Monthly Archives: June 2011
Cultivation
(A sestina, for the “cultivation” poetry prompt at Books and Culture) Nothing magic or automatic makes a lady cultivated, a gentleman distinguished. We inherit hair color, stature, shades of complexion—but DNA contains no culture; It can’t be handed down like … Continue reading
Filed under Body Life, Random Acts of Poetry
Humility Is Not Like Cramming for a Test
The week before a big exam I crammed in whatever facts, equations, names, and dates I needed. Come test time, I unloaded those bursting memory banks, pencil flying ahead of the clock. After time was up and my pencil was … Continue reading
Filed under Humility
A New Hue at Rainbow
We’re thrilled to let you know that Charles Sharman’s Through the Bible with My Child is now available at Rainbow Resource Center (where we find many of our home school books and supplies). Have fun exploring the Rainbow! An excerpt … Continue reading
Filed under Bible Reading, TTBWMC
Level-Headed Red
They say red is hot-headed fiery and volatile. On the contrary, hers is the longest wavelength, her frequency of peaks and troughs is, of all colors, least. She is calm, even-keeled, slow to trough, slow to peak. (For the combination … Continue reading
Filed under PhotoPlay, Random Acts of Poetry
Know and Do
Wise and Otherwise is one of my favorite board games. It’s similar to the “dictionary game” (you’re given an obscure word, then you make up a definition that you think others will vote for), except instead of being given a … Continue reading
Priceless Correspondence
Now they come at four dimes and four pennies apiece in neat sheets, like pages out of a history volume boasting of our own, our own brush strokes and space probes and man around the globe. They come like syncopated … Continue reading
Filed under Encouragement, Random Acts of Poetry
Will Mom Ever Grow Up?
This is the second summer Derek and Titus are going away for a week-long camp. At least this year, the camp is not far (Woodland Park, instead of last year’s six-hour drive to Lake City). Still, though Woodland Park is … Continue reading
Filed under High Calling Book Club, Parenting
How Is a Ham Bone Like a Cedar Tree?
I met Kathy in the autumn of 2005, when I was new to our church and feeling a bit friendless. It was Easter 2006, so I had only known Kathy for a few months. We were chatting about our Easter-meal … Continue reading
Filed under Body Life, Encouragement
