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December 28, 2011 8 Comments

Curiosity Journal: December 28, 2011

Each Wednesday I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. Now I'm simplifying the journal, to see if I like a slimmed-down version. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, Curiosity Journal, family Tagged With: creativity, curiosity, goal-setting

December 20, 2011 15 Comments

What Lies Behind the Family Bible’s Names and Dates

I pulled out my camera to snap some pictures of the four-inch-thick family Bible my dad recently acquired from a distant cousin—second cousin once or twice removed, or something like that. This particular family Bible belonged to Dad's grandparents, but had been passed down another branch of the family tree. Until now. It recently leaped to our branch due to the generosity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family Tagged With: family, family Bible, family heritage, family stories, learning, stories, Temperance Movement, Temperance Pledge

December 12, 2011 37 Comments

Send in the Clown

My mom would tie a garland of plastic holly to the stair railing and pull out a ball of fake mistletoe that she'd have Dad hang from the ceiling light in the hallway. We'd plug in plastic molded candelabras with orange bulbs and place them in the sunroom windows. We'd drive into town and pick out a tree from the Methodist Church lot set up on Main Street and haul it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, life

December 7, 2011 12 Comments

Curiosity Journal: Staying Put, Christmas Decor and Advent

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. If you do, leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Curiosity Journal, family Tagged With: Advent, Scott Russell Sanders, Staying Put

November 28, 2011 35 Comments

Having Someplace to Go is Home

In the flurry of cleaning up for guests last week, I picked up a resin plaque that has been propped up on the piano for quite some time. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family Tagged With: children, family, home, parenthood, parenting, running away

November 26, 2011 13 Comments

Thanksgiving Day Walk/Black Friday Ride

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Filed Under: family Tagged With: thanksgiving, Thanksgiving traditions

November 14, 2011 8 Comments

Chew On That

Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth;meditate on it day and night,so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.Then you will be prosperous and successful. (Joshua 1:8)About two-thirds of the way into the church service each week, one of the pastors invites the children to join him up front. He presents a little object lesson or tells a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bible study, family, worship

November 9, 2011 20 Comments

Curiosity Journal: November 9, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. ::: Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. Reading I started up Sophie's World again, which I had abandoned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, creativity, Curiosity Journal, exercise, family, lifelong learning, motherhood, parenting

October 17, 2011 20 Comments

Could Be

Twenty years ago, my husband and I were on a team of people serving behind-the-scenes at a Willow Creek-style start-up church. We'd been to Willow for a conference and came back inspired to do more with lighting; we wanted some par cans on the floor of the stage pointing up, providing a splash of color against the curtain. Like this.I urged the team to create a new look … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, family, lifelong learning, reading, self-discovery Tagged With: Ellen Langer, Mindfulness, The High Calling, The High Calling Book Club

September 15, 2011 15 Comments

Reclaim Family Conversation at Mealtime

One time we were making plans to have another family over for dinner. As we were discussing the get-together, they said, “So, after we eat at your house, what will we do? I suppose we’ll just sit around and … talk?” “Um, yes. What would you do at someone else’s house?” “Watch a movie or maybe a football game.” “Oh, well, we just talk. I hope that’s okay. We’ll ask … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, family, Food on Fridays, Not So Fast, Slow Movement, slowing Tagged With: conversation, family conversation, slow-down solution

September 14, 2011 9 Comments

Curiosity Journal: September 14, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, family, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: commas, Northern Lights

September 12, 2011 21 Comments

A Better Way

My son offered to sweep the kitchen floor. Though tall enough to hold a full-sized broom normally, he instead gripped it as if he were planning to whack a mouse and then slid the bristles across the vinyl tiles, managing to collect a few dog hairs and bread crumbs with each slow, inefficient motion. While wiping the counters, I watched him, debating whether or not to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, family, motherhood, parenting, self-discovery

September 11, 2011 26 Comments

Write to Discover and Decipher Life

By the time I was 13 or 14 years old, I realized the children’s department couldn’t provide the depth of information I craved. Shyly, I began browsing the adult nonfiction shelves for exercise books, vegetarian cookbooks, step-by-step drawing tutorials, and a series that taught survival skills, in case I ever acted on my dream of living by myself in the woods, like the kid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, family, self-discovery, writer, writers, writing

September 8, 2011 17 Comments

Food on Fridays: Safekeeping

(smaller button below)For 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. We’re pretty relaxed over here, and stories and photos are as welcome as menus and recipes.When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button to paste at the top of your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Food on Fridays

August 31, 2011 11 Comments

Curiosity Journal: August 31, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, change, children, exercise, family, life, lifelong learning, parenting, reading, writing Tagged With: curiosity, Curiosity Journal

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