I read The Egg and I as a young teenager back in the dark ages. I remember liking it and so I read Betty MacDonald‘s sequels: The Plague and I and Onions in the Stew. She wrote another memoir titled Anyone Can Do Anything, which I just discovered last week when I reread the first three and picked up the fourth…
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How I Prepare to Lead Bible Study
This is how I prepare to lead Bible study. I’ve already written about the reason why we study the Bible after that initial read, here. I’ve been teaching Bible study pretty much since I graduated from college back in the Dark Ages. Because of our military lifestyle, I’ve led Bible studies in all four corners of the United States and…
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On Being Published: 5 Years Later
I was first published five years ago and my life changed. It didn’t make me wealthier, more popular or stunningly beautiful, though I am thinner (5.5 years in the gym), far more tired (far less sleep)and more harried than I was raising children. I even drink coffee, which I eschewed for my entire previous life. Other things changed about me–some…
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Under Sea with the USS Independence
My husband recently took part in an expedition to examine the USS Independence. He had a stimulating visit on board the E/V Nautilus with Dr. Robert Ballard, a crew of extraordinary scientists, and a few other visitors. My Navy guy traveled as a guest, but as it happens, he’s a retired submariner. He’s familiar with the US Navy, nuclear power, radiological controls,…
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At Sea on the E/V Nautilus
My Navy guy took to sea recently with Dr. Robert Ballard on board the E/V Nautilus. It’s the first time he’d been to sea in a very long time and he had a splendid time. (Indeed, he pretty much talked nonstop about it for the first 24 hours after I picked him up!) He’d met Dr. Ballard before, as detailed…
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To the Dungeness Spit Lighthouse
We recently hiked the 5.5 miles to the Dungeness Spit Lighthouse and back. Yes, that is 11 miles in a four hour trip. It was a perfect day and I could not take a bad picture with my phone. Enjoy! I wrote about the hike itself, and why, in my last post here. One hour into our hike, we rounded the…
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