From the monthly archives: March 2010

An Atmosphere of Affirmation

By annkroeker On March 30, 2010 · 5 Comments

At HighCallingBlogs.com today, Bradley J. Moore of Shrinking the Camel explores the question, “When is Negative Feedback Too Negative?” He spotlighted my post “Reward the Good and Ignore the Bad: Does it Work?”

He asks:

We know that unhealthy criticism for no good reason can demoralize. But [...]

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Food on Fridays: Quiche

By annkroeker On March 25, 2010 · 13 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—it doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to post photos of your picnic basket, that’ll do just fine.

When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button (the big one [...]

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The Collision of Work and Family: Bump

By annkroeker On March 25, 2010 · 2 Comments

In A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L’Engle wrote:

During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in acute conflict. The problem was really that I put two things first. My husband and children came first. So did my [...]

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Tea Wallets!

By annkroeker On March 22, 2010 · 9 Comments

Look what I just got:

Tea wallets! Handmade by Megan Dunham of Half-Pint House.

Aren’t they adorable?

When Megan isn’t writing for WORLDmag.com, blogging, tweeting, or directing a Classical Conversations homeschool group, she’s designing and sewing a variety of creative [...]

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Meet HCB's Founding Editor Gordon Atkinson

By annkroeker On March 20, 2010 · 10 Comments

Meet High Calling Blogs founding editor, Gordon Atkinson, also known as Real Live Preacher (rlp).

Long before I joined High Calling Blogs, I stumbled onto Gordon/rlp at Salon.com.

He stood out because, well, Salon.com inviting a Christian to write on their site? I [...]

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Food on Fridays: Whole Wheat Honey Bread

By annkroeker On March 18, 2010 · 21 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—it doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to post photos of your knife sharpener, that’ll do just fine.

When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button (the big one [...]

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Post-Wog Flop

By annkroeker On March 17, 2010 · 2 Comments

My daughters and their friends flop onto the grass after a five-mile training “wog.”

Submitted to Wordless Wednesday.

“Tired Woggers” photo by Ann Kroeker © 2010

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Wogging the Mini

By annkroeker On March 14, 2010 · 17 Comments

We’re training for a half-marathon with our girls.

Boy, has it been hard to drag ourselves out and log the miles. Thursday it was all we could do to make it out and back again for a total of 3.8 miles.

And I can’t call that outing a run; for that [...]

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Reward the Good and Ignore the Bad: Does It Work?

By annkroeker On March 13, 2010 · 11 Comments

Not long ago I wrote about Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique when working with writers. The post generated a variety of responses as the conversation continued in the comments.

Shepherdsgrace, for example, had a terrific experience in a writing workshop that included input from the professor and classmates. She [...]

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Food on Fridays: Lentil-Barley Stew

By annkroeker On March 11, 2010 · 17 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—it doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to post photos of your lettuce seed packets, that’ll do just fine.

When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button (the big [...]

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