The week got away from me!
Busy time getting ready to go back to work on Tuesday. I’m a little nervous about the transition in job description and from full-time to part-time, but I also feel ready to have that part of my life back.
I will work Tuesday and Thursday, with Wednesday as writing/home day. […]

Gentle Readers!
I am working on a proposal for Denominational Magazine for a series of ten articles that will explore scriptural themes as illuminated in children’s literature. I have a few books in mind, namely Because of Winn-Dixie and one or more Madeleine L’Engle books, but I need some other ideas, especially current books.
If you […]

My guess is last night’s debate will put this plagiarism kerfuffle to rest, so this may be a day late and a dollar short—though this video is still floating around the internet tubes. (And just listen to the spooky music! Hold me, I’m a-skeered of the black man!)
But there’s an angle on this that I […]

On Food:
Last night I sampled the brie truffle. Yes, you read that right. The inside of the truffle was dark chocolate with brie invisibly mixed in, and the whole thing covered in black sesame seeds. I didn’t taste the brie until taking a whiff before the second bite. And then, wow.
Hmm. I wouldn’t eat a […]

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This is my first full day home solo with all three kids—R is at work and L is closed. Wish me luck! I’m ready! I’m pumped!
R has been enjoying the piano. He got out some of the old books of sheet music and was playing some rudimentary stuff. He likened it to the scene in […]

It is a law of parenting, but anyone can play.
Kid #1 has a toy that Kid #2 wants, and the parent suggests Alternate Fun Activity for Kid #2 to do while she’s waiting…
What happens next?

The Rose Truffle
The brochure doesn’t have an official description of the rose truffle because it’s a seasonal special, but it’s a dark chocolate truffle brushed with a rosy powder and topped with a bud of pink sugar.
The other day I was listening to The Splendid Table and the guest was talking about tasting chocolate. She […]

I’m not a big Valentine’s Day person, but R and I did have lunch together today (with a mostly cooperative SBJ). Afterwards we stopped by this place where I picked out a sampler of truffles. This place has amazing stuff, like lavender pistachio and chipotle cinnamon. In keeping with my plan to work on portion […]

It was a weird and wonderful day yesterday. We happened to get an appointment for C’s five-year checkup on her actual birthday. She got an extra sticker there, but also got three needle sticks and a blood draw. And a pee-in-the-cup, but that wasn’t nearly as unwelcome a development. She’s about 46 pounds and 44 […]

Five years ago, I wasn’t reverendmother, just mother. She made it happen.
Happy Birthday to little she-who-is!
from the archives…
On the eve of my daughter’s second birthday

Two years ago tonight
You woke me up in the dark morning.
You had done so once before,
without incident,
And many times since, too many to count,
all of them melted together into a single […]

Works of Heart: Building Village Through the Arts by Lynne Elizabeth and Suzanne Young
I saw this book some months back in my hippie catalog and finally got around to reading it. What a fun book about different ways that artists have used their art to bring people together for the betterment of their communities. There […]

First, a shout out to the YDS chicks…
hey!
Keep doing what you’re doing. Get yourselves graduated; we need you out in the church!
And give S a hug for me.
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Announcement: I appreciate anyone’s interest in my child’s safety. But in response to the notice over the PA system to strap children into shopping carts because doing […]

SBJ has eczema all over his face. Just like his namesake, who suffered from it off and on his whole life.
I think it itches him because he rubs his face into our shoulder. It’s only on his face. We are drenching him in Eucerin but it doesn’t seem to do much.
Big
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I […]

Hey, it is Mardi Gras…
I am working on an article for a clergy-related magazine on approaches to organizing one’s life and ministry. If you have tips for tending to the various details in your work as a ministry professional (or if you are a layperson with tips that would be helpful for that context), please […]

I’m not quite done with The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, but will finish it up shortly. This was a fun, funny and even poignant read. This could easily have been a scornful, cynical book, but it’s not. A.J. Jacobs, an agnostic Jew (basically […]