From the monthly archives: November 2010

The Advent of Our Advent

By annkroeker On November 30, 2010 · 36 Comments

The church I attended as a child did some things for Advent, though I don’t remember much. I think that candles were lit and the color purple was involved. Also, I recall white ornaments with Christian symbols hanging on a large Christmas tree in the foyer.

All of those colors and details [...]

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Food on Fridays: Breakfast Casseroles

By annkroeker On November 26, 2010 · 6 Comments


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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe.

If you want, you could just post photos of your Thanksgiving pie leftovers. Or…did you have [...]

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Finding Bliss in the Better

By annkroeker On November 23, 2010 · 4 Comments

Poetry’s been on my mind quite a bit lately.

First, there are my poem-promoting/poem-lovin’ friends. Yes, indeed, a lot of my friends are enjoying poetry, whether reading, writing, sharing, publishing, or even tweeting it (check out TweetSpeak Poetry on Twitter tonight, November 23, [...]

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Food on Fridays: PG Tips Green Tea

By annkroeker On November 19, 2010 · 15 Comments


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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe.

If you want, you could tell us your Thanksgiving plans. Where will you be? What will [...]

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Wendell Berry Road Trip (Part 3 of 3)

By annkroeker On November 18, 2010 · 7 Comments

Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here, if you like.

After Wendell Berry finished reading “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front,” his handlers—an English professor or two—whisked him away to a book signing table.

I walked up to Maurice Manning to introduce myself. I explained how I remembered [...]

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Wendell Berry Road Trip (Part 2 of what may have inadvertently turned into 3 parts)

By annkroeker On November 17, 2010 · 7 Comments

Charity and I made plans to drive down to the university last Thursday, leaving late in the afternoon. We would be cutting it close to get to the Wendell Berry reading by 7:30 p.m.

I told Charity about how packed the event was the night before; how it was standing room [...]

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Wendell Berry Road Trip (Part 1 of 2)

By annkroeker On November 16, 2010 · 15 Comments

A friend of mine moved to the university town where I was a student. A week-and-a-half ago, she sent me an e-mail with this subject line:

“Wendell Berry here all week”

Wendell Berry? Right in my own state…at my alma mater?

Sure enough. Last Tuesday night he was to read from his [...]

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Will I Partake?

By annkroeker On November 14, 2010 · 11 Comments

Last summer I borrowed Writing for the Soul, by Jerry B. Jenkins, from the library. I was struck by excerpts from interviews Jenkins conducted with Billy Graham.

I returned the book a couple of weeks later, but I kept thinking about his interaction with Mr. Graham.

In fact, here it is months [...]

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Food on Fridays: Potato-Zucchini Hash Browns

By annkroeker On November 12, 2010 · 16 Comments


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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe.

If you want, you could talk about strolling through the grocery store during the lunch hour [...]

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Rescue the Stories

By annkroeker On November 10, 2010 · 16 Comments

An actual dream I had while in Texas:

As I stood next to a pool, a little girl who couldn’t swim jumped in and sank to the bottom. She didn’t struggle at all. In fact, she was intent on rescuing a piece of paper or two, lifting them up over her head, [...]

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