Happy New Year in the Style of Taize
At tonight’s Taize style service at our church, we sang several simple songs repetitively. The following song felt particularly appropriate …
Monthly Archives: December 2011
“I am now my own classroom,”
wrote Robin Jennings on ElderChicks recently. A former teacher, she has no time to sit in the rocking chair given …
An Update on Skipping Sugar
Well. A few of you have held me accountable this past week by asking how the no sugar deal is …
Christmas 2011 Thou shalt know him….
Thou shalt know him when he comes, not by any din of drums, nor by the vintage of his airs, …
Lose Weight Over Christmas?
Walking past a Fannie May shop this morning, I remembered those days when Pixies™, eggnog creams, and chocolate covered cherries …
Our former home sold today!
I have to share some happy news! In 1983, we moved from one Chicago suburb to another to be near …
Caring Lessons / Radio Interview, Part 2
I think I caught the infection I mentioned on my 11/29 blog post on this same topic. If so, that …
Audio Post – Caring Lessons – Chapter 3
With the IV drip rate post of the other day, it’s been fun going down the memory lane of nursing …
Nurses: Counting drip rates? A lost art
It’s an overcast chilly day in Chicago, just the kind of day for a good joke. And I got one …
Moms: Survival Tools for Temper Tantrums
I feel exonerated. Finally. When my daughter was two, her temper tantrums merited a blue ribbon. Once, as I was …
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