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blasted nowhereland
We’re in the middle of nowhere which is lovely for a vacation, not so lovely to get internet. No wifi here and have to pay for internet at the public computer so all my lovely journal entries and photos I want to upload will have to wait. Love you all, hope you’re well, will [...]
England Day one
Wow, what an insane day it’s been. My wonderful parents picked us up Tuesday morning at 6:30 and took us to the airport. The girls were amazing - entertained themselves, carried their own backpacks, the works…the flight to Toronto was great, mostly because the plane was virtually empty and they have these schnazzy in seat entertainment [...]
blog action day: poverty
I think about poverty differently after having been poor. I grew up middle class but spent several years as an adult below the poverty line. I had to live off the charity of others for my shelter, my food, my transportation. My oldest was born on state aid and received her first year of well [...]
Wilbur and Vixen
I thought I’d give our cats some “face time” on the blog. Vixen is our sweet female tortie who, like most cats, seems to think of herself as “all that and more”. She loves Shayel and snuggles with her all night. She likes sitting on laps but only when it suites her. Wilbur is our dumb [...]
need hotel help
Our family is staying London for 4 nights in November and have a hotel booked but would like to hear if any of you have suggestions? We’d like to be pretty “centrally” located (relatively speaking) so we can walk and take public transport pretty easily to the major sight seeing destinations.
Coffeehouse Theology - get it today!
Check out Ed Cyzewski’s new book: Coffeehouse Theology: Reflecting on God in Everyday Life from NavPress I will be blogging a review in the next few weeks as part of a blog tour.
Palin and Hillary together
inspired
David and I are arty folk - but in different ways. We like to consume art but we also really like to create it. I’m a graphic artist and toy around with writing. I also enjoy mixed media art but haven’t dabbled in that for a long time. David is an actor and writer. Acting [...]