by jphilo | May 7, 2015 | Three Thoughts for Thursday
- Katie Wetherbee, with whom I co-authored Every Child Welcome, is absolutely hilarious as her 5 Facts for Friday blog posts show. You can get a chuckle every Friday by becoming her friend on Facebook where she goes by Katie Livingston Wetherbee.
- You can die on Mars. Or you can live in South Dakota is the state’s new tourism slogan. Having lived in the remotest part of that great state for 7 years, I applaud the tourism board’s honesty. Still, they might want to tinker with the wording…or even the entire campaign concept…in the near future.
- As a third grader, I heard Chuck Mertes, a sixth grader working on a science project with my big sister, say that in millions of years the Earth would crash into the sun and burn up. That tidbit gave me nightmares for weeks. But apparently, my childhood fear has been quite literally laid to rest as I didn’t lose a minute’s sleep when NASA allowed a satellite to crash into Mercury last week. Sometimes, growing older is a good thing.
by jphilo | Apr 30, 2015 | Three Thoughts for Thursday
- A few questions about Kellogg’s new Collector’s Edition Frozen Cereal. What is the collectable bit? The box? The cereal? The box and the cereal? Can someone provide enlightenment?
- The rhubarb is almost ready to pick, the cherry tree blossoms did not get nipped by this week’s frost, and a banner fruit pie season is on the horizon.
- The Man of Steel spent an hour or more digging weeds out of my flower beds while I met some book deadlines. More Knight in Shining Armor than Man of Steel, don’t you think?
by jphilo | Apr 23, 2015 | Three Thoughts for Thursday
- Equation for best day ever = seeing all 3 grandkids in 1 day
- After several weeks of travel, I’m ready to put on my ruby slippers, click ’em together 3 times and say, “There’s no place like home.”
- I love waking up on spring mornings to the sound of rain drumming on the roof. You?
by jphilo | Apr 16, 2015 | Out and About, Three Thoughts for Thursday
At this very moment, I am up, up, and on my way to McLean, Virginia for the Accessibility Summit. So no wonder today’s thoughts are all travel-related.
- This was my first time ever using an electronic boarding pass. I don’t think anyone could tell I was a novice, not even the attendant who said, “Well, look at you being hip.”
- The TSA pre-check notice on my electronic boarding pass? A gift from God.
- Here’s hoping the rocket-whistling-through air sound from farther back in the cabin is coming from someone’s video game and not from one of the engines.
What thoughts run through your head when you’re traveling? Leave a comment.
by jphilo | Apr 9, 2015 | Three Thoughts for Thursday
- According to NPR, the invention of Cheeze Whiz was a 1950s marketing ploy to lure innocent consumers into processed food addictions.
- Does that mean that Red Box for Pets is a 2010s ploy to lure innocent felines and canines into video addictions?
- Or was Red Box for Pets the best April Fool’s joke of 2015?
What was the best April Fool’s prank you heard about last week? Leave a comment
by jphilo | Mar 26, 2015 | Three Thoughts for Thursday
- Encouragement: When you realize educators, writers, and special needs ministry directors, people you respect highly enough to ask them to endorse the book you co-authored with Katie Wetherbee, email to say they love Every Child Welcome.
- Most recent God wink: When you finish your talk with a strict five minute time limit; the talk you didn’t have time to prepare for because you’ve spent the past 2 weeks caring for family members with the flu, caring for your daughter who’s having early contractions, and finishing edits on a new book; and the person with the timer says your talk ran five minutes exactly.
- Lenten gratitude: When your brother-in-law introduces you to Kirkland’s dairy-free Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds with Sea Salt–of course, you eat a few to be polite, even though you gave up chocolate for Lent–and they are so delicious you are very, very grateful you gave up chocolate for Lent. Because if you hadn’t, you would drive straight to Costco, buy a bag, and eat way more than is good for you.
What God winks have you received lately? Leave a comment.
