Stuff in the Basement

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Value-added carp

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They are not good guests. Their enthusiasm all too regularly runs away with them. We get anywhere near, and they go bananas, come out of...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Morning Thanks--Happy birthday, H. D. Thoreau

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It's hard to imagine just how radical he and his cohorts were back then, almost 200 years ago, how far off the path they walked, list...
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Monday, July 11, 2016

The big move of Joshua Harris

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It is a fascinating story, in part because it's such an odd religious story. Josh Harris, who (improbably) wrote THE evangelical ...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Sunday Morning Meds--Our dwelling place

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“Lord, you have been our dwelling place  throughout all generations.” Psalm 84:1 Today we start on a journey. We won’t be gone ...
Friday, July 08, 2016

Morning Thanks--a story we need to tell

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It's not that there aren't fascinating stories all around; it's just that where this Mormon monument stands is in the middle...
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Thursday, July 07, 2016

Subduing the River

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There are a thousand good reasons for the wonderful series of dams that stand up and down the Missouri River, from Sioux City to Fort Pec...
Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Morning Thanks--Eternal promises

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This morning's light I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I w...
Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Elie Wiesel, 1928-2016

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“Why do you pray?" he asked me, after a moment. Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe? ...
Monday, July 04, 2016

Liberty on Independence Day

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She decided to leave for the Great White North, take a job in Edmonton, and announced it via Facebook, eliciting a ton of comments from ...
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Sunday, July 03, 2016

Sunday Morning Meds--Song of trust

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“ O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.” Psalm 84:12 We first spotted the nest when a robin flew up so close to ou...
Friday, July 01, 2016

Stuff in the Buff

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Rumor had it that the old guy, a lifelong batchelor, used to walk beans in his altogether. That's what people said.  True or no...
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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Guns in the manse--an Iowa story

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All of this happened just about the same time as Dominie Hendrick Scholte led 850 men, women, and children out of the Netherlands to cent...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Fancy Hairwork

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Now should you think this piece of art decor is a hairpiece, you wouldn't be terribly wrong. Granted, someone who would wear such ...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Morning Thanks--Reunion

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At her 50th class reunion yesterday, it was nigh unto impossible for me to imagine what some of those people looked like a half century...
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