“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Fine Arts Friday: Their new adventure
“Again, we know that the human hand is a wonderful and exquisite instrument to be used in a hundred movements exacting delicacy, direction and force; every such movement is a cause of joy as it leads to the pleasure of execution and the triumph of success. We begin to understand this and make some efforts […]
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Blackmail of the wicked
This is from C.S. Lewis’s wonderful book on heaven, The Great Divorce. The first speaker is a guide to heaven, George MacDonald, and the second speaker is the narrator. “What some people say on Earth is that the final loss of one soul gives the lie to all the joy of those who are […]
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Je suis Charlie
By Australian cartoonist, David Pope. At first, the only news in reaction to the brutal terrorist attack on a satirical newspaper was horror and sadness. Ten journalists and two police officers lost their lives in the attack; others are wounded. But after the initial horror, prominent voices have begun saying the victims had it coming. […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Having an Epiphany
Feast, that is. January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, the celebration of the visit of the Magi to the baby Jesus. Or more likely toddler Jesus, who must have been thrilled with Frankincense. We normally try to have some sort of feast with friends, but we’ve been having trouble with lift-off the past […]
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And Fin
Today is the Twelfth Day of Christmas, so I had my last cup of coffee in a Christmas mug til next year. The alarms are being switched to something un-Christmasy (“Bad to the Bone”?), the decorations came down this weekend, except for all the stuff we forgot. Like the huge wooden nativity. How did we […]
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Perspectacles
This post on perspective is one of my favorite things I read last year, partially because it has so much wisdom and partially because the setting is a less-than gourmet kitchen, and I have kitchen issues: “But as I lay down to sleep, I remembered this passage from Thoreau’s Walden: “I say beware of all […]
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Signs of resolutions
My 21-Day Sugar Detox Pinterest board is getting an increase in traffic and followers, and even my freezer and slowcooker boards are getting attention. People everywhere are vowing to be better versions of them! I’m still eating the treats from the Christmas stockings and wondering how much my family really needs to eat anyway. I’m […]
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Preparing for battle
No more lounging around crocheting, watching movies, and generally being a bum. Today is a teacher inservice day at the Thompson house. Monday is back to the books and regularly scheduled chaos. We’re starting with an extra dose of crazy because I’m traveling next week to be with my parents while my mom has a […]
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The new adventure
I woke up to the sound of rain this morning, and it sounded like all the yuck from 2014 being washed away. Last year was hard. My parents had several health issues, some terrifyingly close to the edge. I lost my sweet cat (okay, sweet to me) that I’d had since 1997. And the daily […]
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An introvert brings in the New Year
In case you’re wondering, yes, it’s still the Christmas season, and we’re still celebrating. On the Sixth Day of Christmas, we had Taco Tuesday and went looking at lights. We prefer to look at lights after Christmas when there’s less traffic, although we did run into a couple of aggressive light lookers. Passing people on […]
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