The great-tailed grackles bid us a fond farewell
November 30th, 2012 | Just a slice of heaven | Grace | 3 CommentsIf birdsong could lift us up by sheer volume, we’d be halfway to our next stop by now.
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Posts from the ‘Just a slice of heaven’ Category
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Are we there yet? Would we know?
September 16th, 2012 | Just a slice of heaven | Grace | 4 CommentsI used to think that by the time I was 30, I wouldn’t be asking myself “What am I going to be when I grow up?” Now I wonder if you ever really stop asking that.
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Questing after bran muffins
July 1st, 2012 | Just a slice of heaven | Grace | 1 CommentGreg calls them paleocarbs. I call them yummy.
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Will Senator Fudgecake turn into a jerk?
June 25th, 2012 | Adventures with cat, Just a slice of heaven, Orthodox perspective | Grace | No CommentsMy latest post at Orthodox Christian Network’s blog The Sounding is about the Senator and I. Except, as usual, I digressed … put in a video of Anderson Cooper being bossed around by an ape, plus my take on animal nuttiness. Plus cartoons. My usual weirdness. (BTW, s-p, if you’re out there, the chart in [...]
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Make the most
June 21st, 2012 | Just a slice of heaven, Quotes | Grace | 1 CommentMake the most of your heart; do not waste it. ELDER PAISIOS THE ATHONITE
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Drawing little altar boys
May 7th, 2012 | Books, Just a slice of heaven, The whole Art thing | Grace | 3 CommentsSorry I haven’t been doing much here lately. I’ve been unusually busy for once, putting in long hours that didn’t allow for much blogging. Any time in the past few weeks that Greg has called and asked what I’m doing, I’ve answered “What else? Drawing altar boys.” That sounds pretty weird, and it’s even weirder [...]
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Baptists and me
April 3rd, 2012 | Just a slice of heaven, Just my humble opinion, Orthodox perspective | Grace | 12 CommentsA friend was baptized recently, and so we went to a nearby Baptist church for the event. And it was bad. Bad for me, I mean. Other people might have thought it was fabulous, but I’ve been away from these slap-happy churches for too long, and the whole thing … well, it made me sick, [...]
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Reading Enchanted Elizabeth with scones
February 26th, 2012 | Books, Books and Tea, Homemade solutions, Just a slice of heaven, Things concerning tea | Grace | 2 CommentsWhen I found an excuse for homemade scones with jam and tea, there was no other choice for reading material than “Enchanted April”s Elizabeth von Arnim.
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Freedom’s just another word for … jitterbugging!
February 8th, 2012 | Just a slice of heaven, Videos to share | Grace | 2 CommentsOkay, I haven’t done this in a while, but this is a YouTube video my mom sent to me and it’s just so much fun I have to pass it along even though it’s not important or serious. But it’s got middle-aged people jitterbugging in it, and having a really good time as near as [...]
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Trying to get the hang of it
January 31st, 2012 | Just a slice of heaven | Grace | 9 CommentsI was sitting out in front of the coffeeshop this morning, thinking that I haven’t had much to say about coming to Arizona. It was a beautiful morning, and I was feeling smart for figuring out just before everyone else that the sun was going to emerge and so we could all leave the safety [...]
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