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Better late than never

Falling into the Better Late Than Never category, here are this year’s entries for the kids’ “first day of school” photos. For the 2009 edition, Matthew started 5th grade, and Melissa started 6th grade, aka, Middle School! The babies, they are a-gettin’ big! -ghp
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British ‘texting-while-driving’ PSA

This is a particularly brutal British Public Service Announcement on the subject of texting while driving. It’s not for the faint of heart. Neither is it unimportant. It’s very timely and, I think, very effective. More description & discussion over at EW.com. -ghp
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Musings on a Sunday after church

*tap* *tap* *tap* Is this thing on? Wow. It still works. Good to know… Some random musings that have been floating through my mind after a nice Holy Trinity Sunday service (LSB, DS III, for those who care) this morning… The Athanasian Creed – we didn’t confess it today. That makes me sad. Why didn’t we? Well, the usual, [...]
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When bigsis asks…

Well, if there’s anything I’ve learned over my 40+ years on this Earth, it’s this: when bigsis wants & expects something to be done, it better get done. And quick. In the spirit of honoring that hard-earned knowledge, I will now make sure that I keep my dear, sweet, gentle, loving bigsis happy by getting [...]
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Flowers are red

Flowers are Red (Harry Chapin) The little boy went first day of school He got some crayons and started to draw He put colors all over the paper For colors was what he saw And the teacher said.. What you doin’ young man I’m paintin’ flowers he said She said… It’s not the time for art young man And anyway flowers are green [...]
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Once more unto the breech

Well, my two week break is over. Tomorrow, it’s back to work (for me), school (für die Kinder), & the mud room (for Holly). Several times during the past two weeks, I felt almost guilty, like I wasn’t getting done what I should. At those times, I tried to remind myself of why I took the [...]
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Today’s good and bad

Church this morning was a mix of good and bad things. But I guess that’s to be expected isn’t it… The good: The new LSBs were in the pews, and we sang all the hymns from them. They’ll be dedicated next week, and I would guess that in about a month or two we’ll start to see [...]
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