From the monthly archives: March 2011

Food on Fridays: Eating ’round the World

By annkroeker On March 31, 2011 · 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 simply tell us the most unusual dish you’ve ever eaten. Or [...]

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Curiosity Journal: March 30, 2011

By annkroeker On March 30, 2011 · 17 Comments

Curiosity Journal: a weekly recap of what I’ve been reading, playing and learning; what I’m reacting to and writing.

Inspired by Monica of Paper Bridges, I’m occasionally recording a Curiosity Journal. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting…and writing.

Reading: I just finished Eat, Pray, Love, and now I’m craving [...]

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Slow-Down Fast: Music and Silence

By annkroeker On March 25, 2011 · 9 Comments

My nine-year-old son spent most of Wednesday curled up on the couch recovering from a stomach virus while I worked on the computer at my desk a few feet away. At some point, he got up to get a book, and when he returned [...]

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Food on Fridays: Food that Says “I Love You”

By annkroeker On March 24, 2011 · 24 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 simply tell us what food says “I love you.” Is it [...]

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There & Back Again: Time to Get our Fingers Dirty

By annkroeker On March 24, 2011 · 7 Comments

The garden is mostly my thing. I plan it out, sketch ideas, buy the seeds or seedlings, and direct the entire process.

My husband tills while the kids trudge out and help rake, plant and water…some of them grumble and mutter the whole time, aggravated to be working when they could be playing.

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Seeing the World

By annkroeker On March 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

The world of my childhood centered on a small farm in the American Midwest where my parents leased out the fields and kept a herd of cattle. We gobbled down all-you-can-eat catfish at small-town diners and overheard farmers discussing crop rotation. I never expected to travel outside the United States—a trip to Florida was [...]

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Corrie ten Boom Museum Virtual Tour

By annkroeker On March 22, 2011 · 10 Comments

Back in 2008 I had the opportunity to visit the the Corrie ten Boom Museum in Haarlem, Holland, where Corrie ten Boom, author of The Hiding Place, and her family protected and hid many Jewish people during World War II, helping them escape to safety.

I wrote a lengthy post [...]

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Slow-Down Fast: Pondering Pace

By annkroeker On March 19, 2011 · 4 Comments

We home educate, which allows considerable flexibility in our schedules throughout the week. But we supplement with once-a-week classes in a cooperative effort involving multiple families. The parents share the teaching, and I offered to teach high school writing.

This means, of course, that [...]

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Food on Fridays: CSA Delivery

By annkroeker On March 17, 2011 · 12 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 simply tell us if you’ve had asparagus yet—I’m told it’s the [...]

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There & Back Again: What Would You Find in my Room?

By annkroeker On March 17, 2011 · 9 Comments

Rooms are like clothes and photographs- they tell stories. As I look around mine this afternoon- my mind goes tripping down the trails of my life… remembering what has been that has brought what I see around me. (from “Room Rhapsody,” by L.E. Fiore)

L.E. Fiore takes us on a tour [...]

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