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What I Was Up to this Month–May Edition
This one is going to be long, friends. Very, very long. May was filled to the brim, what with finishing soccer, finishing baseball, swimming in full swing, Mother’s Day, my birthday, going on field...
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On Living
Wendell Berry is one of my all time favorite authors. I first became acquainted to him through his essays on agrarian farming (I know that sounds redundant, but it is necessary to distinguish it from...
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Spiritual Practice of Parenting: Summer Projects or Daring Greatly or More Grace
Summer has gotten off to a rip-roaring start. OK. Not really. In our house, summer has gotten off to a nice leisurely start, full of mornings at swim practice, lunch together, afternoon quiet time,...
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The Forgotten Third
Can we talk about a difficult subject? one that will make me squirm? Yes? Good. How about the Holy Spirit then, folks? Not your everyday conversation starter, nor is it even written about much by...
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What I Was Up to this Month-June Edition
Where in the world did June go? I am trying not to panic, knowing the first month of summer is over already. However, I am intentionally not filling up the fridge with calendars past July, because it...
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Why I’m Not a Trader Joe’s Fan or A Continuation of a Food Journey Part I
I am prepared for this to be a rather controversial post. Trader Joe’s is somewhat revered in urban middle class settings. Cheap food, mostly of the same brand, of decent prepackaged quality draw in...
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What I Was Up to this Month–July 2014
We traveled for over three weeks in July–it is becoming an annual occurrence I think I could get used to. While last year we covered a large swath of the US, this year we only headed East. However, I...
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Why I Don’t Like Trader Joes or A Continuation of Food Journey Part II
Somewhere in my local, organic eating, my food choices turned into an issue of my faith. Bear with me today. My faith journey veered in a slightly different direction after I moved to Austin some 17...
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Almost the End and Prayers for Beginnings
Summer is quickly coming to an end here in Texas land. We are on the slow side of starting school this year–for the past week I’ve been watching the wonderful back to school pictures of kids on...
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What I Was Up to this Month-August Edition
August firmly planted us back in Austin. We prolonged summer as long as possible and then dove into the new school year. Someone had a birthday! I made the cake–Julia Child’s Queen of Sheba cake....
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Dropping in to Say Hi
My friends, I miss you. I really do. It’s been all of September and most of October since you’ve heard from me. Thank you to those who periodically check in on my over here at this blog. I check it...
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Thankful
It’s November. The past two or three years (or however long I’ve been here), I have attempted to post every single day in November about things I am thankful. It’s been a good reminder to me to spend...
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The Word for the Year
2015 has arrived. I know your thinking, “Yes, Melani. 2015 arrived one month and one week ago.” That it did. I, however, spent the month the January on the slow recovery from the flu I had over...
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Ashes and Minor Keys
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; According to your great complassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my inquity and cleanse me from my sin. Of all the Holy days...
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Happy International Woman’s Day
It is March 8, 2015. This date has double significance. First, it means that I need to have all papers graded and grades entered by Thursday morning, which means at this exact moment, I am...
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Seasons
In recent years, I’ve become more and more aware of the phrase, “Seasons of Life.” It never dawned on me when I was young and in college that life could be described seasonally. It was more linear...
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Summertime!
Well, so much for my New Year’s resolution to blog once a month. Here it is June, and I haven’t blogged since March. Interesting thing is though, somewhere in April, I lost the need to write. That’s...
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Skipping Church
I’ll just say it straight out. I’m having a hard time going to church right now. Seriously hard, like I’ve never really had hard time before. All those years in college, I went to church without...
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Buzz Lightyear
I tried to get rid of Buzz Lightyear on Monday. I couldn’t do it. Buzz made it into the box of toys for Goodwill. None of the kids had even looked at Buzz in the past several years. He was...
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If ever I decide to leave the church entirely, I need to be reminded of three things. 1) The fruits of the spirit, in particularly set to songs from the 1980’s kids musical, The Music Machine. 2)....
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