Michael Stephens presented a small but interesting post today by Mick Jacobsen on "Love thy luddite" that makes some simple and good points. It resonated with me because one of the problems I have with the whole L2 phenomena is that they often do not listen and that they tend to push way too hard to...

(HT: Christine at Memories of a Catholic Wife and Mother, whose mention of food blogs directed me to some new reading material!) Discovering Organic and Thrifty couldn't have come at a better time, as I really needed to clean out my fridge and I really need to do a better job o...

Know Your Enemy More: Update below Kate Bouldan is an attractive reporter. Actually a very attractive, young, likable, intelligent (as in Phi Beta Kappa smart) reporter for CNN. If you were to bring Kate home and introduce her to Mom and Dad, she's already part of the family, she is that likable. Bu...

The crochet bug has bitten hard. For some reason I just want to crochet. So I dug out some Madil Ked Seta that I bought last year and decided that I needed an electric green, lace-weight scarf. The pattern is from Interweave Crochet winter 2008, and it is called the Alpine Frost scarf. Really super ...

Singer/producer The Dream and his latest signee singer/girlfriend Christina Milian pose for a pic at The Dream’s album release party at Promenade on Monday night in New York City. In a recent interview to promote his sophomore album, Love Vs. Money, The Dream spoke on C.Mili’s new hair c...

Yesterday, as I stood on the balcony at church and listened to the missionary from Calcutta Mercy Ministries, my heart felt like it was going to burst out of my chest. Hot tears stained my cheeks as I watched the footage of the baby girl being fed by her nurse. The baby was born in India, abandoned ...

Coming to a stadium near you: Muzlims, aka, barbarian savages, protesting JEWS playing tennis in….oh yea…. The Izlamic Kingdom of Sweden. MALMO, Sweden, March 8 - Israel beat seven-times champions Sweden 3-2 in the Davis Cup first round on Sunday after an heroic five-set win by Harel Lev...

Do you want to know one of the reasons why I had the idea for Kiwi Writers? I didn't have hard facts to back it up but here's one: 90% of writing published in New Zealand is non-fiction and the remaining 10% is almost all literary fiction. Compare this to the markets of most other countries where ov...

I have had a couple of people write me and tell me that they would love to make a donation to help our youth get to Brussels, Beligium for Spring Break. This is a once in a lifetime trip for these kids and we have struggled to raise the funds to get them there. We are working hard to raise the money...

I'm almost 39. Eegads. My mom says I better start subtracting years, to which I say HELL YES. I opened my gift from her--a copy of the DVD "Mama Mia!" Yes, I have finally caught her addiction LOL. I've been listening to the soundtrack quite a bit. It's a catchy thing ;) Hubby has to order my cake--t...