So here’s a puzzle I’ve been trying to untangle for a few years now: praying for soldiers.
It’s not an easy thing, though people make sound as if it were with flip reminders to Pray for Our Troops! What does this mean for me as a citizen of two kingdoms—one of which is eternal and good, [...]
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Back when I was blogging a lot (or at least not infrequently), I thought up a cool new recurring feature called Judging Books By Covers. I never really went anywhere with it, but it remains one of my favourite ideas. Here I’m republishing the episode in which we looked at nineteen versions of The Lord [...]
This study guide has been moved over to Good Ok Bad, my graphic novel review site.
This study guide has been moved over to Good Ok Bad, my graphic novel review site.
To celebrate Labour Day we felt the need to engage a little patriotism for the sake of our daughter, so we took her to the Koi Pond at Fashion Island
As soon as Sonata realized how much easier it was to carry things around on two legs instead of four, she took to walking rather quickly. That’s her story and
Snap Snap Snap. Also, first steps or therebouts. Song credit: “Henry Kelly” by Ansty Pants (from Antsy Pants).
Sometimes, eating breaks. Them’s the breaks. Song credit: “…Banjo” by Thee Spivies (from Ready or Not, Here We Come).
Sonafey has a thing about doors. Plus, she’s inherited her mother’s knack for indecision. Plus, she doesn’t like doors that close all the way. Plus, she’s still kind of a
Our dining room suffered the singular problem of being a Tight Fit. With the white walls and no way to hang paintings without the reasonable fear that someone would knock
Sonata empties a purse! Sonata eats a nectarine! Sonata plays with Quattros! Sonata points! Sonata bangs a drum! Sonata wanders off! Alright, you got me. There’s really no over-riding theme for
Sonata got this cool hat in the mail from Noble friends in Texas, so she thought she’d try hovering around in it. Because her head’s so tiny, she’ll probably be
We took Spookypants to the pool for the first time the other day. Let’s just say that something physical that you could fall through was met with something between curiosity
For Muzzer’s Day, we got free-entree coupons for both Boneheads and Pei Wei. So what else could the Bird have done but taken us to both restaurants for Muzzer’s Day
After eating an apple and hanging out with grandparents, there is nothing so satisfying to a young lady as working off the calories by climbing stairs. [Note: a mother was
Sonata has been looking into communist theory and seeing how to apply that much as they did in New Testament times, what with the early Christians sharing all things in
A smattering of Sonata-related radness (if you’re into that sort of thing). In which we discover that The Gus a) enjoys flips, b) likes dumping things from our bookshelves, and
We took Sonata to a Seventh Day Adventist joint to get her first haircut. (Note the barn.) Not a fan of paparazzi, she took matters and the camera into her
For one whole day, Sonata held her mouth open. It was kind of weird. We never did find out exactly why she did this. (We suspect she was no fan
Primarily miscellaneous video of Sonafey at nine months. Longer than she deemed suitable in her previous environ. Also a bit of stuff from a couple weeks ago and a short
When you have your first tooths there are really only two things that matter: 1) being tossed into a fluffy comforter over and over again; and 2) chewing the heck
Young David asks an innocent (though deeply foolish) question. Both query and return may be discovered forthwith in the short supplemental video found in the below quadrant. Watch and be
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