It's Monday. Time to talk about how we're making-do.That's what this carnival is all about. Here, we discuss all the creative and humble (or even humbling) ways we're making-do.How are we duct-taping our furniture together or tolerating a lumpy old couch for another few months (or years)? What kinds of products are we squeezing every drop out of before forking out a few … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: A Deck of Cards
Make-Do Mondays is a carnival dedicated to sharing the creative, frugal or even humble ways we’re making-do.To participate in Make-Do Mondays, simply join in the discussion via the comments or Mr. Linky.The Mr. Linky for WordPress.com isn’t as robust as the version that Typepad and Blogger can use, but I'm making do in all kinds of ways. Even with blog technology.Here’s … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Absurdly Easy Chocolate Cake
Join the Food on Fridays carnival–any post related to the topic of food is welcome!To link up, click on Mr. Linky below. A screen will pop up where you can type in your name and paste in the url to your own Food on Fridays post (give us the exact link to your Food on Fridays page, not just the link to your blog).You can also visit other people’s posts by clicking on Mr. … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Make-Do Heritage
Make-Do Mondays is a carnival dedicated to sharing the creative, frugal or even humble ways we’re making-do.To participate in Make-Do Mondays, simply explain some way that you’re making do. Join in the discussion via the comments or Mr. Linky.The Mr. Linky for WordPress.com isn't as slick as what Typepad and Blogger can use, but I figure I should make-do with that, as … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Remember Video Cassettes?
Make-Do Mondays is a carnival dedicated to sharing the creative, frugal or even humble ways we’re making-do.And please forgive me for running late today.To participate, simply explain some way that you're making do. Join in the discussion via the comments or Mr. Linky. The Mr. Linky for WordPress.com is pretty lame, but I'm using it anyway. Here's how it works:Click on the … [Read more...]
Food on Fridays: Thick and Chewy, Fast and Easy Pizza Dough
Food on Fridays is a carnival inviting people to yack about food! Bloggers can link up their food-themed posts via Mr. Linky; readers without blogs can leave their fascinating food-thoughts in the comments. And while I love a great recipe and will gratefully click over to find out what someone recommends, let me assure you that any topic remotely related to food is … [Read more...]
Choosing What is Best
Friday's entry in My Utmost for His Highest explained that when the Spirit fills us, we're transformed. By beholding God as in a mirror, we become a mirror for others. "Beware of anything that would spot or tarnish that mirror in you," Chamber writes. "It is almost always something good that will stain it— something good, but not what is best."So many good things tempt us … [Read more...]
Barber Chair Reflections
After I posted "Freshening Up," it occurred to me that my choice of a barber chair to represent haircuts and trims might have come across decidedly unfeminine.I suddenly realized, Why, that's a man-chair!Why didn't I choose a compact mirror with powder or blush to illustrate "freshening up"?Or lipgloss application?Even a women's hair dryer, for that matter?Why the … [Read more...]
Time Are Hard
[Updated: Whoops. Left a little too quickly this morning. Of course the title of this post should be "Times" are hard. Otherwise it suggests an enigmatic statement about the Theory of Relativity mixed with a "Kids 'R' Us" phrasing.]Yesterday, The Belgian Wonder and I turned into the Goodwill parking lot."Look!" I cried out. "A limo! At Goodwill! Quick, let's get a picture. … [Read more...]
January 2009 MMM Monday Progress Report #3
I realized this week that I simply must start making smaller buttons. To that end, I have taken a moment to shrink the brain (coral) and offer you an alternative. Here it is:Use whichever size best suits your blog.Now, what kind of memory progress have we made (or not made) this past week? (Post a link in the comments, and I'll copy them in as soon as … [Read more...]
Do It Again!
As I mentioned in a recent post, I only read a few early chapters in Acedia & me, by Kathleen Norris, before I had to return it to the library. However, I found myself pondering some of her words. For example, she wrote, "The difficult thing about days is that they must be repeated" (p. 12*). Acedia, it seems, struggles with the sameness and … [Read more...]
Yesterday in the Fading Light
Yesterday in the fading light, the sun slipped low and peered up at the cloud-folds. They acted as a scrim to the softening sunlight, rays shining warm shades of orange and pale rose along the edges of stray cloud-trails.I was driving west on a country road and slowed the car down to take it in.No cars behind me, so I stopped completely at a four-way stop and waited.The … [Read more...]
Steel Cut Oats Bonus Track
I love to be helpful, so when I manage to provide readers with something useful, thought-provoking, or dig up information they can use to solve a problem, I'm thrilled. That's why it's been unexpected but delightful to discover that one particular blog post seems to fit the bill. This post, explaining step-by-step how to cook steel cut oats overnight by using a crock … [Read more...]
Hospitality to Oneself
Kathleen Norris and her new book, Acedia & me, must not have a strong Web presence. I presume this because a rambling post I published after hearing Norris speak at the Festival of Faith & Writing last year seemed to gain a lot of hits for people searching "acedia" or "Kathleen Norris acedia." I can't imagine the post was all that informative. Fortunately for … [Read more...]
Make-Do Mondays: Building Self-Confidence with a Roll of Duct Tape
Last week, I launched Make-Do Mondays, a carnival dedicated to sharing ways we’re making-do.Right away, Jenni pointed out that this carnival can do more than entertain or inform--learning to make-do can also empower:I love this idea! I don’t think that people realize how empowering it is to come up with creative ways to use things lying around, or just to summon up the … [Read more...]
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