Or the theory of selective cleanliness... Different cooks have different patterns. Me, I like a clean kitchen, and I take the spare moments along the way to try and clean up what I can so there is less to do at the end. Now, this can be frustrating, since I live in a family of … Continue reading Cleaning up as you go along …
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Fitness Update: wind/breath
This past week was a recovery from the cold/cough week. I didn't do much of anything until Wednesday of last week, and then it was just a bike trip to work and back. But by Friday I was ready for a short run, and by Saturday I was ready to try my weekly long run. … Continue reading Fitness Update: wind/breath
Fitness Update: Race Training
Last week I reported on my 5K. Well, four weeks from the 5K is the 10K. So I need to be training for the 10K and on to the half marathon six weeks later. That requires a training regimen. So I got the wellness center at work to design me the below schedule: WEEK … Continue reading Fitness Update: Race Training
Janet Cardiff: Forty-Part Motet
Back in December I sang three times at the Nelson-Atkins Museum here in Kansas City, MO as part of their a capella open call: A cappella Open Call Thursdays through Sundays November 25 – December 23 |12:30 p.m. (one performance per day) Calling all choral groups! Transform iconic museum spaces through the power of your a … Continue reading Janet Cardiff: Forty-Part Motet
The Martian: better book or movie?
The Avondale United Methodist Church Book Club, of which I am a regular member, had a double-header today: we discussed the book The Martian, had lunch, and then watched the movie The Martian. Warning, possible spoilers ahead. Now, I classify the Martian as science fiction, and science fiction isn't the sort of reading that a … Continue reading The Martian: better book or movie?
A Blast of the Past #83: The Zoo 2007
Our Zoo has been going through a lot of renovation during the past decade. These photos show what it was like 10 years ago, and what we were like 10 years ago.
#162: Fill Me Now
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Hover o'er me, Holy Spirit, Bathe my trembling heart and brow; Fill me with Thy hallow'd presence, Come, O come and fill me now, CHORUS Fill me now, full me now, Jesus, come and fill me now; … Continue reading #162: Fill Me Now
#161: The Comforter Has Come
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 O spread the tidings 'round wherever man is found, Where ever human hearts and human woes abound; Let ev'ry Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound: The Comforter has come! CHORUS The Comforter has come, the Comforter has … Continue reading #161: The Comforter Has Come
Organization: The Kitchen, Part 2
About 13 months ago I put up a post about reorganizing the kitchen. We've been in the house 13 years, and the kitchen had never been reorganized, though our lifestyles had changed. Today I made the first significant change to the kitchen since that day 13 months ago. The kitchen has been more serviceable, but … Continue reading Organization: The Kitchen, Part 2
#160: Channels Only
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 How I praise Thee, precious Savior, That Thy love laid hold of me; Thou hast saved and cleansed and filled me That I might Thy channel be. CHORUS Channels only, blessed Master -- But with all thy … Continue reading #160: Channels Only
At The Rainbow 