Monthly Archives: August 2007

sorry for the unexplained grossness… PhotoHunt (after backpacking in the rain)

Meijer Garden Grand Rapids, MI

There may a couple more…but I’m backpacking in the wilderness today… Where I am today…South Manitou Island. A new page on my website (The Page of Pages)…along with my latest photos from Meijer Garden. “Before You Convert to Roman Catholicism…(Top … Continue reading →

PhotoHunt

Daniel Gooch was born…I have that stamp. (I’m starting a new series – I dug out my husband’s old stamp collection, not realizing that there are some very cool (and potentially valuable) stamps. So I took photos and some of … Continue reading →

Ok…my computer is running slow and so is my brain. I reread Chapter 2 and it was listening to Charlie Brown’s teacher. However…Chapter 2 is…”If It Ain’t Broke…” (I’m editing and publishing as I go…there’s a thunderstorm rolling in and … Continue reading →

Thirteen Things I MUST NOT FORGET TO TAKE BACKPACKING(I’m not counting normal gear…most is already packed) 1. My dental appliance (or my kids will want to sleep on the other side of the island!2. Advil. For sure. 3. Extra card … Continue reading →

I don’t remember what this sculpture is called (I call it the face twister…there are more faces than what you can see below, but I couldn’t get good shots.) It’s one of my favorite sculptures in the park, and from … Continue reading →

(shaking my head) – HT: Jim West. “sex Offender Back in the Pulpit” Yes, forgiveness is a good thing…no, stupidity is not. The basic story is that Jeff Hannah (youth pastor) was convicted of having sexual relations with four underage … Continue reading →

A possible run for governor of Michigan, 2010?

Ah yes. Tomorrow is the day that we go get college text books (I’m taking Education Psychology and Spanish 1 – again) I should be getting my new camera (prep for next week) and I’d better be getting my new … Continue reading →

An instructional (it’s not what you think – and it’s very cute) (Ashley, the author, is hosting the Carnival of Beauty this week – the Beauty of Change)

An excellent article at Parchment and Pen. Is our Canon of Scripture a fallible collection of infallible books? To start at the beginning (definitions), the word “canon” means “rule” or “measuring rod”. The Canon is the “rule” by which the … Continue reading →

PhotoHunt

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Thirteen Things about Sola Gratia 1….What makes me smarter (better, … Continue reading →

Ok…I admit it. I like some rather odd things. Here are some shots I took of spider webs (funnel webs) and (below) looking right down the funnel to where the spider lives…

Tolerance: The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others. Diversity: The fact or quality of being diverse; difference; A point or respect in which things differ. For two decades, America’s schools and … Continue reading →

Two (sort of) related articles Michigan city could become first in U.S. under Muslim control. No – this does not mean that civil rights or the US Constitution has been suspended in Hamtramck. It means that there are four Muslims … Continue reading →