Plain Brown Birds

I’ve just noticed something about myself that I don’t like very well.
I’ve become more interested in birds in my later years, and that’s good, but I seem only to be interested in identifying the birds with bright colors–my favorite the goldfinch, and then orioles, jays, cardinals, and Western tanagers.
And, come to think of it, the [...]

Odd Coincidence

Our southern California weather changed abruptly Wednesday…at least the evening, night and morning temperatures.  So I changed my bedding to the heavier blanket and quilt spread I like to use for this season of the year.  But the strangest thing has happened.  Both mornings I have slept soundly until 7:30, in spite of different times [...]

I Wasn’t Sleepy

Today is Thursday, October 7, 2009.  Last night–this morning, that is–my sleeping hours were from about 1:30 to 5:30 am.
But the previous night, I was so sleepy by 9 that I went to bed and to sleep by 9:30 and slept straight through till 5:30 in the morning.  I can’t think of any logical reason [...]

The Christian Chronicle: After 20 years, Nigeria is still Whittakers’ calling

The Christian Chronicle: After 20 years, Nigeria is still Whittakers’ calling
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Quotation from Einstein

quoted in the biography by Walter Isaacson, 2007, Simon and Schuster:
From a sermon by Einstein at Caltech in 1930—
“…science had not yet been harnessed to do more good than harm.  During the war it gave people ‘the means to poison and mutilate one another’ and in peacetime it ‘has made our lives harried and uncertain.’  [...]

Another Book Suggestion

The Healing Power of a Christian Mind, Dr. William Backus. Bethany House Publishers, 1996

Janice Learns About Tatting

Tatting is an old craft for making lace and other decorative ornamentation.
Tatting is portable and easy to learn creating
complex pieces with simple stitches.

When I came to California as a newlywed in 1950, I met cousin “Tom,” Glenn’s mother’s cousin. I think her real name was Bernice, but everyone called her Tom.
She did [...]

The Value of the Invisible

You can tell from this blog that taking care of my physical health is important to me.  I have another blog titled www.simplebiblestudy.wordpress.com
In it I encourage the second half of Jesus’ statement to Satan, “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”  Sometimes I wish [...]

A link to read about sugar and sugar substitutes

http://www.womentowomen.com/nutritionandweightloss/splenda.aspx
I read the entire thorough discussion of sugar and sugar substitutes. Although it ends with an offer of their “Personal Program” for health, I found their information balanced and thoughtful.

More about Pollan’s book

Today I read part of chapter three, “The Industrialization of Eating.” He goes into the history of white flour, for instance, and explains how choices made because of human weaknesses have combined to weaken the nutritional value of what most of the people are eating today. I also browsed ahead and read his argument [...]