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Third World, Cheerios and Little Things

Here are a few tasty morsels that I've relished in my reading: The world came apart into three segments -- the "First World: of free market trading nations, the "Second World," or Communist bloc, and the economicall…
The Invisible Heart, An Economic Romance

"In popular culture, business is always portrayed as monstrous because that's what sells. People like feeling victimized so that they can hate their oppressor. But monsters don't often succeed in business. The sw…
Fine Art Friday - Sir George Clausen

The Girl at the Gate, 1889 Head of a Young Girl, 1884 Gathering Potatoes, 1887 Aren't these magnificent? Sir. George. Clausen. My new favorite artist. Here's some wonderful synthesis: I've been listening…
Bibliolexicon

This fun list is taken from a list found in A Passion for Books : A Book Lover's Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books. This…
The Herb of Grace

After Hitler, Churchill, D-Day, Band of Brothers, Pearl Harbor, staggering holocaust memoirs -- heaviness and grief -- it was time for a change. My son is hacking, coughing, aching ... and just needs to rest. I'm…
All But My Life & The Hours After

All But My Life begins at 9:10 a.m. on September 3, 1939, when the Nazis invaded the Weissmann's home town of Bielitz, Poland. Immediately her family lost any sense of safety and security. About the beginning o…
Fine Art Friday - Sir George Clausen

Sir George Clausen is a delightful discovery of my week. If you are a fan of Bouguereau's art, you will like Clausen. He studied under Bouguereau. Does he remind you of Millet? Remember my Millet in March fiasco two…
Thankful, Spring Edition

photo credit: dharperino (my brother) Thankful, Spring Edition Fair sunshine and small flecks of green, revealing treasures in the ground, an opened window, freshened air, the deep inhaling of this grace. Sorrow dis…
St. Patrick's Prayer

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me. Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Ch…
Inventory and Evaluate

As we approach the twenty-first century, popular culture is taking the lead in establishing a sensibility, not of intense involvement, but of cool detachment. ~ Kenneth A. Myers, AGCaBSS sen•si•bil•i•ty The quality…
Hitler's Struggle, Mein Kampf

Why did you want to read Mein Kampf (My Struggle)? • Initially I wanted to see how transparent Hitler was. How clear were his statements? Abraham Foxman writes in the Introduction: "Mein Kampf's existence denie…
The Book

arrived this afternoon! ESV Literary Study Bible For $10 more, and many week's wait I got the leatherish edition. I've got some catching up to do!
I Have Never Forgotten You

He didn't mask his disappointment. It's a documentary? Exhausted from a long work week, my husband anticipated a light comedy ... something ... easy. Three minutes into the movie we were fully engaged, and flat o…
Criticizing Churchill

In Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Pat Buchanan argues that both World Wars could have been avoided. He places a huge amount of culpability on Winston Churchill for both wars. If you follow the link, un…
I Scream, I Shout, Who Listens?

Carson and Noah in training (my son and grandson) Clarification: I am not screaming or shouting at my guys! After I wrote this post, I saw the picture and thought it was cute. Isn't that a cute baby? Television…
Food on Vacation

My new friend Lois and I have been holding meetings of our two person button club. I truly enjoy our time together and come away rewarded with a new story, more information on buttons (you can tell a lot about a…
A Display of Ignorance

Ah Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. "I didn't want to show my ignorance" - that's the wrong road for an intelligent young woman to travel. Showing ignorance is how we learn, it's how we get strangers to tell us their stories, it'…