All joy to the world today, for this is the day Emmanuel wrote himself into our redemption story. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to you and yours!
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Children’s Christmas Books for 2014
On the eve of Christmas Eve, I thought I’d add four new titles to the list of children’s Christmas books I began in 2011 and added to in 2012 and 2013. Tony Buzzeo’s Lighthouse Christmas is inspired by the Flying Santa Service that delivers presents to lighthouse keepers, Coast Guard members, and their families. Frances […]
The Christmas Giveaway Winner Announced!
Sorry, y’all. It’s been one of those weeks. You know those weeks you have when you have a cough that keeps you up at night, when you have a you-have-to-leave-your-home-and-look-presentable event every night of the week, when you have to finish grading all your students’ research papers and writing all your exams, when you have […]
Sides of Suspension
About three years ago, shortly after Thanksgiving, I wrote a post called Suspension. We had moved to a new island a few months earlier and had just been back for a visit to our old island, so I wrote about our feelings of being suspended between the two islands, of living “half in the old […]
Where Were We This Week?
Last year, we spent Thanksgiving back at the old island, enjoying this, and doing lots of this. This year, we did things a bit differently. I’m going to give you three clues as to where we spent the better part of Thanksgiving Week. Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Exhibit C: Any guesses? Any guess counts as […]