Reverb #11: 11 Things
December 11 – 11 Things. What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life? Like Gretchen Rubin and Ben...
View ArticleToday’s Moment of Parenting Zen
The first time he tried it, he fell down. It was because he turned around to see me watching. The secret, as I explained it, was that he couldn’t look back at me. He had to face forward, keep his eyes...
View ArticleA Meditation for Ash Wednesday
MaryAnn McKibben Dana Idylwood Presbyterian Church March 9, 2011 Ash Wednesday Isaiah 64:1-7 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2...
View ArticleGiving Up Should for Lent
I have an unofficial goal (call it an intention) of posting to the blog each weekday, with Friday being a short roundup of links I found interesting throughout the week. But that’s not always possible,...
View ArticleThings I Learned While My Kid Was at Camp
As I mentioned on Monday, Caroline is at Girl Scout camp this week. The weirdest thing for me is not even being able to talk to her. Camp is one of the last experiences in which parents and children...
View Article“A Prize I’ve Won by Not Doing Something”
Written earlier this week, before I left for FFW: This article, called “The Hunger Game and How to Win It,” resonated with me on many levels: the fact that the author David Gessner has a self house,...
View ArticleFriday Link Love
We’ve had a lot of new visitors to The Blue Room lately, so by way of orientation: every Friday I post a variety of links to items that interested me over the last week, most of which require little...
View ArticleTreehouses, Letting Go, and the Definition of Food: Friday Link Love
Let’s start with a feel-good: 97 Year Old Woman Gets a Diploma — Washington Post She had to drop out during the Depression: “When I told her she was getting a diploma, she sobbed as if a pain had been...
View Article“No” Has Consequences
It’s been a wonderful summer—our family’s trip to Iona, Scotland was over-the-moon wonderful—but it’s good to be back into a routine. I put my lastborn child on the school bus this morning. I won’t...
View ArticleWhat’s Done Is Done
I use this quote in Sabbath in the Suburbs, and I have it posted on the bulletin board in my study. I try to let go of the unfinished work of my life when it is time to rest, or play, or sleep, or...
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