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Archive for August, 2008

Memories from Grand Marais — Aug. 18

Posted in Lake Superior, backpacking, cooking, tagged , , , , on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Darlene and Emma, Glen and Erica and “Protein Shake” guy
Duluth Art Fair, complete with blacksmith, at Glensheen
dead black bear cub on the highway by the Black Bear Casino
nervous waitress in the Cup and Saucer
quilt store ladies
“camp bunny” in the night
wolf scat rumors
bear bags
falafel and hummus for everyone!
meeting two teachers
“wolf tracks” ice cream
throwing rocks in the [...]

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Honestly…

Posted in English, behavior, crafts, cross stitch, quilting, school, students, tagged , , , , , on August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I was reading the Yarn Harlot’s blog (as usual, even though I don’t knit) and she posted about how someone on the subway thought she was crocheting, and upon, being corrected, replied “Excuse me, I think I know the difference.”  How could you tell the person doing the craft that they don’t know what it’s [...]

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Archive #3 — Aug. 6

Posted in Christianity, God, prayer, winter, tagged , , on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We search for light.  There is something beautiful about a warm summer’s night, when the stars are big and close and the air is filled with small living sounds, and also something awesome about a winter’s night, when the air is so cold the stars are glittering bits of ice and there is no sound [...]

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Archives #2 Aug. 6 & 10

Posted in Christianity, God, forgiveness, poem, salvation, tagged , , , on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“My song is love unknown, my Savior’s love to me;
Love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be.
Oh, who am I, that for my sake the Lord should take frail flesh and die?” — Samuel Crossman
The first thing I think of when I read this verse is the last line.  How undeserved is the [...]

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Archive #1 — from July 19 and Aug. 23

Posted in Christianity, God, salvation, tagged , , , , , on August 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Is it more difficult to receive than to give?
Jul. 19
I think for me, it’s definitely more difficult to receive, especially in a situation where there is no opportunity to reciprocate. My mom, for example, just bought me two expensive pairs of shoes when I was up in Maine, and I had a hard time [...]

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New starts…

Posted in school, students, tagged , on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I guess I didn’t feel like I had anything new to say, although I kept writing in my journal.  So maybe in the next few weeks/months I’ll post some of those entries.  I really want to be better at keeping a blog.
School starts again Sept. 2, but this time I’m teaching freshmen and juniors [...]

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