Monthly Archives: December 2006
Books Read in 2006
David Allen, Getting Things Done Patrick O’Brian, H.M.S. Surprise Craig Bartholomew & Michael Goheen, The Drama of Scripture John McPhee, The Headmaster Robert Littlejohn & Charles Evans, Wisdom And Eloquence Douglases Jones & Wilson, Angels in the Architecture Khaled Hosseini, … Continue reading
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Under Construction…
Still tweaking the new look. Mike is doing most of the heavy lifting, as usual. EDITED TO ADD: The drop down menus don’t work well in the new IE. They do in the older versions and in Firefox. Any other browsers that are having … Continue reading
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TCL 2007 Reading Challenge
I have several inter-connected goals for the new year regarding reading. Read more books. Write more reviews (at least for 1/3 of the books I read) to post on the blog and amazon.com Keep track of books I’d like to read … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
(a cropped version of our Christmas card, 2/3 of the photos by the lovely and talented Brooke Jared.)
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Velvet Elvis
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith is the first book by Rob Bell, pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids and featured speaker in the NOOMA videos. I read straight through it today and was genuinely surprised at … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Lexi!
WATCH over thy child Alexine, O Lord, as her days increase; bless and guide her wherever she may be, keeping her unspotted from the world. Strengthen her when she stands; comfort her when discouraged or sorrowful; raise her up if … Continue reading
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Pain in the Head
Yesterday I had a migraine. I have only had a handful in my life, and I’ve been able to sleep them all off in less than eight hours, so I know amongst migraine sufferers, my burden is light. I still … Continue reading
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Christmas Cards
I’m done designing other people’s Christmas cards (I guess, I’m not closed for orders and I can rush ship it and have everything to someone in 4 business days…) so I finally did ours. It’s different than the ones in … Continue reading
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In Search Of
ISO dependable family vehicle. Mike’s car’s engine died so my car needs to be his and we need new family wheels that can take the frequent trips to North Carolina. Has to be big enough for carseats and cargo but … Continue reading
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Weekend Update
The Faculty/Board Christmas party was Friday night and we got a sitter and partied the night away, enjoying good wine and food, tequila and smoking out on the porch (Mike), lots of great conversation and a ride home in the … Continue reading
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| Keller
| Cohen
| Dahl
| Zusak
| Winton
| Waugh
| Gregory
| Collins
| Collins
| Collins
| Dermont
| DeGroat
| Ireton
| Glaeser
| Green
| Palacio
| L'Engle
| Larson
| Tchividjian
| Estes
| Zarr
| McLain
| Barbery
| Fitzpatrick
| Zusak
| Tickle
| Ricks
| Lupton
| Green
| Metaxas
| Wolters
