From the monthly archives: November 2009

Food on Fridays: 3 Thanksgiving Tips

By annkroeker On November 27, 2009 · 6 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can simply tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish or post and link to a picture of your pies.

In other words, the Food on Fridays parameters are [...]

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Practice Gratitude This Week (and Year 'Round)

By annkroeker On November 23, 2009 · 2 Comments

Thankfulness.

Gratitude.

This is the week to think about it, talk about it, and best of all, practice it.

But if we limit our gratitude to only one week or one day a year, we’ll miss out on many benefits that are associated with the regular practice of gratitude. I find that I need to [...]

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Food on Fridays: When the Frost is on the Punkin

By annkroeker On November 19, 2009 · 4 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can simply tell us if you’re hosting Thanksgiving—link to your post quickly and then by all means, return to your shopping and cleaning!

In other [...]

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The Season of Getting, er, Giving

By annkroeker On November 18, 2009 · 1 Comment

Well, it’s starting:

The season of getting—I mean, giving.

I think it’s hard to help our kids focus on giving when they’re bombarded by commercials, window displays, newspaper inserts, catalogs and radio spots whose sole purpose is to awaken a desire to get.

It’s hard for us as adults to focus on giving, [...]

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What's Your Story?

By annkroeker On November 16, 2009 · 3 Comments

The One-Year Bible reading for November 14 included the passage from Hebrews telling us to “fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2)

What an image! Jesus as an author, composing, editing—perfecting—our faith!

I already had that passage floating around in my head when [...]

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Plagiarism Avoidance in Blogging

By annkroeker On November 14, 2009 · 7 Comments

I was asked to talk with the literature students about plagiarism.

After introducing the topic and explaining a little about it, I summarized with the following statements:

1. Don’t present someone else’s ideas as your own—if you do, you’re stealing his or her intellectual property.

2. You are welcome to share other [...]

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Food on Fridays: Food Stylist

By annkroeker On November 12, 2009 · 8 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can simply show us a pile of apples you’ve picked at the orchard or snap a picture of your decorative fall pumpkins and gourds.

In other words, the [...]

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Explore the Classics: The Scarlet Letter

By annkroeker On November 10, 2009 · 3 Comments

This school year, I’m immersed in some classics of American literature, like:

The Scarlet Letter Billy Budd

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The Red Badge of Courage …just to name a few from this semester. [...]

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Food on Fridays: Comme a la Maison

By annkroeker On November 6, 2009 · 7 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can simply tell us if you’re a late-night snacker (please include a list of your favorite indulgences).

In other words, the Food on Fridays parameters are not at [...]

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Fathers Form Us

By annkroeker On November 4, 2009 · 1 Comment

 

Fathers form us.

Our fathers may have launched us into adulthood healthy, strong and confident having poured into us words of truth, love and life and surrounded us with the safety of strength and sensitivity.

Or perhaps our fathers left us emotionally shredded, grasping for something to staunch the wounds as we limped [...]

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