John’s latest book, Null-A Continuum, arrived on our doorstep. The book is a sequel to World of Null-A and Players of Null-A by A. E. Van Vogt — John’s favorite books when he was a child. These books were bestsellers in the Forties and Fifties, back when “Fans were Slans” and fans lived in Slan Shacks.…
I cannot tell you with what joy I read that Fran Lyon fled England last fall and is now living in hiding somewhere…with her baby (Molly Linda Anna Lyons, born on a Sunday in January!) Thank you, God! I have been praying and praying for this young women whom the English government turned on and…
Last night, we ran a short installation of our Monster game, run by Uncle Bill. In the monster game, we all play nine year olds with invisible monsters. In this particular episode, there was some kissing by children of other children on the cheek, partially in cute nine year old crush style and partially because…
Part of our deal when John joined the Catholic church was that the children would only go to my church. This is because I feel that what is taught at my church is both very valuable and a bit hard to grasp, and I don’t want to confuse them until they really get a good…
I write this with some hesitance, because I’m often annoyed at people demanding changes in modern life and language as part of what they are “entitled” to and hesitate to participate in that kind of thinking, but… I recently had to fill out forms for a loan: two loans, actually, one temporary, the other more…
All the girls are doing it, so I thought I’d try it, too. Not a whole lot to say to younger me. I respect my past self. Any pitfalls I might warn her about were not matters where I would have heeded anyone else’s advice. So, I’ll keep it short: Dear 17-Year Old Me, Don’t be…
Juss: “I slide into another room. What kind of monster do I see?” Mommy: “A big blue dragon!” Juss: “I hold up my sword and cry out ‘Knights of the Seven Round-Up!’ This makes lighting come out of my sword! Then I slice him with my magic sword and my belt of strenght, and I use my seven-piece wand!”…
I’ve been reading a bit more about Spindrift and continue to find it amazing! [For those who missed the previous post: Spindrift was an organization that applied scientific method to prayer. They set up hundreds and hundreds of experiments where people prayed over plants of various kinds. Sometimes, they would set up the experiment so…
As always, only of interest to those who want to join in praying. For this month (which is almost over ;-), let’s just be grateful! For years, I’ve been hearing stories about people in my church who, when asking for help through prayer, were told to list twenty-five things they were grateful for, and how some…
Just read an article in the TV Guide on sex on TV. (It included the amusing line about a teen show having a sex scene “your grandmother is too young to see” ) One of the people interviewed praised the growing amount of smut on TV with the comment “The more comfortable we are talking…