Self-Awareness
Dark Days
December 20, 2007
Lights on neighbor's birchIn spite of my best intentions for cheer and festivity my body knows the darkest day of the year is approaching and is reacting accordingly - with flagging enthusiasm, lack of motivation and tiredness. Nothing feels better than pulling the down duvet over my shoulders at night, ...
Instead of
December 12, 2007
Nativity Celine's photowriting a Christmas letter, stringing lights outside and making my yearly DVD of family photos and video I've been reading & crocheting. To my credit however, I blog every week so if family or friends want to know what's going on they can read it here. And I ...
Sicko
November 30, 2007
Damien & I just finished watching Micheal Moore's new movie Sicko. To be honest, it leaves me wondering "why exactly ARE we living in the States??" Being from Canada I realize it is not the utopia he paints it to be. Ironically my only experience with anything "medical" in Canada ...
On the bookshelf
November 22, 2007
Quick reviews of books I've recently read or am reading. This book is about how the younger generation (Mosaics & Busters - I hate these stupid labels) view Christians. The research findings done by the Barna group were not particularly surprising to me. It is such a shame that we ...
The Quiltmaker's Journey
September 27, 2007
I guess this book is officially a children's book but I think everyone should read it. It's a prequel to the book The Quiltmaker's Gift and is a beautiful metaphor for the world we live in & our place in it. It speaks against the fear that cripples those around ...
Personality Test
August 22, 2007
Thanks to a friend's blog I took an on-line personality test last night. Not sure that I totally agree with the results. I feel this test did not take into account that I am a stay at home/homeschooling mother. The context of the questions seemed to assume most of my ...
You may already be there
August 15, 2007
This came into my e-mail inbox today from an e-list I belong to. I thought it was worth sharing. A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. ...
