Aunt Rose

Michael’s sister, Rosanne, moved in with us last week. She was living with his parents in Vancouver, but wanted to reside closer to her job, teaching the very small private school our church started. She can’t live too much closer – it’s a long walk, but only a 3 minute drive!\par
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We’re very happy to have her. [...]

Spam

I just moderated 385 comments on my site. I marked them all as spam and ushered them out, only glancing at the comments made in the last 5 days. I don’t want to read any more of them, because I think perhaps I’m not old enough or gross enough to want to read them all! The [...]

More Pictures

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\’c3\’82\’c2\~Judah in his crown and robe from [...]

A True Statement

“The fact that a proposition is absurd has never hindered those who wish to believe it.”\par
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Words put into the mouth of Jonathan Swift in The Rebels of Ireland by [...]

Latest News

Well, well. I haven’t blogged now for a LONG time! I don’t feel the juice flowing to write a lengthy description of the last few weeks, either, so I’ll try to keep this brief.\par

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Our phone is working now. Hooray!

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We had old friends, Isaac and Lydia, and their two children stay with us for four days before [...]

No Phone, Sorry

Our phone service, provided by Vonage, is out. It’s been out probably since Wednesday.\’c3\’82\’c2\~ There have been a few people I would’ve liked to call, like my Mom and Mystie\’c3\’82\’c2\~but nobody that I’ve absolutely needed to call during that time. Which does give you a general sense of my importance in the grand scheme of things… [...]

Milwaukie Rye

One is much more likely to report one’s successes than one’s failures.\par
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However, I feel compelled to admit to the world (or the 5 or 6 people who read my blog, anyway!) that I have recently had a rather spectacular failure in the realm of breadbaking.\par
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I wanted to learn a good recipe for rye bread that I [...]