IF Gathering: my hesitations & conclusions
Have you heard of Jennie Allen and IF? I hadn't. So last year when yarn artisan and fellow sub Katie told me about the gathering of women in Zeeland for a Livestream event from Texas, I was skeptical. When you take a bunch of women anywhere, put them in the same room...
The Year of the Puppy
Halfway through January isn't usually when people post their New Year things. But this is me and sometimes The Nerd Factory is on its own schedule. Though, most of it is due to that purple-collared furry thing on my lap. Her arrival has meant being up several times a...
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
As a true Harry Potter fan, I was skeptical of this book especially in the script format. I wanted to dive into the world of wands, butterbeer and the insatiable characters again without reading the setting of each scene. It's 308 pages long, 2 Parts, 4 Acts and many...
In the Raw: Journey of Churches
I'm folding laundry this time. I seem to do the best thinking when my hands are busy doing mundane things. My arms reaching out to pick up a towel. Familiar motions and soon it is folded. Another towel and anther. My body working in harmony. Out of the corner of my...
In the Raw: Perfect
My mom has said it often: Ironing is a great way to get warm in the winter and a time to think. Though I like being warm and thinking, I still choose to iron as little as possible. I find as many ways/shortcuts to avoid ironing as I can. But, there are those moments...
To the family in the booth behind us
I'm not sure when I began to feel your disapproving stares. It may have been the moment when our youngest pointed out that he was coloring green fire out of his dragons tail which led to the middle child's thoughts of green gas and then contagious giggling that even I...