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Hello, there.  Thanksgiving pictures are forthcoming.  Life has been a bit busy.  Ok, so that’s not really a good excuse, because it is ALWAYS busy.  But, I am just popping in to say that I enjoyed a marvelously relaxing week…

Lauren and I are off to the big city tomorrow! :: TENATIVE PLAN :: china town bus from DC to NYC. to uncle erik’s apartment to sleep to coffee in the morning to taking photos to modern museum of art…

It is a quiet Friday evening, and I am in my room watching a movie with Brett.  Nothing like quality brother-sister time.  We rarely see each other throughout the week, because we are both so busy…so by Friday night, when…

As the seasons change, so must our closets.  At least, that is my motto.  Today, I took my paid holiday (Thank you, Christopher Columbus, for sailing the ocean blue, in 1492), and used a few moments to clean out my…

fall and a great hand-bag are like two peas in a pod.  that is why i am entering this contest on Handbag Planet: www.handbagplanet.com

lovely.  that is the word i would use to describe this morning how this weekend feels.  i am sipping hot coffee on a crisp October morning.  Brett is off to his SAT test, and Dad is upstairs reading his Bible…

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Emily who loved playing sports.  Basketball, soccer, swimming, you name it.  She would play it.  Of course, except one sport that was too slow, too boring, too expensive.  Yep, you guessed…

This is a tree from a natural forest reserve in Uganda.  I was looking at this picture the other day and reminded of how amazing it was to stand next to it, look up, and feel like a puny ant…

the air conditioning is turned off.  dad and mom and peter and i are hanging out in the kitchen watching amazing Olympic swimmers breeze through the lap lanes.  the windows are all open, and a cool breeze is blowing into…

Nora sent this to me yesterday evening, and I thought it was worth posting.  Circumstances are always changing, but it is so good to be reminded that God is in the details AND in the big picture, so He can…

It’s always hard to find that perfect summer read, or the thrilling movie you want to watch on a sweltering day, or the new tunes your ears are itching to hear for ‘evening-out’ car-rides.  You don’t exactly want to spend hours hunting down…

EARLY RISINGS One of my goals this summer was to learn how to bake fresh, homemade bread. As soon as I got home from Phoenix, I began this process. I chose to make Sourdough, because bread flour is really easy…