R.M Ballantyne was born in 1825 and was one of the most popular authors of the 19th century. He wrote stories of daring adventure, narrow escapes, and faith in God. He believed that the boys of his time were too sheltered and pampered and wimpy, so he wrote inspiring stories meant to show [...]

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The garbage collector comes on Tuesday mornings so every Monday is time to bag up the week’s worth of trash. Today, I gave the girls explicit instructions to include a forgotten 32 gallon can that was languishing apart from the others. I warned them that they might find horrible things since they had [...]

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This drawing is closed.   The winner, chosen by the Random Integer Generator at Random.org, is Mrs. Klause.  Thanks to everyone who entered!
The delightful Serven family of the Genevan Foundation has released 2 new CDs! We have used and enjoyed their first 2 albums on learning to sing the Psalms in 4 part [...]

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I finished reading Malachi just a few minutes ago and added a small note at the end:
5/19/08 Finished OT!
Based on my old note just above the new one, I noticed that it has been exactly a year (to the day!) since I finished the OT last time. This tickles me for some incomprehensible reason. [...]

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