Well, Liliana and I went to the doctor this morning to get her bright pink cast off, and instead the doctor decided, after removing it and x-raying her thumb, to put another one back on–for two more weeks! The bone is not healed yet. Let me tell you. The cast probably bothers us more than […]
Hilarious Things
Dan and I were flying back from somewhere, when we discovered a book recommendation list in the US Airways Magazine. One caught our eye immediately as the “funniest unknown book in the world,” and we decided that we had to read it (which we’ve both just done). The postscript by Anthony Burgess says it best, […]
Winners! and a Song
Drum roll, please. The winners of the Eve Giveaway Contest are these fabulous people (for those of you who didn’t play, or did play and didn’t receive, I’m so sorry…truly, blame the hat I put the names into!): Jenny N. Mimi Kelly G. Vicki Laura U. If you five will e-mail me at comment4elissa at […]
Feel-Goodery
It makes me sad that studios like Fox have had to design specific divisions for the evangelical Christian (Fox Faith and Provident Film). Clean, cozy stories for the cleanest people? What? I don’t get it. If you’ve read the Bible through and through, it’s a pretty harrowing read in some places, and from it, we’ve […]
Barred Owl
This past fall, right before we left for the adoption, Dan came racing down the stairs, talking on the phone, but motioning out the window, frantic for me to see something. We have many large windows all along the south of the house, so we get to see various things throughout the day, if we’re […]