Christ's Resurrection - READING THE BIBLE THIS YEAR

The Death of Jesus and Judas Hangs Himself

THE LAST SUPPER - Matthew 26 - Reading the Bible

READING THE BIBLE THIS YEAR-1st Samuel Chptr. 13

READING THE BIBLE - 1st Samuel Chapter 12

5-Minute Bible Study

Reading the Bible this Year: Samuel Anoints Saul as King

The 7 Woes - Parable with Warnings from Jesus

The Wedding Parable-READING THE BIBLE THIS YEAR

Jesus Enters the City on a Donkey - READING THE BIBLE

DIVORCE-What does the Bible Say

The Supernatural Ark of the Covenant-READING THE BIBLE

The Ark of the Covenant-READING THE BIBLE

READING THE BIBLE-1st Samuel 3-The Lord Calls Samuel

Hannah's Prayer-READING THE BIBLE-1st Sam. Ch. 2

Reading the Bible This Year: 1st Samuel Chapter 1

READING THE BIBLE THIS YEAR-Matthew 15-Jesus Heals

Jesus Walks on Water-Matthew 14

READING THE BIBLE THIS YEAR: Matthew 13

READING RUTH CHAPTER 4

Reading the Bible this Year: Ruth Chapter 3

5-Minutes in the Bible-Ruth Chapter 1

Curious about Demons? Join us as we Read the Bible

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR: Judges 20

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR: Judges 19

Reading the Bible in 1 Year: Judges Chapter 18

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR: Matthew 10 - Jesus Sends Out the 12

What does the Bible Say About Judging Others?

READING THE BIBLE THIS YEAR: Micah's Idols

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR: Samson & Delilah

Read the Bible with Us-Matthew 5-The Beatitudes

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR-John the Baptist Prepares the Way

READING THE BIBLE THIS YEAR-The 3 Kings

Reading the Bible this Year: Judges 14-Samson's Marriage

READING THE BIBLE THIS YEAR: Judges 8

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR: Revelation Chapter 22

Forgiveness in the Bible

READING THE BIBLE - REV. 20 - SATAN'S DOOM

Hallelujah! - READING REVELATION 19

Curious What the Bible Says about Prophesy?

Reading the Bible - Revelation 17 - The Woman on the Beast

7 Angels & 7 Plagues - The Tribulation in the Bible

The Angel of the Lord at Bokim - Reading the Bible

666 - The Number of the Beast - READING THE BIBLE

Joshua's Farewell-Reading the Bible this Year

The Woman and The Dragon - READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR

The Two Witnesses for God - Revelation 11

The Angel & The Little Scroll - Revelation 10

Misunderstandings Can Start Wars - Joshua Chapter 22

Cities of Refuge: Joshua Chapter 20

END of DAYS: DEMONS & DESTRUCTION

The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelation 5

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR: Joshua Chapter 21

Revelation Chapter 2 - Angels, Stars, & the Future

HAVE A PEACEFUL WEEKEND - Read the Bible With Us

Reading the Bible in 1 Year: Joshua 18

Revelations Chapter 1 - Hope in Crisis

Reading the Bible-The Division of land of the Children of Israel

Our Daily Reading of the Bible

CHAOTIC TIMES - READ the Bible with Us for Peace

Join Us As We Read Through the Bible This Year

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR: Lies, Trickery & Deception

Reading the Bible in 1 Year: Ai Destroyed

READING THE BIBLE IN 1 YEAR: Joshua 7 - Greed, Theft & Punishment

Reading the Bible- Talking about Atlantis, Math & More

Angels...? We're Reading the Bible Today: Joshua 5

Reading the Bible in 1 Year: The Death of Moses

Generosity and Divorce are themes as we Read the Bible this year

Reading the Bible in 1 Year: History of the Children of Israel

The Nation of Israel - Reading the Bible in 1 Year

Thursday, July 31, 2008

My Son's Art





Both my son's are artists. Here's some of Jake's stuff. Let me know what you think.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Happy Blog Day to You

An Animal Crisis


My niece, Serena, did a post on her school blogsite about the bushmeat crisis. Some of the research is worth reading, and at least buying a t-shirt.

Check it out here: http://www.bushmeat.org/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=888&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true

And here's a photo of my environmentally aware niece, rock wall climbing:

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

A Post About Family: My Kids





Here are my kids:

100 New Words Added to Dictionary

Merriam-Webster adds 100 new words:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080707/new_dictionary_words.html?.v=1

Monday, July 28, 2008

Literacy Debate

Great article about literacy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Bite Their Heads Off - Literally

I love these cookie cutters:

http://editorialanonymous.blogspot.com/

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Plastic Bags Are On Their Way Out in Portland, OR

If you'd like to read another article about cutting down on plastic bags, it looks like Portland, Oregon may be going the way of Boston and San Francisco:

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1217048156300160.xml&coll=7

Friday, July 25, 2008

Buy Yourself a Carbon Offset

There was a bumper sticker on a car that announced it
had redeemed its carbon footprint by buying a
carbon offset at TerraPass.

I logged on today and it is really easy to plug
in the year, make and model of your car, and
estimate the number of miles you drive a year.
It immediately tells you the number of your
carbon footprint and gives you the
price for a year's offset. Mine was $59.50.

If I buy the offset they will mail me a decal
for my car. The website gives detailed information
about where the money goes, and you can choose
between various options such as wind energy.
 https://www.terrapass.com/carbon-footprint-calculator/

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Writing Contests

Here are a few links my writing friends might be interested in:

Poetry Contest: http://contest.writersdigest.com/poetry/

Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Contest:
http://contest.writersdigest.com/popfiction/


And here's a new magazine with a call for submissions:

Max It Magazine – Portland, Oregon’s above-ground “subway” system
is called “MAX” which stands for Metropolitan Area Express, this is a new magazine looking for 1000 word articles
that are family friendly. You can send submissions to:
michelle@maxitmagazine.com or visit their website at www.maxitmagazine.com

Good luck!



Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Recycle and Reuse to Help Save the Earth

In Portland, Oregon, we Recycle probably more than any city in
this country but, if you visit Denmark, you’d be impressed
with their ability to limit use.

If you’re interested in recycling, and reusing:
these articles will help motivate you:
 
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20080720/Brazil.Dead.Penguins/

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/MULTIMEDIA02/80505016

Monday, July 21, 2008

Teen Dictionary

Here's a teen dictionary link for all my writing friends, or just for parents who want to know what the heck their kids are talking about:

http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/familylife/l/blawords.htm

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Out on the Water - Weekend Fun

Here's Mackenzie (Luke's gfriend) innertubing with us. This one looks like it hurt.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Ask the Editor

Wouldn't it be great to be able to ask an editor questions and get the answers immediately? Well here's one place where you can find lots of answers to questions writers posed:

http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/rx/tr01/eanonymous.shtml

Check it out and let me know what you thought.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

So Little Time


Everything seems to take forever and there's so little time left for writing. Between work, family, friends and the dogs - well... it doesn't leave much time for anything else. Here's me and the girls: Kit and new puppy Sasha.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Update on She Loves Me - She Loves Me NOT

The agent told my friend she didn't have enough photographs for her nonfiction picture book (pb) but she did give her the name of another agent (a referral) and said that agent is more into illustrated pb's - so there's still hope...

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Writing Contest

Check out this blogsite for a real writing contest: where an agent will award the prize:


www.misssnarksfirstvictim.blogspot.com

Agent Questions - She Loves Me - Not

I have a friend who got an email from an agent asking her to call - any time. I figured, "She's going to offer representation." I mean, isn't that the call we're all waiting to make? So anyway, she makes the call and it's a "NO". I don't get it. My friend is going to call me tonight and tell me what happened in that call. I'll keep you posted.

But BookEnds Agency had some good answers to questions about agents: http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/

Monday, July 14, 2008

Shakespeare - To Be-lieve or Not



Editorial Ass questions the truth of Shakespeare writing the stories he has been so famous for, here: http://editorialass.blogspot.com/ but no matter what anyone decides, I choose to believe. How can I not, when I've visited his birthplace and seen his gravesite?

And Hamlet's Castle has a plaque attributing the story to William so what's a simpleminded person to believe. I want to be like Virginia and say "Yes there is a . . .Shakespeare who wrote the tales."

To rewrite history, would create too much chaos and wreck havoc on the people who celebrate him.

Writing-a Lonely Endeavor-Kill 2 Birds with 1 Stone

Writing can be a very lonely endeavor but by joining a critique group, you'll improve your social network and your writing - in effect - killing two birds with one stone.

I joined one group that wanted to meet about once a month and liked it so much I had to join another that meets every other weekend. Here's a picture of the group that meets every other weekend - but we're missing Kerry (who just had her baby, Rowan) and Pam.


critique group

Saturday, July 12, 2008

New Technology for Writing

Intel has a new mini laptop that only costs about $300. Check it out at this site: http://classmatepc.com/index.htm?iid=hdr_nav+cmpc_home

If you click on Product Info and then features, the girl on the screen is my niece, Serena. She took the laptop for a test drive and thought it was super cool and light weight. It might be worth taking a look at.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Beginning Blog - or - Getting a Life

In the beginning, when I was a kid, I started writing for pleasure. When my kids started heading off to college, my oldest son told me to, “Get a Life.”

I thought how hard can it be? Well, after devoting 23 years to raising kids, it’s not so easy. It’s difficult to change focus and break habits but I’m trying - by writing.