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My favorite Bible passage, in which Moses sees the Lord's hind parts. Put me in a hotel room with the Gideons and a set of watercolors and there's no telling what might happen.
When we woke up to the rain Saturday, there was a stream of water splashing onto the ground outside our widow. The rain gutter had a :( directly over our room, and it was making Mary unhappy. We looked into changing rooms, but decided to stick.
101 projects: Belly of the Beast
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You cant fight/write your way out of the belly of the beast with sharp
language and strong leadership–it takes a cacophony: different voices
speakin in ton...
On Adopting
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People often ask me whether it wasn’t hard adopting in France at the age of
50. No, I reply. It was much easier than waiting 30 years for a man to
agree to...
Crumble aux pommes
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Le crumble is hardly a French invention, yet it has become wildly popular
in this country, with apple crumble topping the list of favorites. So in
honor of...
Day 8 - Kendal to Carlisle
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We started the day standing at a bus stop just north of Kendal and two
slightly older women joined us to catch the 555 to Keswick. Then suddenly,
and in a ...