I don’t expect many people to read all this, but some of you will, and I need to take some notes for myself. So without further ado, here is a sampling of things we have learned or observed in the last three days: With a toddler and a pregnant lady, an 8 hour car ride is … More Travel Notes ~ Around Iqaluit
We plan to pull away from our house in about eighteen hours. I would say we are about 3/4 packed at this point, with nearly everything else staged and ready to be shoved in bags at the last moment. The house is a wreck, but it’ll keep. We aren’t really bringing that much (the hideous … More Planned, Staged, and Lifting Off
There was one last bit of Christmas knitting lurking behind to show you. It lurked, but in a discreet and appropriate fashion, because it just wouldn’t be right to show it to you before it had been gifted to its recipient, and we finally had occasion to do so last night. Some new friends of … More Christmas Extended
The Gluten Reintroduction Experiment has been accelerated over the holidays. Our nascent Bible Study spent over two months meditating on Luke 10:1-12, in which Jesus says twice to the 72 disciples he sends out, “eat what is put before you.” Since (in 10 days now, eep!) we are going to be guests in a very different … More The Bread Report: The Last Homemade Experiments
The season of Epiphany is here! It is more comforting than ever, as we fend off the single digits during this Pittsburgh cold snap, to sing songs about stars and glory and light. And finally, I found occasion to cook the fresh ham. Though I have to say, seeing it all scored and rubbed and … More Epiphany Octopus
It was a normal evening in my bi-weekly knitting class, when a participant sitting next to me mentioned casually that she had some Noro leftovers. Some leftovers from the several Noro blankets she’s knit over the years. She so didn’t know what to do with them that she gave some of them away to a … More Pillows for Mommies
Happy Epiphany Day! I can happily report that the last of the officially-associated Christmas knitting was completed as of 11:04 last night. (Okay, so there’s one more Christmas-occasioned project that is unfinished, but it is not required to be Christmas-tied, and the recipient doesn’t know it’s coming, so I’m just going to sneak that one … More Slippers for Cousins
Joining another family with marriage is an awesome thing, with many perks, but one teensy disadvantage is that it potentially doubles the number of Christmas presents one is responsible for every year. With both Jared and I as one of four, and mostly married on Jared’s side, it was a stroke of genius to implement a … More Shawl for Emily
Before I show you one more knitted stitch, before I talk about Christmas knitting, or cooking, or cheese, or bread, or theological navel-gazing reflection, or any of the other things you usually read about on here, I need to tell you something. In about two weeks, we are going to northern Canada. Why, you ask, … More We Are Going to the Far North
So, Christmas happened. What follows is a sermonette that kept bouncing around in my head all Advent, and really came home during our Christmas trip home. It isn’t too long, but for those of you just here for the pictures, keep scrolling! * * * This Christmas season, I keep being struck by that phrase. … More Good Will Towards Men
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