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I Can Please God? Are You Serious?
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Romans 8:8–9 I’m back from a memorable gathering at Family Camp in the Idaho mountains. For a week, close to 40 rellies...
Summer Vegetable and Bacon Soup
New recipes pop up in the most unexpected places. This one comes from Book Pages, a monthly book review publication our local library distributes for free. One of the cookbooks reviewed in the June 2013 Book Pages was Bacon Nation. The recipe was included in the...
10 Years Older and Still At It
A couple weekends ago, I turned 57. Not a Big–0 birthday, but big nonetheless. Because I've now been out of teaching for an entire decade. This 1–0 anniversary is a good reason to think about what's happened since my wonderful co-workers gave me a send off that...
How to Build a Playhouse with Life-Sized Lincoln Logs
photo source Lincoln logs have been a source of frustration for me ever since the sibs and I received a small canister for Christmas in the early 1960s. It was the size of the one above–big enough to make a pint-sized ranch style house–much smaller than what was...
Ode to Kohlrabi
Today's post isn't so much a recipe as an ode to kohlrabi, the latest, most fashionable darling of the healthy eating movement. But it's been a garden staple on Mom's side of the family since the 1930s. Since our CSA share for the week included this most delightful of...
Top 10 Travel Helps Yet to Be Invented
I arrived home from Alaska (the flowers above are considered a noxious weed in Kodiak) and Idaho almost a week ago. However, my life feels stuck in a hamster wheel of non-accomplishment. To make returning from vacation easier, perhaps someone could invent the items...