I’ve spent 8 hours today in 90 degree heat at my daughter’s Fastpitch Softball Tournament. I could write many a post just on this experience alone. But I won’t. Cuz I’m tired, and sunburned, and I really need to take a shower.
However, one thing did stand out. I notice, now that I’m a writer..and I use that term loosely…no matter what I’m doing..there’s this one little part of my brain that is always asking..is this blog worthy? And today, it was the not so subtle chanting from the other team that got me creating a post in my head while keeping tracks of runs and doing triage on softball warriors in the dugout.
We put in a new pitcher. And not 2 seconds later we hear…
Check Check Check it out.
Check that brand new pitcher out.
Is she high, or is she low. Is she fast…
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If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a year or two, you know I very much appreciate Os Guinness’ books. This one is no exception: Dining With the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity. Though it is nearly 20 years old, it still speaks profoundly to the crisis in American Christianity – the crisis of culture shaping the church more than Scripture. This section where Guinness speaks of relevance is outstanding.
“…Relevance is a question-begging concept when invoked by itself. And when absolutized, relevance becomes lethal to truth. Properly speaking, relevance assumes and requires the answer to such questions as: Relevance for what? Relevant to whom? If these questions are left unasked, a constant appeal to relevance becomes a way of riding roughshod over truth and corralling opinion coercively. People are thinking or doing something simply ‘because it is relevant’ without knowing why. But truth, in…
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Posting has been light because we moved and then promptly went on holiday. I highly recommend booking a long vacation after every house move. It doesn’t make the move any less stressful, but it sure beats unpacking.
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We are finishing the first half of our road trip vacation in Niagara Falls and as I write this, I am looking out over the falls from our hotel room.
I love staying in hotels and this particular hotel experience has been beyond amazing. But I’m ready to move on to the second part of our vacation, the part where I spend time with my family (and most of that time will not be in hotels).
At some point, I’ll have to think about going back to England and back to our new house and back to work (must not think about that yet) and back to unpacking boxes. But right now…
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Completion:
The ice was thin
And you dived in
Underneath my lucid skin.
The cold submerged and forgotten.
Hours pass, days pass
Time stands still
The sun comes up
It’s you who fills
My secret paths of forgotten.
Never Never Love Poems
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Another post for this month’s theme comes from Mitt Lilla Kök (My little kitchen) by Ninis. Soufflé is a very tricky dessert to make. If you don’t get the consistency right, you won’t be able to enjoy it. However, Ninis’ soufflé looks very tempting, don’t you think? 🙂
The recipe is in Swedish, but you can always use translator to translate it to your language 🙂
“This is the first time I made a strawberry soufflé. Usually I make chocolate soufflé with lemon. But I want to try something new. Strawberry not only giving this soufflé sweet and sour taste, but the smell also very good and refreshing. The outside texture that slightly sponge-y keeping the middle part soft and creamy yet not watery. And this is also perfect for special dessert for your special family” – Ninis.
I. Love. Mac. And. Cheese. So much so that it’s a problem. I eat way more than I’d like to admit. I thought it would stop after I was out of college, but, the addiction has continued on strong. So, instead of my usual Kraft, why not make homemade mac? Makes it seem a little more mature. At least that’s what I’m going to keep telling myself.
After my last BBQ chicken adventure with my crock-pot, I started searching the good ol’ world wide web for a good recipe and found so many good options! I ended up taking a few things from different recipes and combining them to make my own, and it turned out great! This isn’t necessarily a turn-it-on-and-walk-away recipe, but it’s still very easy to make and provides you with tons of great food! Here’s what I did:
Step 1: Make the sauce. In a large…
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Do you ride the train to work every morning? I do, and one big plus is that you sometimes experience the weirdest things during your commute.
Like this morning, a packed train pulled up to the platform. I was worried about getting in, but I was relieved when about 5-7 people alighted from the train.
So imagine my surprise when 3 people then couldn’t fit in, despite the newly freed up space. I should know – I was the 3rd guy, watching from the platform as the train sped away. It’s like a reverse-version of Hermione’s beaded handbag.
I generally don’t like obnoxious office ladies on the train, cos they tend to be impatient, inconsiderate, and well, insist on a much larger buffer for their personal space than regular people. However, I did find one redeeming trait for them this morning.
If they’re alighting at the same station as you are…
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