metro was a new experience for suburban kids.

I think we were near the Post Office.

 

While walking up to the see the White House, several police officers whizzed around on bikes, others blocked off streets. We assumed the president was on his way, so we stayed [...]

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Favorite Old Books

By annkroeker On April 21, 2009 · 5 Comments

Hey, why’s the musty old book back?

Because my friend Linda at True Red had a great idea: how about we make some lists of favorite old texts? To kick off our lists, she wrote:

A few of my favorites authors are anything by Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway, George McDonald, George Orwell, [...]

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Make-Do Mondays: Priceline

By annkroeker On April 19, 2009 · 8 Comments

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At Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.

It’s a carnival you can visit to celebrate creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. If you want to participate, you can share your own make-do solution in the comments or write [...]

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What Must I Do?

By annkroeker On April 19, 2009 · 1 Comment

We saw this on the wall of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, where we took the Calvin College nephew for lunch yesterday here in Grand Rapids.

I’m not quite sure what Jimmy John’s is asking patrons to believe in, but I thought of Acts 16, when Paul and Silas were in jail:

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Calvin College & Grand Rapids

By annkroeker On April 18, 2009 · 3 Comments

Greetings from Grand Rapids!

We’re on a short trip to Grand Rapids to visit the Belgian Wonder’s nephew, who is attending Calvin College. I meant to tell you on Thursday, but instead I pulled together a Food on Fridays post, packed, and hopped in the car to drive up here.

Here’s a little [...]

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