Recently a fellow teacher observed quite casually that movies can never be as good as the books they are based on because our imagination will always be better to us than what is on the screen. I find I am never completely satisfied with movies based on books, but fortunately I get a great [...]
I re-read Eragon and the sequel, Eldest, at around the same time I saw the movie. Of course half the fun of reading for me is analyzing, and so, while I enjoyed them, I think these books have some problems with time (a pet peeve of mine).
The second book covers a span of approximately [...]
Tomorrow is the first day of the third quarter.
Tomorrow also begins my turn at lunch duty. I have it for the rest of the year, so now is the time to put aside thoughts of freedom and adjust my attitude. Every job has its down side and if one is going to maintain any [...]
The decision to follow Jesus should not result in greater adherence to a set of rules, but in a reshaping of one’s thought patterns, the adoption of a new set of attitudes, an entire change of direction in one’s way of life. For that reason this post would be incomplete if I only [...]
Hello, my name is Shannon and I eat too much!
I am defining “petty gluttony” as overeating which may lead to a weight gain of up to 25 pounds over the ideal weight (whatever that may be). A petty glutton is one who regularly engages in petty gluttony.
It is hard for [...]
Good communication is essential to a healthy relationship. In order for good communication to occur each party must actively work to reach out to the other parties. Good communication is difficult with two persons. My guess is that the difficulty level increases significantly as the number of persons involved increases.
Consider the group [...]
I like to stand so still that I can hear their wings as they slowly flap overhead. I like it when they take over a rooftop, forty or fifty to a ridgepole, etched against the sky like the spiky palings of an iron gate.
But this fall I counted at least 200, meaning [...]
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