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  • Nostalgia . . . not really . . . .

    I don't know that I will ever feel nostalgic about Campbell.About Grace, sure. But Campbell . . . . ?When I visited Campbell University yesterday, I wondered if I would be hit with overwhelming homesickness for the "old …

  • Blood, Sweat and Cocoa Powder

    So I found useful purpose for my cake!You know how I made a cake the other evening? And I was bewailing the fact that I have no brothers to eat it? Well, I have found people to eat it for me, so life is good! I cut it in…

  • Jungle Chords and Depths of the Soul

    I don't think Rilla cares for my singing.I could be mistaken.I have been known to be mistaken about things.On occasion.Still, what do you think it means in cat language when every time I open my mouth to practice the hal…

  • Fey in the Full Moon

    The moon is full tonight.I'm feeling fey.So is my cat, for that matter. I thought I would like to transmorgraphy into a catlike being, and Rilla could transmorgraphy into a girl-like being, and we could go run around in …

  • Secrets of the Brain

    Some of you, dear readers, have in the past expressed interest in the secrets contained between the covers of my mysterious Brain. For those of you so interested, I am posting some of the most recent scribblings to be fo…

  • Mad Practicing!

    So, would you picture yours truly as a jazz singer?I wouldn't either.Nevertheless, picturable or not, Anne Elisabeth along with brilliant pianist, Charity Daniel, is on her way to South Carolina next weekend to sing a co…

  • Fallen Star

    The movie I saw last night made me think of this first stanza in the poem by John Donne:Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root,Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the Devil’s foot;Teach …

  • Quiche Queen!

    I am a Queen of Quiche!I discovered this last night, much to my delight.I've always been rather intimidated by quiche. It is a must in the Stengl Family Menu, and my mother makes an excellent quiche, complete with pie cr…

  • Shame, Prayer and Humility

    I wish I could share with you all the sweet things that God is doing in my heart these days. But I sit down and try to write out the words, and they won't come. And I think primarily because of shame. So perhaps I'll dea…

  • Sometimes . . . there is Shakespeare

    Sometimes I fiddle around in my brain, trying to express things lyrically. On the whole, I fail. Prose is one thing . . . poetry is completely different. My attempts always ends up being something likeSometime soonI'll f…

  • Fun Times in the Summer!

    So this weekend I spent a great portion of my time in various activities involving getting dragged across the lawn for the sake of a spoon (my hand will never be quite the same), beating friends with a newspaper, watchin…

  • FOOTBALL!

    Do you see me as the football sort?You don't?Well!Yeah, I don't either . . . .But I played a hearty game of football with my eleven year old friend Jeremy this evening, and we were quite proud of ourselves and our footba…

  • Common Sense

    Most people would agree that common sense is a good thing, a blessing from God in a chaotic world. I agree with this notion myself. As Oswald Chambers says, "Common sense is a gift of God to our human nature," and how ba…

  • A Little More Bookish and a Little More Broke . . . .

    I should know better by now.I step through the doors of Borders Books, telling myself, "I won't actually buy anything. I'll just look."I sound like Winnie the Pooh tempted with honey: "I wasn't gonna eat it! I was just g…

  • Babble about Books

    I am currently reading the above-listed book.Reading might not be the best verb, however.Devouring is probably more like, except that I don't have as much time to devour as I should wish! When I get a moment, I gulp down…

  • Psalm 20

    May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.May he remember your burnt offerings.May he give you t…

  • Courage, Keys, and Late Night Movies

    Julie Coda, I am blaming the majority of this newest, late night post on you!So I went to the Coda family's this fine evening for a double feature showing, Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy, both of which I enjoyed im…

  • Annual Pie-Baking Adventure

    Sunday, my favorite girl twin and I had our Second Annual Pie-Baking Adventure!My readers may remember the first adventure of pie-baking from last summer, during which Dana and I baked our famous Six Hour Strawberry Pie!…

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