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Archive for June, 2007

Actual Quote (Raquel)

Posted in Raquel, Real Life Quotes on Jun 28th, 2007 No Comments »

Yes, God gave us meat to eat, but not only that, apparently–
“God gave us vegetarians to eat, too!”
(As always, the quotee will remain anonymous.)

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Renga Returns! (Raquel)

Posted in Not Much of Anything, Raquel on Jun 28th, 2007 1 Comment »

I’ve finally started up a new renga on my renga blog. For those who are just joining us, a renga is collaborative poem in style of the Japanese haiku (essentially several haiku by different authors strung together into one poem). There is more information about writing renga here if you’re interested in learning more, [...]

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Haiku of the Day (Raquel)

Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »

Inspired by our sail on Lake Superior:
in the prow of the ship–
nothing but waves
between me and the sky

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Grandma Price (Gabrielle)

Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle on Jun 25th, 2007 1 Comment »

Last Tuesday a lady from our church died. Laurel Jean Price was 86, had lived a good, full life and died a wonderful, peaceful death. She was surrounded by her family and her church and she simply stopped. One of the nurses said it was the most peaceful death she had ever seen. Tonight we [...]

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Grammar and punctuation (Raquel)

Posted in Life, Children and Dishes on Jun 25th, 2007 1 Comment »

In my last post I referred to the the ‘Evanses’.  I did this after intense research –okay, okay, I really just did a quick google search– into the proper pluralization of surnames ending in ’s’.  I settled on this method on the authority of this website, which provided this nugget:
When a proper noun ends in [...]

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By the Shores of Gitche Gumee (Raquel)

Posted in Friends & Family, Life, Children and Dishes, Raquel on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »

We returned safely Saturday evening from our stay by the shores of Gitche Gumee, otherwise known as Lake Superior. It was a lovely stay– a little bit chilly, with plenty of trees and a deserted beach. We went out on a sunset cruise on the the lake, which was downright cold, but I really [...]

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Crystal: Tomorrow (Gabrielle)

Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle on Jun 19th, 2007 No Comments »

We got a call today. The lump is benign. To God be all praise and honor.

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Ahem.. (Raquel)

Posted in Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything, Raquel on Jun 19th, 2007 No Comments »

 Look at me, I’m about to be informative. You know how last time I left on a trip I didn’t mention it on the blog until I’d been back for a couple days? Well, this time I’m giving you plenty of advance warning–we’re not leaving for another couple of hours and I’m already posting about [...]

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Crystal (Gabrielle)

Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jun 18th, 2007 1 Comment »

For some time now Crystal has felt a lump in her neck. She finally went to see the doctor about it because she suspected it might have something to do with possible thyroid issues she’s been having lately. He said basically, “Yep, there’s a lump in your neck” and sent her to have a sonogram [...]

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Wide Awake (Gabrielle)

Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Jun 13th, 2007 2 Comments »

I am tired today. Why am I tired today? Because I haven’t been sleeping well the last couple of nights. Why not? Because it is hot. I can’t seem to sleep when it is hot and stuffy. Last night was the worst so far. I went to bed a little early and then ended up [...]

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