Mega Memory Month 2011 Final Celebration

January 30, 2011 By 11 Comments

Mega Memory Month January 2011

Final Celebration

It’s the last day of the month, January 31st, and Mega Memory Month comes to a close.

Let’s share our projects, our progress, our successes…no matter how much or how little you were able to absorb. Seriously, every word is progress.

Link up your posts via Simply Linked or create something to publish on the Facebook Event page for Mega Memory Month (write comments on the wall).

Ann’s Progress

So…this wasn’t my best Mega Memory Month, to say the least. [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, mega memory month, memorization, mind, MMM, self-discovery

Food on Fridays: Returning Thanks

January 27, 2011 By 18 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 join the book club on Mondays at TheHighCalling.org and post your responses to the essays in The Spirit of Food; because, you see, we’re pretty relaxed over here. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Food on Fridays, life, One Thousand Gifts

Get Used to It

January 26, 2011 By 11 Comments

I’ve piled red apples—honey crisp and gala—into a plastic flowered bowl on the kitchen table; oranges and pears in a wooden bowl on the counter; and vegetables—carrots, kale, chard, celery, cucumber, red peppers—into the crisper drawer in the fridge.

I set out a bowl of cherries, too, because I’ve heard life is like that.

The reason for this wide variety of freshness? Why the investment in vitamins, minerals and fiber? [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Food

MMM 2011 Progress Report #4

January 24, 2011 By 5 Comments

Welcome to Mega Memory Month (MMM) Progress Report #4.

Please note that if I counted correctly, we have one week left, my friends.

I thought I’d mention it, you know, to send you into a memorizing frenzy, cramming it in last minute. I’ll send you some Mountain Dew if you think you’re going to do an all-nighter.

Don’t forget: next Monday is our Final Celebration! Plan ahead now for how you might present a creative culmination of your work. Some ideas: [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, lifelong learning, mega memory month, memorization, MMM, Not So Fast

Food on Fridays: Blueberry Sauce (and Nancy’s Lingonberries)

January 21, 2011 By 20 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, I encourage you to join the book club at TheHighCalling.org and post your responses to the essays in The Spirit of Food; because, you see, we’re pretty relaxed over here. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. [Read more...]

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The Spirit of Food: Food Heritage and The Occasional Vegetarian

January 17, 2011 By 22 Comments

Food Heritage

Last week’s TheHighCalling.org book club selection of essays (from The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting toward God) included Denise Frame Harlan’s essay “And She Took Flour.”

As I followed her story of learning to eat (and eventually cook) real food, I sat almost as stunned as she did when a professor read excerpts from The Supper of the Lamb to her class:

[T]ears streamed from his eyes as he read about ‘The Inconsolable Heartburn…by which the heart looks out astonished at the world and in its loving, wakes and breaks at once.’ This heartburn, Capon says, [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, Food, reading, TheHighCalling.org, writers, writing

MMM 2011 Progress Report #3

January 17, 2011 By 3 Comments

Welcome to Mega Memory Month (MMM) Progress Report #3.

Please note that if I counted correctly, we have 15 days left in January counting today (Monday). I thought I’d mention it, in case you’re running a little behind (like I am).

If you’re just stopping by, you can learn more about Mega Memory Month by clicking on this highlighted link. Visit our previous progress reports by clicking below:

Each Progress Report is an opportunity to encourage one another along the way and celebrate our progress.

How are you doing? Has it come easily or are you facing struggles? [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, mega memory month, memorization, mind, MMM

Food on Fridays: Creamy Mushroom Sauce

January 13, 2011 By 11 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 join the book club at TheHighCalling.org and post your responses to the essays in The Spirit of Food; because, you see, we’re pretty relaxed over here. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, Food on Fridays

Old, Calloused Heart

January 12, 2011 By 9 Comments

One evening when my kids were little, I was flipping through TV stations and landed on a Christian channel. I got called away and left the TV on, thinking I’d be right back.

By the time I returned, the program had switched to something new. My daughter was in the room frantically scribbling numbers onto a piece of paper, almost breaking down in tears.

“What are you doing?” I asked.

“I’m writing down the number on the screen!” she exclaimed. “It says ‘Call now because the children need your help!’ but I can’t write the numbers down fast enough.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, family, life, parenting

MMM 2011 Progress Report #2

January 10, 2011 By 4 Comments

Welcome to Mega Memory Month (MMM) Progress Report #2.

If you’re just stopping by, it’s definitely not too late to jump in as a Mega Memory Month participant. Just select a passage seven to ten verses (or sentences) shorter than you would have otherwise. It won’t be as mega as it might have been, but it can still be plenty big.

Progress Report #1

Each Progress Report is a place to encourage one another along the way and celebrate our progress. How are you doing? Has it come easily or are you facing struggles? [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, lifelong learning, mega memory month, memorization, mind, MMM, self-discovery