Our Boxed Lunch Book Club meets tomorrow from 12-1. This month we are discussing Carol Shields novel, Small Ceremonies (1976), which is about a biographer named Judith who collects details about people and events. Interestingly, in the novel, Judith is writing a biography about Canadian pioneer Susanna Moodie and in … Continue reading
This baby turns 8 today! Last week someone asked me how old Ben was and I said with certainly, Well, he’ll be seven next week. Nope. Already seven. Somewhere I lost count. I guess because he was the baby of our family for five years I just can’t stand to … Continue reading
Yesterday we put a vegetable garden into our backyard with lots of dear friends. Each family has made a past effort to have a vegetable garden with varying degrees of success, so this year we decided to put all our efforts together. The whole project has already been so much … Continue reading
Happy Earth Day! A couple of years ago when I first read what is now a favorite “save the earth” book, Serve God, Save the Planet, I was fairly overwhelmed by everything I wanted to implement in our lives from that book. Whenever I saw a list of things to … Continue reading
Whitney took these gorgeous photos of my granola for our soon-to-be-published church anniversary cookbook that I just had to share with you. Here are the recipes one more time, because don’t these pictures make you want some! For more Whitney food photo fun, check out our sushi on her blog! … Continue reading
As a companion to this barefoot day, at our house we are reading this and viewing this…
Dodging the downpour in and out of church. Indoor Easter egg hunt. Lazy afternoon by the fire. Except for that one eensie weensie battle about clothes-it’s the only day of the year that Mama chooses everyone’s clothes-we were all sunshine in our hearts! It was a lovely day, despite the … Continue reading
On this night before Easter, I wonder… how did those friends long ago those who called Jesus friend, brother, son- how did they wait for Easter morning? Each year I find myself anticipating Easter morning, even though I know what is coming. I know the story. But how did those … Continue reading
I tried to pull away enough today to remember. And I had some plans to help the kids to remember. I fought through conflicting interests to pull our evening together. There were compromises. We broke homemade bread together. But we didn’t make it together. We went for a walk. We … Continue reading
Simon has been sick this week, so I haven’t been out much. Except for that trip to the doctor’s office where Simon showed his most cooperative spirit to the doctor. I have been trying to mark Holy Week in our lives, but we haven’t finished anything we’ve started. I began … Continue reading
