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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247403322018-04-23T04:27:53.989-05:00the church lady cooksI am anchored and bouyed by the life of the church and the life of my kitchen. Occasionally, I get sidetracked...Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-26701915172238796762017-02-06T13:57:00.000-05:002017-12-03T16:46:30.526-05:00The Purification, Presentation, and Our Confession of Sin - NOTESI am a big fan of the liturgical reciting of the Confession of Sin.

According to the rubrics - as I have been taught - of the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, we stand for corporate prayer. In a practical sense that means that I stand a lot during the service:
We stand for the processional
for the welcome
song of praise
collect.
We sit for the readings
standing to witness as a people the proclamation of the Good News.
We sit to hear the learned response.
We stand to communally affirm that We Believe.
We remain standing so that as a people a representative can petition our prayers.

And then we kneel. From my earliest memories, I have repeated in unison with the gathered body of Christ:

Most Merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done,
and by what we have left undone.

We have not loved you with our whole heart;

we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.

For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,

have mercy on us and forgive us;

that we may delight in your will,

and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your Name. Amen.

I don't remember a time when I thought it was unimportant to recite - not read - the Confession. Reciting allows my mind to wander, to stop on the words that resonate, to think on what I might have done better or not done at all. It does not bind me up in guilt, nor does it make me feel either better or worse. For most of my 38 worshipping years I have recited and moved on, having made right with myself to making right with my neighbor.

***

Last week was the Feast of the Purification and Presentation, the Feast of Candlemas. Juan Oliver's Preacher's Study for the Feast touches on what exactly that means. According to Jewish rites, Mary comes to pay the temple tax in order to be made ritually clean after giving birth and Joseph and Mary come together to present their first born son, Jesus. We're most familiar with this Festal occasion because it gives us Simeon's graceful personal/political commentary on Emmanuel's birth, the Nunc Dimittis:

"Lord, you now have set your servant free
to go in peace as you have promised;
For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior,
whom you have prepared for all the world to see:
A Light to enlighten the nations,
and the glory of your people Israel.

I urge you to read Juan's pericope. It's thought provoking even though we are now past the Feast. Juan digs into the cultural reasons for placing the Feast when it is and the 1st century implications of Joseph and Mary's actions, as well as the developments to the Feast by the early Church. What does the Feast's placement, so squarely within the season of Epiphany mean for 21st century listeners?

***

I had fully intended to write on the Purification last week. A chorister from my earliest years, I love singing the Nunc and it never fails to comfort in the last moments of Compline. I was struck by the idea Juan presents of a Light that is also a scourge. A Light that like fuller's soap, purifies. He writes, "So Luke stresses that we cannot enjoy the light and warmth of Christ without also welcoming the purification that it brings, a cleansing of the inner clutter of insecurity, lack of focus, deceitfulness, culling favor, and so on."

Daily living go in the way of writing, as it does when I'm not paid to do it. I was okay with setting this aside, allowing the green shoots to mature a while.

***

Until, that is, Sunday. We knelt to recite the Confession and as we were standing to enact the Peace I experienced an epiphany of my own.

"Have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways."

Our confession is fuller's soap. If we don't repent of the wrongdoing - petty and insignificant or all-encompassing - we cannot have room to DELIGHT.

A progressive Christian, I have been told my whole life that God is Love, God loves me, God is still creating, God is willing us to be Love...in other words, God wants us to delight.

As the member of an extended Jewish family, I have always taken seriously that Jews follow Torah because it delights them. To follow God's will is to offer thanks to God.

And sot the call to repent, to be purified, to present ourselves scrubbed clean is not because God wants us to be Good - whatever that is. God wants us to have enough room in our hearts to DELIGHT and thus be willing and able to follow God's ways.

***

A few years ago I taught a family service how to use American Sign Language to recite the Lord's Prayer. My families and I were struck by the word for sin in ASL - using both hands in loose fists but with the index finger of each hooked, make small circles from your stomach outwards.

What happens in our bodies when we have sinned? When we have not told the whole truth or we have held onto information that should have been shared? When we call each other names? OUR STOMACHS HURT. There is literally no room for delight. We must rid ourselves of the fullness of sin in order to make room for delight. We have seen the Light, set us free.

***

Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-83809139811605990372017-01-25T00:30:00.001-05:002017-01-25T00:30:34.187-05:00Epiphany 2A, January 15 20171 Corinthians 1: 1-9

I've been several places in the past week where security seems to be amped up.
I feel like I am holding my breath. Or perhaps it's more appropriate to say that I am holding my breath, clenching my teeth, and then remembering to take a deeper breath, shrug my shoulders, peel my tongue off the roof of my mouth.

On.Edge.

It's in keeping with this feeling that I read the Epistle assigned for today, Paul's greeting to the church gathered in Corinth. It's a typical introduction: grace and peace to you, who have been strengthened by God and enriched and strengthened by the testimony of Jesus Christ...

Honestly? It didn't say much to me, so I clicked to the following chapter. Ahhh. I imagine the people listening to this letter heard this opening salutation holding their breath. Because - spoilers - the next paragraph is a doozy.

If Corinth were America, security would be heightened. There would be neighbors bunched together, nervous about those on the other side. Corinth was divided.

If we were in Corinth, the Corinth to whom Paul addresses his letter, we would know this. I imagine there would be some followers of Jesus who would be expecting a smack upside the head. Those new Christians would be holding their breath, waiting for their shepherd, their mentor, to rightly admonish them.

And that's where we are, current day Americans, less than a week before a Presidential Inauguration that even the most ardent supporters of our President-to-be are waiting for with bated breath.

In a 2011 essay on this reading, Daniel Clenendin, a contemporary Christian commentator, tells us this about Christian faith, "Focusing only on our faults distorts the true nature of the church." In the same essay he quotes several writers, ancient and new, who have gone to church, participated in worship, precicely because they needed the space to find faith, not because they had faith and needed to express it.

As a denominational entity, the Episcopal Church came to the conclusion some 40 years ago to celebrate Holy Communion every week. I'm not here to tell you what you should or shouldn't find in the common celebration of "our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving." But I will note it is the one time in my week that I find myself in a group of people with whom I have little else in common.

We are waiting, here, almost holding our breath.

Breathe out. Breathe back in. Slowly. Roll your shoulders back down your back. Breathe in again. Breathe out. Scrape the tongue off the roof of your mouth. Breathe.

The world is a frightening place. We all have worries about what will happen in the next few years; many of us worry about changes already enacted by our House & Senate. We are waiting to be scolded from one side or the other.

But we are HERE. NOW.

The Psalmist writes,
I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my
feet upon a rock, making my feet secure.

Come and see.

2He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-51310342190787270222017-01-13T11:56:00.000-05:002017-01-13T11:56:38.001-05:00NOTES: Baptism of our Lord, January 8th, 2017Or maybe it's the Feast of the Epiphany, celebrated?

I feel like I am in an old timey cartoon, watching Jesus' life speed by like a train. We got glimpses this year of his childhood: there's goes the birth and an angry Herod, sending out the troops to massacre the Holy Innocents. Maybe we can wave to Anna and Old Simeon at the presentation? Woohoo, circumcision! Somewhere we passed the Magi and their foreshadowy gifts and the flight into Egypt...

And now the train has stopped. Catch your breath, we get a panoramic view of the Baptism of our Lord.

Head's up: Jesus is now an adult.

Our readings for this week are descriptive:
Isaiah tells us what God will do.
Psalm 29 describes the actions of a mighty God - "Lebanon skips like a calf."
Acts succinctly retells the story from a distance of some years, to a new audience - and importantly, what Peter tells them (and us!) what actions we should take with that information.
And Matthew's Gospel gives us the actual interchange between John the Baptizer and Jesus and the Holy Spirit, speaking God's words. (My co-editor at Building Faith, Matthew, has a handy explainer for this occurrence.)

Unlike viewing the world through the windows of a speeding train, reading God's story in Scripture isn't linear. We loop and double back more like a roller coaster, often ending up in the same physical space as when we started. Surely, it is the journey that makes the difference. This same reading from Acts is also read at Easter in all three lectionary years. It is the story, if you read just a few more lines, of a massive baptism by the Holy Spirit to a group of non-Jews. We read it at the same time we read the story of Jesus' baptism...at the start of a new year.

In another big loop, here we find Peter in Joppa, the same city where Jonah fled to avoid God calling him to preach to non-Israelites. Peter is being called into Cesearea, to share daily living with, and to preach to, non-Jews.

As Christians we are called to repeat the holy cycle year after year, sometimes, as in this reading from Acts, repeating the same scripture verses within a year. But as Sir Terry Pratchett notes, "Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." And we can see this! We know that this January is not like any previous one. As we look with some trepidation to the big changes ahead of us a country, as communities, as congregations, we can also reflect upon the words of the Psalmist, written some 3,000 years ago, calling us to witness to God's terrifying acts, not simply to scare us, but to testify that this God is our God of strength and a blessing to us.Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-8244837475853196562017-01-07T14:50:00.001-05:002017-01-07T14:50:21.250-05:00DRAFT: The Feast of The Circumcision, January 1st, 20172016 has been an awful year. Sure, there were individual moments that shone like the magi's star. In our family, there were births of wonderful babies, Wylie got his driver's license, Beatrice survived her first year at college, and Joe made Captain. But by and large, most people - all the people? - I talk to are ready to shut the door FIRMLY on 2016.

And the Church is ready to move into 2017, as well. Christ is born! The Nativity has happened and we are in the great pivot, waiting for the magi to show their obedience to a baby king, waiting for the grown Jesus to signal he is God-with-us, waiting for the signs and symbols of Epiphany.

BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE NATIVITY. In a weird twist of God's calendar, we actually celebrate Christ-the-baby for a solid 12 days. And so, this 8th day of Christmas, the 8th day after Jesus' birth, we find ourselves in the Temple with Joseph and Mary and the squalling, squirmy Christ child. We find ourselves here because Joseph and Mary and the baby Jesus were 1st century Jews. In accordance with the custom of their faith, they had come to the Temple to name their baby and, as a son, for him to be circumcised. The bris, as Jews today call this ceremony, is the enactment of a covenant between man and God that stretches back to Abraham. In Genesis 17, God changes Abrams name to Abraham...but the sign of the covenant with which he does that is in circumcision (Genesis 17: 9-14). 21st century American Christians call this the Feast of his Holy Name, but it is more properly the Feast of the Circumcision, because while the name is important, the act of blood-letting is more important.

As a culture, we've moved beyond circumcision. When Wylie, who is almost 17, was born, parents who chose not to have their boy children circumcised at birth were on the fringe. There are now more parents who choose genital integrity over circumcision.

So why does it matter? Why not simply refer to this day as the naming of Jesus? His name is pretty important: Jesus, a derivative of Joshua, means "he saves." He is also to be called Emmanuel, "God with us." Those names appear to his parents in dreams from Gabriel. Hebrew scripture tells us that God cares deeply about names and naming. But we also know that God cares deeply about covenants.

*As we pivot into Epiphany, into the miracles of Jesus that portend who is really is, it's important to remember where we came from.
*As we swing into the New Year, with so many changes on the personal, family, and societal levels, it's important to remember where we came from. We cannot simply shut the door on 2016. We cannot have made it to 2017 without 2016 and we would be wise to remember the year as we move bravely into the new one.

Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-85858209746499977322014-05-07T15:02:00.002-05:002014-05-07T15:02:18.820-05:00So many things to do, so few photos - let's eat!I even thought, as the cornstarch-slicked jewels of rhubarb and strawberry filled the dish, "I should take a photo."

Um, yeah.

Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp-like Sweet Casserole
(can't be a crisp, topping didn't, well, crisp)

Preheat oven to 350, grease baking dish

Dice 7 cups of rhubarb and strawberries - attempt to keep in the same general size family
Gently fold in:
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp lemon juice
zest of one lemon
1/2 tsp large-grain salt

Let sit while you make the crispy-like topping.
Mix together:
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/3 cup oat bran
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon* oops, I forgot this
1/2 tsp large-grain salt
**I also added 1/2 cup sliced almonds and some more oatmeal
Add 8 Tbps cold butter, diced small
Cut in butter as though making pie crust - you're done when you can squeeze a handful and the mixture stays together

Pour fruit into baking dish. Gently cover with topping.

Bake 40-60 minutes until fruit is bubbling (you might want to put a baking sheet under your casserole), topping is crispy, and rhubarb submits willingly to a skewer.

Devoured in less than 5 minutes, piping hot and all.
Is that because the boy was hungry or because it was that good? Does it matter?

Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-5754660080811439092014-03-03T13:54:00.000-05:002014-03-03T13:55:20.315-05:00See where I am now?I'm not sure if writing for somewhere else will make me more likely to write here? Promises, promises, right?

But please come see my curatorial work at Building Faith, a place to converse, critique, and keep working on Christian formation and a mission of the Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminary.Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-30932661061544156732011-05-14T09:46:00.001-05:002011-05-14T09:46:21.830-05:00Why I love the internetOur Father and Mother Who Art.

Our Father and Mother,
Who are present in the world and in history,
Hallowed be your name
in all languages and religions.
May the message of your reign come to each of you
indigenous peoples, the humble peoples,
in the language of gospel
and not of the domination systems.
Let your will be fulfilled,
your will of sharing and peace,
for your indigenous peoples,
for the humble peoples,
even for our own society.
Let us live each day in the sisterly solidarity
that produces abundance
and living joyfully together
that all may have bread.
Forgive our massacre of cultures,
and our colonizing evangelism.
And let us not fall into the temptation of fearing to be engaged,
of fearing to offend, of fearing to suffer,
But deliver us from the violence of consumerism,
and the violence of the forces of power and domination.
For Yours is the Future, Yours the Reign
that is Coming,
Yours the Glory and Goodness for ever and ever.
AMEN

(Translated from the Spanish & doxology added, by the Rev. Grant Mauricio Gallup, Casa Ave Maria, Managua, Nicaragua, 1994)Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-70964481994111039432011-05-06T20:24:00.002-05:002011-05-06T20:32:31.536-05:00I'm just going to stumble through thisHow you celebrate Mothers' Day is not just about how your mother parented (or not), but also about how you perceive and receive your mother's parenting. Too wordy? What I mean is, my mom is probably a great mom to lots of other people, and I actually really like that. But she was not a good mom for me. I love that there have been other young women in my mom's life that she has been able to competently mother. Be that as it may, I have a difficult relationship with her. I struggle with her. She forgets that she struggled with me. I repeat the same mistakes with my daughter, but I try to be a little more aware. I am certainly more vocal. We talk A LOT in our house. As a mother, you cannot be all things to your children. As a mother inadequately mothered, sometimes I think you have no way of knowing what's adequate and what's not.

There are memories that I absolutely treasure of my mom. She was fantastic in the middle of the night when I retched with coughing. She allowed me to follow my whims and she pushed me to keep swimming, even when I hardly had time for it. She drove me everywhere, or if not everywhere, she found someone to take me.

But my mother lacked boundaries. She lacked perception about other people. She asked too much of me.

I know how to drive now, I know how to drive my kids to do what they need to do and how to allow them do what they want to do. But knowing boundaries, self-awareness, where I end and they begin...those are places where I do not have an adequate template. Maybe none of us do.

So, as we approach this mom-tacular weekend, I want to do what I do every mothers' day. Make a quick call to my mom, preferably an email. And then ignore the whole thing.Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-92206950429935834262011-03-29T21:52:00.003-05:002011-03-29T22:06:35.368-05:00A Field Guide to American Houses
My week is full of silly stuff like fixing the broken strut on the car and coloring my hair and taking kids to the doctor's.

Free of encumbrances, I would set off, brave explorer, for the wilds of Bay St Louis. I'd flip expertly through these pages and tag each Craftsman, Prairie, Double-Shotgun, Dog-Run, Queen Anne, Greek Revival house as I passed by.

Assuming no wild weather had set me from my path, I would take myself off for a cup of coffee, a toast to myself, a nod to no one in particular. "Merci, chere Bryn Mawr, de me permettre, enfin, de profiter de ma langue vernaculaire!"

Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-63922382029234658882011-03-27T17:45:00.002-05:002011-03-27T17:48:04.693-05:00I have a confession to make.When David announced this morning that Clelie will be ordained on June 4th and that she will subsequently no longer be on our prayer list as "our seminarian" and moreover, she will be the curate at St Timothy's Southaven, I just about screamed. I did clench my hands. I made myself take a deep breath.

I am jealous.

More than jealous, I am covetous.

Once again, woman in the wilderness.Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-86479681791434292842011-03-12T22:27:00.002-05:002011-03-12T22:30:04.815-05:00The night before...the first day of Sunday School.

Yes, it is the first Sunday in Lent. Yes, we have offered other formation programs, but not very well.

Yes, it is also daylight saving time.

Yes, I am totally screwed and will need an iv drip of java.

However, I know three things:

Nothing and no one is ever too late for God.

I have 2 rocking teachers along with my fine, if somewhat lame, self. They are just as loved and loving of God as I and equally okay with jumping in somewhat half-assed.

Tomorrow afternoon will involve wine and sunshine.

Shalom, ya'll!Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-50890397175967307802011-03-10T23:05:00.003-05:002011-03-10T23:06:37.391-05:00Miserable misery meWell, not really. BOY have I been slacking in the blogging department.

Slacking everywhere, really.

I am going to endeavor to do better.

Nothing of note at the moment, but even logging back on is a start :)Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-80657456172008737182010-03-08T03:35:00.002-05:002010-03-08T03:39:24.193-05:00Aarrggghhhh!!! or, my Oscars rantSHOULDERS BACK LADIES!!!

A little bit of lipstick won't hurt you, neither would a smile.

Skinny legged tuxedos are fab, but gentlemen, please. Facial hair must be groomed. Keanu Reeves, hello?

I so do.not.do nude colored clothing.

Thank you, Zoe Kravitz, for giving my daughter a perfect example of how to be daddy's girl.Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-12856970015736264422010-03-02T02:54:00.002-05:002010-03-02T02:55:13.138-05:00found poemin cleaning out my gmail (because procrastination takes many turns)

The Bright Field
~R.S. Thomas

I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the pearl
of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realize now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurrying
on to a receeding future, nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-33956677100306584622009-09-20T14:33:00.000-05:002009-09-20T14:34:38.953-05:00from my class for further thinkingI hope I never stop growing in my understanding of the Gospel. God has always been the same, and the Gospel has always been with us--what changes is my understanding of the impact it has on me, my life, the people around me, etc. Perhaps 'emerge' is the backward way of seeing it. The Gospel exists and we enter into it. It 'emerges' to us as we learn to navigate through it--as we discover new doors and new hallways. What it has to reveal is waiting for us to discover. It's exciting, really, isn't it??
I think this was from Kevin Kinsey, week 1 question 1Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-27774008003722304502009-06-13T08:22:00.001-05:002009-06-13T08:23:38.865-05:00kids and fooling around with picassa

Ack! I actually looked at the date of the last entry and am SHOCKED to see it was in April!!
I don't even have a very good excuse for my laziness. Just bein' a slacker...

Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-45003548024980484252009-04-30T01:02:00.004-05:002009-04-30T01:26:40.135-05:00why in tennis is zero called love?Because love is more than zero, it is the opposite of zero, it is everything. When you love the world loves with you. Didn't someone famous say that? At any rate, I found something else to love. (Perhaps fickleness is a detrimental side-effect of love? And do you notice, as I did because I had to use spellchecker, that word det-ri-mental? It actually comes from the middle english/latin and means "loss" but as an adjective it looks more like a state-of-being, a place inside your mind.)

So here is where my fickle heart resides this morning:

Okay, my blogging skills are a bit thin - click to read this NYTimes blog

You rock, Maira Kalman.

I'd like to interview you and ask your favorite dessert and peek in your closet and run my hands over your paints and brushes.

Next Stop, Grand Central was a favorite of Wylie's for years. How could it not be? Rhyming, trains, New York?

Maira Kalman has an ear for the outrageous and a heart for the disenfranchised. There is nothing of loss and everything of mental spark.

Maira Kalman is the opposite of zero.

**I had forgotten that she redid The Elements of Style. Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-43511185783526817202009-04-29T14:13:00.002-05:002009-04-29T14:16:23.468-05:00Is it possible to be in love with the comments on a strange man's blog?Well? Is it?
Head on on over to the Postulant's site and scroll down to "On not immanentizing the eschaton" and read the comments.

Swooning.

Come on, he had me at "immanentizing"...Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-64350792932253532892009-04-03T14:52:00.001-05:002009-04-03T14:53:55.555-05:00Poetry schmoetryIt fits the bill and we're goin'

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

Istanbul (not Constantinople) can be found on the They Might Be Giants album "Flood"

Didja know that They Might be from Lincoln, Mass?Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-27398309515590225062009-04-02T06:19:00.002-05:002009-04-02T06:33:05.007-05:00OhhhhNINE DAYS IN APRIL: VCCA
by Barbara Crooker

I
In Vermeer's paintings, light is always falling
just like here, in sweet Virginia, where spring's
already come, lilacs and phlox, soft air
on bare arms, descending. Peepers are calling
from the trees, there are dogwoods, white
and pink, everywhere, as if a cloud
of butterflies has come to ground. Haloed
in hazy green, the woods are coming back to life.
At twilight, the scent of lilacs drifts
through the open screen, the sky turns lavender,
and this first day's work is put away.
Nothing but false starts today,
first lines begun that simply go nowhere;
filling yellow paper with my erratic script.

II
Filling yellow paper, my erratic script
wanders over the blue ridges and green fields
where cows munch green grass, that yields
rich milk, like Vermeer's maid, whose hips,
wrapped in a thick blue apron, are rolling hills
themselves. The earthen jug, the crusty bread, the buttery
light glazes her face and arms, spills
onto the table and floor. The thing about memory's
that it's a thief, stealing what it should
preserve, the past, stop all the clocks.
I'm trying to remember what it felt like to be five,
first days of school, the smell of library paste, arriving
late, the stomach butterflied, new crayons in their box.
I'm trying to be good.

III
I'm trying to be good, write 500 words a day
even though outside the sun is streaming
like a thousand dandelions gleaming,
and the sky's the blue of washed chambray.
The purple prose of redbud trees is
scribbled and scrawled outside the lines.
Hidden in the grass, violets, buttercups shine,
but gosh, how hard this writing business
is--it's easy enough to just repeat, a slick
lyric, a villanelle or two--
What challenges are there that I've not tried,
that also calls to something from inside,
blends head and heart as Vermeer drew
the light? A crown of sonnets just might do the trick.

IV
A crown of sonnets sure would do the trick,
could capture this experience--away
from home, nine days to see if I could pay
attention to myself for just a bit.And so, today, I took a break and drove
to town, a thrift shop, bought a raw silk
blouse of Chinese blue, a tee shirt swirled in gilt
and glitter, earrings of gears and sequins that I love.
Came back, wrote for hours, went for a massage,
felt all the knots along my shoulder blades untie,
walked down the winding road, the mustard
blooming, thick as butter
spread on bread. All I
know is: a day like this is nothing but a blessing.

V
What a blessing it is, to be in this space,
no cleaning off the desk when school bus comes.
The only sounds, the birds and bees that hum
and dither-which flower should we light on next?
In the woods, light falls, reflects off dogwoods,
rafts of phosphorescence, illuminations, decrescendos
of lace. Each morning, I do yoga, get the blood
moving, then back inside to dig in memory's mine.
Each sonnet's getting harder now to write,
but the challenge has been thrown down like a glove
or crumpled petals littering the ground. I'd like to prove
that I can meet this task, and take delight
as one word, then another, falls in line.

VI
One word, and then another, falls in line
like geese wedging their way down the sky,
a vast scroll of paper yet unwritten. I
roll a sheet in the typewriter, and begin
again, to try and pin down what's elusive,
some insistent bird that whistles from a bush,
"Here, here, here I am," then vanishes,
while I am left to struggle with the narrative.
Like Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window,
I wish the light would flood in from the left,
paint me slickly gold, tell me what comes next.
But I am in the dark, no map, no text,
just following my heart as night falls soft,
covers us with her obsidian wing.

VII
Night covered us with her blueblack wing,
but now it is the morning, the last day--
here, the closest thing to paradise on earth. May
I be truly grateful for this stay, though squeezing
these last lines is getting tougher.
Last night, we had a concert, Brahms
and Currier on grand piano, wine on the lawn,
Caesar salad, grilled tuna, and strawberries for supper.
The lilt of southern vowels, drawling--
But this last sonnet's waiting to be woven,
threading the radiance of spring, memory's snapshots,
pictures at an exhibition, birdsong snippets,
into the poem's loom, the descant of love.
In Vermeer's paintings, light is always falling.Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-82436563264818194032009-04-01T03:13:00.002-05:002009-04-01T11:41:55.964-05:00April is the cruelest...no no is National Poetry Month!!Through an old, old friend, and in a roundabout way, I found a new poet today. Thanks to poets.org

The Sciences Sing a Lullabye
Albert Goldbarth

Physics says: go to sleep. Of course
you're tired. Every atom in you
has been dancing the shimmy in silver shoes
nonstop from mitosis to now.
Quit tapping your feet. They'll dance
inside themselves without you. Go to sleep.

Geology says: it will be all right. Slow inch
by inch America is giving itself
to the ocean. Go to sleep. Let darkness
lap at your sides. Give darkness an inch.
You aren't alone. All of the continents used to be
one body. You aren't alone. Go to sleep.

Astronomy says: the sun will rise tomorrow,
Zoology says: on rainbow-fish and lithe gazelle,
Psychology says: but first it has to be night, so
Biology says: the body-clocks are stopped all over town
and
History says: here are the blankets, layer on layer, down and down.
Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-11287874224290264442009-03-28T05:22:00.002-05:002009-03-28T05:52:21.140-05:00Friday 5Haven't really felt moved to respond to the Friday 5s at RevGalBlogPals in recent weeks. This week's 5 reminds me of why I love the blogosphere, as some of my dearest friends are connected across oceans and mountains via the web.

Here's the Friday 5 leader:
So for today's Friday Five, give us five blogs you visit regularly, and tell us briefly WHY you like them.  These can be RevGal and Pal bloggers and others ... or news sites, knitting sites, etc. Who are you showing the love to on a pretty constant basis?

I'm surprised at how much my 5 have changed. I used to check Father Jake Stops the World all the time. When we moved out of the States I stopped reading Father Jake (and now there is no longer a "Father Jake") and I changed computers, so I didn't always remember to check on old friends like Maggie Dawn.

In no particular order:
Di at the Kitchen Door. Di, how did you and I start writing back and forth? I don't remember a specific moment, but I am so glad that we did!

Nancy at Big Harmony. Nancy and I lived next door to each other, a minor miracle in Navy housing: 2 Episcopalians, 2 academics, 2 kids apiece, 2 foodies...she's been in Japan for ever and I'm in Sicily. Nancy's voice comes through very clearly in her posts about life as an American in Japan. I am grateful that she started to blog rather than send emails. I crack up that we both read Cake Wrecks, which is how we started posting to one another. I am thrilled that Nancy and Di are friends!

Milton at Don't Eat Alone. Milton is very faithful about writing every day, which means I am guaranteed a meal each morning when I log on. I think I've been reading him almost since he started blogging and I value his perspective on church, food, and most of all, relationships.

Vicky at Beauty Tips for Ministers. I fell in love with the tag line: Because you are in the public eye and God knows you need it. I love Vogue and W almost as much as I love the Church. Reading Vicky's blogs gave me permission to talk about how we look and what that says, within a professional and theological framework. In addition, Vicky has always made herself (electronically) available to me and used her vast network of friends to answer questions. Thanks, Vicky!

"Sally Big Woods" at Grand Foret. Sally blogs about sacred spaces and sacred itentities that are created through art. She and I went to college together and I love that her blog keeps us connected.

Sally usually only posts once a week, so I am going to cheat a little bit here and add some more:
I don't have a personal connection with Elise at Simply Recipes or Daniel Clenedin at Journey With Jesus Foundation, but they both deserve a shout-out and I tend to check in with them once a week, too!

Finally, I've just found Roberta at Spiritually Directed. Thank you for your wonderful blog!Charlottehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-4168629437937372262009-03-26T00:34:00.002-05:002009-03-26T00:43:28.239-05:00Today is Joseph Campbell's birthday, according to Garrison Keillor at The Writer's Almanac. I've never really dug JC, but I remember the Bill Moyers interviews and how ga-ga everyone was about him. Was I merely not interested or had I already figured out the corporate-dream state of myths?
At anyrate, I was struck by the quote that Mr. Keillor used at the end of birthday note:

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

Whatever it was that I was trying to say with the quote below, this one says it, too. I rely too much on plans, don't we all? But life, all life, is a blessing. Think Abram and Sarai, Moses, Miriam & Aaron, Ruth, Jael, even Peter as he denied the Lord and heard the rooster crow. Drop the limitations of your imagination and move into God's dream!

**I just reread Sister Joan Chichseter's comment about perfection holding us back. No one is perfect this side of paradise, perfection holds us back from God's work. (From Daniel Clenedin's Journey with Jesus Foundation reading for this week. Check him out, he also has the complete text of Psalm 51 and an amazing image of David and Bathsheeba.)Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-58711698351317493552009-03-25T01:47:00.003-05:002009-03-25T02:00:19.039-05:00OrigamiWhat I like best about poetry
is that the words fold in on themselves
two simultaneous beings
looking one way and
without losing a set of truth
looking elsewhere:
distinct but not separate.

Washi paper-words:
one side is swirled black and green
the other tiny dogwood flowers.
What starts with a quote
paints the sky at early morning,
detailing the plodding nature
of our hope-filled lives.

A riff on Barbara Crooker's Poem on a Line by Anne Sexton, 'We are All Writing God's Poem'
**check out the mopheads behind her photo - lovely!!

Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24740332.post-19904610627792866682009-03-24T09:49:00.002-05:002009-03-24T09:55:17.879-05:00more luscious wordsThe White Museum, George Bilgere

My aunt was an organ donor
and so, the day she died,
her organs were harvested
for medical science.
I suppose there must be people
who list, under "Occupation,"
"Organ Harvester," people for whom
it is always harvest season,
each death bringing its bounty.
They spend their days
loading wagonloads of kidneys,
whole cornucopias of corneas,
burlap sacks groaning with hearts and lungs
and the pale green sprouts of gall bladders,
and even, from time to time,
the weighty cauliflower of a brain.

 And perhaps today,
as I sit in this café, watching the snow
and thinking about my aunt,
a young medical student somewhere
is moving through the white museum
of her brain, making his way slowly
from one great room to the next.
Here is the gallery of her girlhood,
with that great canvas depicting her father
holding her on his lap in the backyard
of their bungalow in St. Louis.
And here is a sketch of her
the summer after her mother died,
walking down a street in Berlin
when the broken city was itself
a museum. And here
is a small, vivid oil of the two of us
sitting in a café in London
arguing over the work of Constable
or Turner, or Francis Bacon
after a visit to the Tate.

 I want you to know, as you sit there
with your microscope and your slides,
there's no need to be reverent before these images.
That's the last thing she would have wanted.
But do be respectful. Speak quietly.
No flash photography. Tell your friends
you saw something beautiful.

This poem has fabulous construction. At the end it reminds me of the Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, "in the rooms the women come and go, speaking of Michelangelo." That of course sends me instantly to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum where I spent many, many happy hours as a teen. Perhaps that is a distant connection? The rooms at the Gardner seem especially constructed for the deceitfully light chatter of ladies who lunch. I wonder at the poets who write these lines. Did they too spend impressionable hours in quiet houses peopled with oils and marble?
Charlottehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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I am normally a pretty calm, laid back kinda gal.
I don't get on soap boxes very often.
But as you all know, the FB thing really chapped my hide.
I've been brainstorming for days and days.
Tinkering on FB.
Bought the www.sigcreations.com domain name.
Networking with fellow seamstresses/crafters.
Talking to friends.
Learning about SEO
or rather getting cofused by SEO.
Reading on optimization of my blog.
Joining daily link parties.
You name it, I'm trying it.
Maybe this is a good thing?
After all, I am learning quite a bit more.
After all, I am learning quite a bit more.
In tinkering on FB, I discovered something.
They are called INTEREST GROUPS.
Well, on the home page, it only says INTERESTS.
Let me explain to you how this impacts us.
You LIKE our page.
You expect our posts to show up in your newsfeed.
But as we all know, FB is using an algorithm to control
what goes in your feed and when.
This means you lose out on good posts.
And let's face it, I don't have the cash flow to pay to promote a post.
You lose, we lose.
This is where the INTERESTS come in to play.
It's a way to organize your LIKED pages.
Let me take you through the process.
First, you have to actually go to the LIKED page.
In this case, I went to J.Marie Designs.
{much love to my Jana...she will be guest blogging soon}
I went to the LIKED button and hovered over it.
A box pops up (as seen in the photo above).
If you don't have any "lists", click on the +NEW LIST.
It will prompt you to create a list.
Once you have a list, click on that one.
I put J.Marie Designs in my Clothing & Crafting list.
A check mark will appear next to that list.
Now, click on HOME which is at the top right of your screen.
Your list of groups, apps, pages, and now INTERESTS
should be on the left side (see above).
Interests are at the very bottom.
Your newly created list should now show.
Click on your interest group.
This is what you should get!
What ever group you have placed in to that interest group
What ever group you have placed in to that interest group
will show up with their posts in this area.
It is like a separate newsfeed for just your LIKED pages!
I actually kind of like it.
What I don't like is that I know all 2600+ fans
will not create the interest group and categorize {SIG}
but I am hopeful that those of you that really do like
keeping up with the pages you have liked will do this.
Personally, I think it is a neat idea.
Wish someone on FB would have told us about this option.
And I am wondering if you put too many pages in to one
category if that will cause posts to not show up again.
But, I'll take it.
This is better than before.
There is hope.
Now I just have to continuously post this so our fans see it!
And please...FEEL FREE TO SHARE.
Especially if you are a small business owner that has
used FB as your main selling platform.
We need to ban together and help one another!
How about that?
Happy Thursday my peeps!
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Happy Thursday my peeps!
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A new book on creative teaching, Structure and Improvisation in Creative Teaching (Cambridge University Press), edited by R. Keith Sawyer, was released this month.
It includes chapters by improvisation and play champions, Carrie Lobman, Ed.D., and Ph.D. candidate and Applied Improvisation Network performer, Tony Perone.
Says Lobman: "More and more educators are recognizing the important inter-relationships among teaching, learning, and improvisation. I am so excited to join many of those colleagues in Keith Sawyer's new volume. My chapter, 'Improvising with(in) the System,' shares my experiences teaching improvsiational skills and our performance methodology to NYC teachers in the Institute's Developing Teachers Fellowship Program from 2006-2009."


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my sentra smokes after it warms up but still runs awsome what can it be?
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Is it dark or light smoke? There are many reasons as to why your car could appear to smoke but to name a few: running too rich or lean, oil leak, or blown gasket somewhere. With that being said, look under your hood and check all around the block and oil filter for wet spots. Check to see if it's oil. Let me know what you find(if anything) so I can further help you. Good luck!
the color of the smoke would tell you what it could be. the fuel may be a little stale if white smoke, of the head/head gasket could be bad, but if the head, or head gasket was bad, then your car would not run for long. if it is black smoke, then you may be getting oil into your fuel, of getting oil into the fuel system. if antifreeze is entering your head, through the gasket, it will cause white smoke
it is white greyish smoke but only smokes when getting warm not when cold
it did have a little old gas that we added new gas and fuel addidtive to i beleive this may be the issue it only smokes whe warm and driven not idleing
hmmmm. well, from the sounds of it, you may be getting coolant into your fuel. the head or head gasket may be the cause, but could be other things also. i do not know for a fact that that is it without looking, but from what you are telling me, thats what it sounds like. how far do you drive it? and do you drive it that far everyday?
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Serena Williams Notches 'Serena Slam' at Wimbledon!
During the pre-game commentary, former 18-time slam winner, Chrissy Everett implicitly uttered "She plays her best when she's mad," well I guess Serena was "mad" because she won in two sets 6-4, 6-4 over up-and-coming Spains' Garbiñe Muguruza to win the Wimbledon Finals and complete the 'Serena Slam' (winning four Majors in a row)!
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|Certain chemicals have been linked to cancer.
In the case of Joseph Snizavich,a long-time pipe-fitter who died of brain cancer, a judge wouldn't allow a primary witness report to be part of the trial.
The witness was an expert in occupational medicine who could have given some credibility to the family's claim that Snizavich's chemical exposure at a research facility had something to do with the cancer.
It would have been the first trial in connection with an alleged cluster of brain cancer among employees at the site, a Philadelphia Inquirer news report said.
Expert opinions can only be part of a trial if they are delivered with a reasonable degree of scientific certainty, and the judge didn't feel this was the case here.
Chemical exposure background
The research facility conducted two internal studies that established no cause for cancer, but some officials criticized them as flawed.
A University of Minnesota research team found in 2010 that up to 14 employees at the facility had died of brain cancer after working there.
The research facility was opened in 1963 and changed owners a few times.
However, the researchers could not pinpoint any specific chemicals as possible causes, since thousands of chemicals were used at the site.
Officials had concerns about the indoor air quality at the research facility for certain periods of time, since some chemical vapors expelled by air handling equipment were being sucked back in.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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text: PRICE DROP! For sale is a Browning A-Bolt in .223, with a Bushnell 12x scope and a bipod. I picked the bipod up from bi-mart, and it was about $70. It seems like a quality bipod, and holds it stable enough. It seems like I'm never going to get the chance to go sage rat hunting, so I'll offer it up to someone who'll use it for more than hitting golf balls at a few hundred feet. It has about 100 rounds through it, and has had absolutely zero problems. Very accurate and smooth action, definitely worth the look. Includes a black plastic carrying case (seeable in the 1st pic). $850$750$700, somewhat negotiable. I'm pretty open to trades, so show off what you've got, and I'll let ya know! If you want more pictures, let me know, I'm not sure what everyone is interested in.


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While we aren't going to get a snow pack to push the tiny fescue seeds deeper into the ground, the last two days have brought almost two inches of soaking rain. I did a spot check and the grass seeds have disappeared in all but the hardest and barest patches of ground. I'll try to sprinkle some organic matter over those in the next few days.
A neighbor and I attended a continuing education class yesterday on lawn maintenance at the University of Tennessee. The two hour session was primarily for those with established lawns, but I learned that I had done a few things right in trying to re-establish my grass.
Germination should take place in 10 to 14 days. Only thing I can do now is something I'm not good at -- waiting.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Now, it's up to the seeds
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You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. – Mark 13:13 (NET)
Jesus---the healer, the wondrous miracle worker, the good and wise man, the social revolutionary---tells His disciples that they will be hated by everyone because of His name. He says this while in the process of answering a question posed by Peter, James, John, and Andrew (13:3). Prior to the question and the answer, one of His disciples had spoken of the Temple, making reference to its size and grandeur. This occurs after Jesus has observed the significant offerings that were being made for the Temple, which would be used for its ongoing upkeep, adornment, and expansion.
The amount of money that filtered through the Temple was substantial, with large offerings able to do wonderful things for the Temple that visibly represented Israel's hopes, its dreams, and its God. Nevertheless, Jesus focuses in on one particular woman---a poor widow, who "came and put in two small copper coins" (12:42b). He said to His disciples, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others. For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had" (12:43b-44).
It is tempting to view the recognition of such obviously sacrificial giving as a badge of honor and praise from Jesus. At first glance, it would appear that Jesus is singling this woman out (the imagery, of course, is always that of an older woman, but that is not necessarily the case, as it would have been common for her to have been quite young) and holding her up for praise due to her gift. It would seem to be the case that at least one of the disciples hears these words from Jesus as praise for the woman, as He seemingly honors her very small gift above the others.
Thus this disciple takes it upon himself to say "Look at these tremendous stones and buildings" (13:1b), as if to say "So much money has been given to erect and to maintain this Temple. Some of those gifts have been quite large, and many were no doubt sacrificial in nature. In addition, all of the people participate in this construction and maintenance program by their gifts. This Temple would not be what it is today if all gave only what this widow gave, and yet you, Jesus, say that she gave more."
Jesus' response to His disciple allows for consideration of the very strong possibility (probability) that His recognition of the widow's gift was actually something of a lament. What has actually taken place is that this woman has given all that she has to live on, when in reality, it is the Temple authorities, as they represent the covenant God of Israel that provides for His people, that should be supporting her and not allowing her to do this very thing. Instead, the implication is that this widow is now going to suffer hunger and thirst and privation as a result of her support of a Temple (and a Temple regime) that is shortly going to come to an end.
Emphasizing that this is the point at which He is driving, Jesus says "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!" (13:2) These are cataclysmic words. These are weighty words. The Temple will be torn down? What do you mean the Temple will be torn down? This is big news---the biggest! Moreover, such words are not being spoken by some raving lunatic. This is being said by the man recently hailed with "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!" (11:9b-10)
This is being said by the same man who had entered the Temple, and with a demonstration of a deep and abiding respect for the Temple and its purposes, along with a respect for Who and what it symbolized, drove out those who were selling and buying in the Temple courts and overturned the tables of the money changers and prevented merchandise from being carried through the Temple courts (11:15-16), saying "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!" (11:17) First He defends its honor, and now He speaks of its destruction.


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My mother used the word, "spiffy" a lot. It is not used much today. It means "really, really good," especially in the "very presentable" sense. Here's the question, "Do we have to be spiffy for God?" By that, I mean, "Do we have to clean up nice before God wants to listen to us or find us worthy of his time?"
The answer, I believe, is an unqualified, "No!" The story of the Loving Father (Prodigal Son) in Luke 15 points out that the "highest good" is a relationship of father and child. Everything else is "details." The father will give up everything, including the lecture parents give and his own reputation. The psalmist often comes across as complaining, vindictive and somewhat whiney. And these Psalms are prayers that stood the test of time.
Stand before God, your Father, today and know that, no mater what you have done, are doing or will do, he is smiling back and loves you more than you will ever know. Conditional? Don't bet on it!


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This is a good moment to add in my "disclaimer" note:
• All stories told in this blog are 100% true. Sometimes names are changed to protect the guilty. I always say the following regarding my writing: "Why make stuff up when what actually happens is typically ten times as interesting, far more controversial, and exponentially funnier? Stuff happens. My gift is paying attention, not making things up."
That said, there's a great anecdote my wife (the preacher) shared in church a couple of Sundays ago. It's a better story now than it was when it happened, because the category of "Dumb stuff said by stupid (and/or) ignorant people" tends to become easier to tolerate in retrospect than it is at the time.
Back at Columbia Seminary, when Rebekah was working on her MDiv, providence took over our carefully thought-out parenting plan and we ended up expecting our first child her senior year. This made everything more interesting, including the interview process for that critical "first call."
Our wonderful new arrival (Andrew) was due on graduation day, so Rebekah's final few months were "great with child." This led to some interesting moments.
- The seminary president asking her not to look for a call - "You'll never get hired and you would embarrass the institution."
- The search committee (PNC) who wanted to know if she was married.
- The PNC who asked "What are you going to do with that baby?" (The answer, "What is any preacher going to do with his or her baby?")
- Asking to be excused half-way through one of the ordination exams because she went into labor (the proctor had to call denominational headquarters because - so far as anyone knew - this situation had never come up before).
The signature story for today's post is a conversation my wife had with another student. They were talking about Greek, or theology, or some church history class - something or other - when he suddenly blurted out, "You're going to have this baby 'Natural Childbirth', right?"
"Derek and I have been taking Lamaze classes," she said. Then, "But I'm not a big fan of pain! We're going for the epidural the moment it gets to be too much."
That's when he dropped his bombshell. "But that's against the Bible," he said. "Women are supposed to experience pain because of their sin. After the fall God said I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you' (Genesis 3:16). You can't go against God's Word!"
Rebekah had a couple of options. But this is where she always manages to shine; it's one of the reasons her ministry has been so effective even when there's opposition or stupidity in the air. She maintained her cool, smiled warmly, and simply turned it around.
"I'll tell you what," she laughed. "Let's see you break your back scraping a living out of the dirt, and how about giving up your air-conditioning so we can all witness the sweat of your brow (Genesis 3:17-19, full text below). Then we can talk about child-birth without medication!"
The student reeled, started to wave his hands, and opened his mouth to say something. But could only manage to chew air.
"I don't know about you," she continued, pressing her advantage (not so much her advantage as the advantage afforded by the work of GRACE), "but I am so thankful for redemption. God sent Jesus so that our relationship with God can be restored and we don't have to live in darkness any more."
I, as the Preacher's Husband, am grateful for the continued victory of light over darkness. It's a story I see repeated in some way every day. We can either live as children of the light... or we can crawl back under the rock because we are afraid of what redemption requires of us.
It's time every Christian allowed God to loose those chains.
"Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?" Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
The complete passage from Genesis:
Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return


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And what do coal burning electricity power plants produce? Let me tell you
- Generation of hundreds of millions of tons of waste products, including fly ash, bottom ash, flue gas desulfurization sludge, that contain mercury, uranium, thorium, arsenic
- Acid rain from high sulfur coal
- Interference with groundwater and water table levels
- Contamination of land and waterways and destruction of homes from fly ash spills
- Impact of water use on flows of rivers and consequential impact on other land-uses
- Dust nuisance
- Subsidence above tunnels, sometimes damaging infrastructure
- · Coal-fired power plants without effective fly ash capture are one of the largest sources of human-caused radiation exposure Coal-fired power plants shorten nearly 24,000 lives a year in the
, including 2,800 from lung cancer United States
- Coal-fired power plants emit mercury, selenium, and arsenic which are harmful to human health and the environment
- Release of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, which causes climate change according to the IPCC. Coal is the largest contributor to the human-made increase of CO2 in the air
I, for one, am pretty happy that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to give Cape Wind a green light today.
Oh, and Wampanoag's? You might want to let the whole tribe know about your plan before you make up fictional "ancient rituals". Your story may actually be credible if you do.
And to the people who are crying it will ruin their views? Most places on the cape and islands will NOT be able to see the turbines. And those who will (and yes, some will see it), they will appear to be a half inch tall.
"The project is about five miles off Cape Cod at its closest proximity to land and 14 miles off Nantucket at the greatest distance. According to visual simulations done for Cape Wind, on a clear day the turbines would be about a half inch tall on the horizon at the nearest point and appear as "specks" from Nantucket" (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6979480.html)
Or we could just keep burning coal and see where that leads us. Personally, I will not be in favor of nuclear power until there is a good solution surrounding what to do with all the nuclear waste (and no, trucking it into Nevada isn't a good idea. Dingbats.)
Even George "I hate the environment" Bush gave this project a green light before he left office.
Read it.
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|Tommy and me
Week one of Simply filling has been done and dusted....weigh in result is 1.3 down. Very happy. Simply Filling is easy, for those that have done weight watchers before its just a modified version of the Core program. All I am doing is eating foods with a higher fibre, lower saturated fat and sugar.
Menu today for an example is poached eggs on grainy toast for breakfast, chicken breast and salad for lunch and dinner tonight is fish with wholemeal pasta & vege's. I point the bread out of my allowance.
I still have to track, as with the program now I have 49 pro-points to last me a week. The rest of the time I make my choices from filling & healthy food list (a little green triangle indicates those on the ww site) BUT I am finding it sooooooo easy.
Had a busy weekend. Simon & Tracey came down with their brood of 4 and bought all their school work for the term down. All 4 have done well. Jessica & Zoe both got honor certificates for their academic results this year, Sheymus got an award for his sport and willinginess to work as a team member and little Tommy got a certificate for trying his best at kindy. They have done so well this year and I am so proud of them all.
Well best go put my joggers on, nearly time for a jabberwalk, seeing as the rain as stopped. I want to try as hard as I can to lose this week, as I have no real Christmas challenges to overcome this week. Gonna give it my best shot anyways......


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up and down
i'm starting a new series here called 'up and down' and it's where i personally give up's and down's for various things that are worthy of an up or a down (up being good, down being not so good). get it? here's the inaugural post…
up to darren glendenning who pointed this funny tidbit of nonsense out to me. go to google maps and click on 'get directions'. enter the following information, from: new york, new york, to: paris, france. scroll down and read line 23 (or just check out the picture below).
up to jevan for this hilarious post.
up to ticketmaster for releasing raptors playoff tickets in blocks. i thought they were sold out. until tonight! i got a ticket for game 2. it's first row in the balcony…hellatight!
down (a BIG down) to ticketmaster for verification codes. holy crap i hate those things. i swear they have those verification codes just to piss people off. you have to be a genious to read half of those things. it's like they TRY to stump you. what the crap? i can't read that. superman can't read that. who made this? GEEZ. my macbook almost flew across the room as a result.
down to my macbook. i've had my macbook for about 11 months now (may 2006) and i've never had any mishaps. this past week i dropped it twice. dang it.
up to my ogio laptop case for saving my macbook from sure death when it hit the pavement outside of Christina's parents house.
down to the washington wizards for not being able to stay in 6th place and give toronto an easy pass to the second round. slackers.
up to an exciting first round when toronto faces new jersey. this means vince will be in the house. yesssss!
down to bonehead reporters. i heard an american reporter refer to the young man who shot all those people at VT as "a creepy loner kid." wait to go buffalo news 3rd string reporter. it's words like that that make people want to shoot other people.
up to this new series.


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This will likely be the first of many bread posts. I got a breadmaker for Christmas - and I am in love! There's nothing like warm, fresh bread in the morning. Or in the afternoon. Or at night . . .
This recipe is my first foray into baking a loaf that was not from either the manual that came with my machine (Cuisinart CBK-100) or the Better Homes and Gardens Biggest Book of Bread Machine Recipes. This meant that I had to actually read the manual to figure out what order to place ingredients and how to convert recipes.
Fingers crossed! It's rising as I type . . .
Amish Bread (Source: ShooseyQ on Allrecipes - the version noted below lists ingredients in the order in which I had to add them to my breadmaker)
-1/4 cup canola oil
-1 cup + 2 tbsp water
-2 3/4 cups bread flour
-1/2 tsp salt
-1/4 cup white sugar
-1 tsp active dry yeast
-Add ingredients to breadmaker in order listed above (or as specified by your breadmaker)
-Set to white bread setting, 1 1/2 lb loaf size, medium crust
-Press start, and let your machine do the work!
*Note: the original recipe suggests stopping the machine and resetting after the first rise to allow a full three rising cycles. It seems that many reviewers didn't find that necessary, so I have skipped it. Here's hoping it works.
Update: This bread is delicious! I love the texture and I think it would make a great sandwich bread. The one bummer - for some reason our dishwasher appears not to be rinsing things very well, and so the loaf is infused with a slight lemon soap taste - bleeh.
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Kale chips? Huh?
That's what I said when I was first told about them a few months ago – and then I kept hearing people talking about them. I decided that it was high time that I tested the hype for myself.
Kale is a highly popular leafy green (it's actually a type of cabbage, and is related to broccoli and brussels sprouts). Apparently it was introduced to this country in the 19th century. Kale grows really well in our mild climate, and I bet everyone who lives here knows someone with kale in their garden! It is wildly popular in parts of Germany, where social clubs visit local inns to eat vast amounts of boiled kale and play a game slightly similar to golf (except with no club and a much larger ball filled with lead) called Klootschieten.
Kale chips recipes yielded over 400,000 results on Google, so I just went with the basics. I used some Italian Black Kale that we are currently selling in Produce, and the chips were very easy to make. If you have kale that has over-wintered, this is a perfect way to use it because it doesn't matter how tough the leaves are (kale is often more tender after cooking when it has been through a frost). This works best with the flatter leaf varieties, but it will still work with the curlier ones – I even had a customer tell me that they had good luck with mustard greens in a similar recipe.
I made three varieties for my demo – original (olive oil and sea salt), toasted sesame (with toasted sesame oil, granulated garlic and pumpkin seeds) and smoky (olive oil, smoked paprika). The toasted sesame ones were the most popular (they were my favorite too!), but all three went over very well – especially with the kids that tried them! These are a healthy and tasty snack, but would also be great sprinkled on rice, over salad, or even as a popcorn seasoning!
Kale Chips
- Bunch of Kale
- Oil (olive, toasted sesame, canola, coconut, other)
- Spices (smoked paprika, garlic, Cajun, etc.)
- Salt
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Trim kale and rip into small bite sized pieces.
- Wash kale and dry, either by hand or in a salad spinner. Use a bowl filled with water—swirl kale in water and dry with paper towels. Make sure kale leaves get as dry as possible so the oil will stick.
- Line baking sheet(s) with foil or parchment paper.
- Place kale on baking sheet (enough for a single layer—a couple good-sized handfuls) and drizzle with oil of choice. Sprinkle kale with spice of choice and toss to coat. Add salt if using.
- Arrange kale in single layer and bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven to cool. Repeat as many times as needed.
There are about a million different ways to flavor these chips, here are but a few suggestions:
- Toasted sesame oil, garlic, salt, pumpkin seeds
- Smoked paprika or Cajun seasoning
- Salt and pepper
- Teriyaki or soy sauce
- Parmesan cheese
- Nutritional Yeast
Eat them as a snack, or sprinkle them on salads, rice, popcorn, etc.
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A potentially important issue that arises when investing in mutual funds is the loss of control over one's assets. A mutual fund shareholder buys into the mutual fund, turning his or her money over to the portfolio manager to make all the decisions. Although many prefer it this way, relieving them of the responsibility, investors in mutual funds still need to understand that they no longer have control over the stocks that are being held by the fund, and in some cases even sectors or countries invested in. Furthermore, they have no control over the recognition of capital gains from securities held, and so forth.
Assume you want to invest internationally but are adamant about avoiding Japan, given some of the dire predictions about what could happen to the economy of that country. With many international mutual funds, you may well have Japanese exposure whether you want it or not. Suppose you wish to have exposure to the consumer sector of the economy but you are determined to avoid tobacco company stocks because of how you feel about them. Here again, with a few exceptions, it might be difficult or even impossible to avoid these stocks. With some of the new alternatives described later, however, it is possible to accomplish both of the goals mentioned here.


text: Shaina Louis-Jean is a Miami native that has developed a career in publicity, social media management, and lifestyle blogging. With plans of graduating from Florida International University May 2018 with a Bachelor in Public Relations and International Relations, she involves herself in many projects with local creatives in her spare time. These projects range from art installations at Art Basel, movie premiers, to curating events. Based on these experiences, Shaina has partnered up with two designers starting up a fashion line and will be handling the PR aspect of the businesses. She expects to help both brands grow and provide her services to businesses outside of Florida.


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(Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting Feb. 27, led by "Focus", according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters.
1 (*) Focus..................................$19.1 million
2 (2) Kingsman: The Secret Service...........$11.8 million
3 (3) The SpongeBob Movie....................$11.2 million
4 (1) Fifty Shades of Grey...................$10.9 million
5 (*) The Lazarus Effect.....................$10.6 million
6 (4) McFarland, U.S.A.......................$ 7.8 million
7 (6) American Sniper........................$ 7.7 million
8 (5) The DUFF...............................$ 7.2 million
9 (**) Still Alice............................$ 2.7 million
10 (7) Hot Tub Time Machine 2.................$ 2.4 million
Last week's rank in parentheses. (*) = new release (**) = did not place in top 10
American Sniper...............................$331.1 million
Fifty Shades of Grey..........................$147.8 million
The SpongeBob Movie...........................$140.3 million
Kingsman: The Secret Service..................$ 85.7 million
McFarland, U.S.A..............................$ 22.0 million
The DUFF......................................$ 20.1 million
Focus.........................................$ 19.1 million
Still Alice...................................$ 12.0 million
The Lazarus Effect............................$ 10.6 million
Hot Tub Time Machine 2........................$ 10.3 million
Comcast Corp's Universal Pictures released "Fifty Shades of Grey". "Kingsman: The Secret Service" was released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of 21st Century Fox.
"The SpongeBob Movie" and "Hot Tub Time Machine 2" were distributed by Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc.
"The Lazarus Effect" was released by independent studio Relativity
Walt Disney Co. Disney released "McFarland, U.S.A."
"American Sniper" and "Focus" were released by Warner Brothers, a unit of Time Warner Inc.
Lionsgate released "The DUFF"
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The Tualatin Valley Chapter is one of about 400 chapters making up the national organization of TROUT Unlimited. Having more than 140,000 volunteers organized into those chapters from Maine to Montana to Alaska. This dedicated grassroots army is matched by a respected staff of lawyers, policy experts and scientists, who work out of more than 30 offices nationwide. These conservation professionals ensure that TU is at the forefront of fisheries restoration work at the local, state and national levels.
TU's Mission
To conserve, protect and restore North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
TU's Vision
By the next generation, Trout Unlimited will ensure that robust populations of native and wild coldwater fish once again thrive within their North American range, so that our children can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters.To conserve, protect and restore North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
TVTU's Role:
Our Chapter is based in Portland, Oregon but its geographic area also encompasses a number of watersheds on the north Oregon coast. Recent years have seen an increase in chapter activity on coastal rivers and streams, with heightened public awareness of the chapter's involvement (often in conjunction with other local groups), and an increasing array of conservation opportunities as a result. The chapter intends to continue its efforts to take advantage of these opportunities by focused application of TU's mantra of "Protect, Reconnect, Restore and Sustain."
Read more about the Chapter HERE
Read more about the Chapter HERE
If you are interested in becoming a member it can be as simple as joining on-line with an introductory membership. Your contribution will play a larger role directly to TVTU by joining this way!


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"Do you expect I'm going to solve this? I'm going to take on these Russian thieves? Clearly I'm not going to [be able to] do it." -small business owner defrauded by malware and "money mules"
A great and overdue article in the Wall Street Journal this morning: "Wanted: Defense Against Online Bank Fraud". The article discusses a now popular cyber-crime first popularized in 2008 which is initiated by an online theft/fraud of insecured ATM/payroll data on user/client/small business PCs. Fake payroll members are created and then [recruited] "money mules" cash out fraudulent paychecks from ATM terminals across the globe. If the fraud is timed right, a small business can lose large sums from their payroll accounts within 24 hours or less. The FBI and the IC3 has been warning about this for some time:
Small businesses during a recession make excellent targets. It is a bit like capitalizing on sick children. Large businesses and banks know the value of security infrastructure and development. They have lots to lose and they have been high priority targets in the past. (And they have just received big chunks of "Stimulus funding." ) Most small business employ limited staff, have a few PCs (perhaps running some accounting software), maybe some server or cloud infrastructure investments, and a web site or web/commerce site.
The few aggressive owners/proprietors that investigate securing their infrastructure may have done so on a "self-help" basis - implementing firewalls, UTM, anti-virus, anti-spyware. But even these self-motivated individuals are in no way prepared to be the targets of dedicated information warfare from skilled global criminal enterprises originating in eastern Europe, South America, Russia, China, etc. Thus, in less than 24 hours, small business payroll accounts, many of these derived from 'bridge loans' from local banks, are wiped out. The targeting of small business by cyber-criminals is an "anti-stimulus" effort; functioning to effectively siphon funds from a weakened American economy.


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Twitter makes room for more characters in tweets
Apr 02, 2017, 1:16
On Thursday, Twitter has announced 140-character limit for social media posts. People replying to someone or a group will no longer have the usernames included in the Tweet's 140 character count.
The microblogging site also stated that the username will appear above the tweet text rather than with the tweet itself, so one has more characters to have conversations. Users can tap on "Replying to..." to see and control who's part of any specific conversation.
One more pressing issue is that the change will make it possible to create massive "Twitter Canoes", a general term for conversations with more than three users.
'Batgirl' Movie Coming Soon? 'Avengers' Director Joss Whedon in Talks
I'd put money it... and I can't help thinking we might even get a Batgirl cameo during the upcoming Batman solo film, The Batman . Joss Whedon is making the jump from Marvel to DC to bring a classic female superhero to the big screen.
The new update will be rolling out now on twitter.com as well as on Twitter for iOS and Android. To start with, it has now eased the 140 character limit to exclude handles in replies, on any conversation on its platform. Now this will be replaced by the name of the person you're replying to hovering over the tweet, like for instance: "Replying to TechnoBuffalo". Twitter also said it would stop counting usernames, but the change did not go into effect until now. According to Twitter, this change will make things less cluttered as it will allow you to focus on the discussion "rather than seeing lots of @usernames". Professor Tressie McMillan Cottom said in a Medium post that it made it more hard for her to combat harassment on the service. While Twitter was touting it's the third time it has moved to expand the character limit since Jack Dorsey came back to the helm, some argued the character limit will continue to limit its growth.
This past September, Twitter made another change to the way it counts 140 characters in tweets. Plus, it would have defeated the entire concept of Twitter to begin with: sending out small bursts of information or thoughts to other people on the internet. This has been seen as a way to encourage more use and sharing of pictures, videos and links. Twitter has disclosed that usernames of people or @usernames will not be counted in the character limit of Tweets and replies.


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There is so much to say or not much to say at all. We got married. It was awesome. I'll set the scene and let the pictures do the rest.
Mike and I were married on September 1st, 2012 in Traverse City, Michigan. We were married in a little church on a small, 18 mile long peninsula, called Old Mission. The peninsula is home to cherry and apple orchards, and wineries and such.
After the ceremony, we took a few photos near a local favorite brewery near downtown, then made our way back out to Old Mission Peninsula to celebrate the reception at a family friend's organic rhubarb farm, in their renovated barn and in a tent in the field.
Vendor Highlight! All photos were taken by Bryan and Mae Photography. This husband and wife duo were such a delight to work with and we are so happy with the results. They are based in Grand Rapids, Michigan but they do take their photography on the road!
It's so hard to choose photos to show, so here are a few, and more will be sprinkled in as the series continues! (Click on photos to see a larger version)
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Sharing some exciting news with her Twitter followers, Candice Accola announced she was engaged on Wednesday (May 29).
During a romantic getaway in Florence, Italy, The Fray guitarist Joe King popped the question to the "Vampire Diaries" star.
Posting a pic of the happy betrothed couple, the 26-year-old actress tweeted, "Cheers from the future Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Aaron King."
Stoked for her pal and costar, Nina Dobrev tweeted, "What colors are we thinking for the bridesmaids dresses Because yellow isnt a good color on me.. 😛 haha."


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Durga Puja in the Bay Area, 2005
Durga Puja is just around the corner. Here is an update on the list of Durga Pujas that are going to be celebrated in the Bay Area this year.
- Sanskriti - Oct 15 th and Oct 16th at Gunn High School Spangenberg Auditorium, Palo Alto. Directions.
- Prabasi - Oct 15th and Oct 16th at Chabot College, Hayward.
- Pashchimi - Oct 8th - Oct 12th at Sunnyvale, Temple.
- Livermore Hindu Temple - Oct 8th - Oct 12th


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Here Comes Chernobyl is a progressive southern punk band from Atlanta, Georgie featuring Cleveland, Illinois transplant Adam Carton. These songs are precise, recorded well and very interesting. They have a 21st century punk sound that seems thrash influenced, the last song even has a heavy stoner rock part. The vocals are a nice balance of thrash pop punk stylings with Adam's weird political poetic singing that makes this band worth checking out. Its tight and different, in a very good way. The lyrics seem very appropriate for those of us living in Amerika during the Great Recession. Here Comes Chernobyl!!!!


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Dude Breaks Washing Machine Toss World Record at Reds Game (Video)
You probably had no clue that there was an official world record for longest washing machine toss, but there is, and it was broken by Cincinnati strongman Sean McCarthy at the Great American Ballpark following the Reds' 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals last night.
McCarthy didn't just break the record. He smashed it with a 15-foot throw, which is over a foot further than the previous record of 13 feet and 6.6 inches.
Here are a couple of looks at the record-breaking toss:
If you can throw a washing machine, you can throw a baseball. pic.twitter.com/7DmmITVb3F
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) August 6, 2015


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In India if we talk about the finest location of wildlife resorts one of them is Corbett National Park. Jim Corbett National Park is located at the foothill of the Himalaya. It spreads across Nainital, Almora and Pauri district. Corbett is the biggest wildlife sanctuary and first tiger reserve zone in India. It covers around 1218.5sq km. wild area with dense forest and various species of wild animals specially Royal Bengal Tiger. To visit the Corbett National Park with jeep and elephant safari everybody needs to stay at the wildlife resorts.
About Resorts in Corbett:
There are large numbers of resorts in Corbett Park in various categories. Sometimes we get confuse to select the specified category and particular resort. Here we are specifying the small description with examples of luxury, deluxe and budget resorts.
Luxury Resorts in Corbett:
Luxurious resorts should be placed in ultimate spacious wild location near to Corbett entry gates and must contain all luxurious amenities like specious rooms, swimming pool, good room services, bar be queue, spa and meditation centre, bonfire arrangements, recreational activities facility, wildlife movie show, doctor on call, in house parking, stocked library, conference facilities etc.
Here are some examples of luxurious category resorts:
- Infinity Resort
- Corbett Hideaway Resort
- Jim Jungle Retreat
- Manu Maharani Resort
- Corbett Leela Villas
- Ramganga Resort
- Tarangi Resort
- Corbett River View Resort
Deluxe Resorts in Corbett:
Deluxe category resorts should have the finest wild location with some basic deluxe amenities. These resorts budget are being very comfortable for every tourist. So deluxe resorts are always first choice for most of the visitors. Basic amenities must be in deluxe resorts are spacious air conditioner rooms or cottages, hygienic food, round of clock services, good housekeeping, recreational activities facilities, in house parking, doctor on call etc.
Here are some examples of deluxe category resorts:
- Camp River Wild Resort
- Escape Corbett Resort
- Tiger Camp
- Suman Grand Resort
- Corbett Gateway Resort
- Wild Crest
- Pine Tree Resort
- Wild Trail Resort
Budgeted Resorts in Corbett:
Budgeted resorts count camping sites, hotels and forest lodges. Luxury accommodation facilities do not available at such resorts but good quality hygienic food with the best possible services is served at there. Budgeted resorts never over load into visitor's pocket and one can enjoy wildlife adventure in a little budget.
All best wildlife resorts in Corbett National Park are listed above. It is always advised to plan Corbett tour according to trip date and number of days to stay at there. Select a resort from the above list as per category, requirement or budget and book it in advance after searching the best deal in internet.


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Allergy Center Plano TX
Today there is no need to suffer from the discomfort of allergies and asthma when you can visit the Allergy Center Plano TX for all of your problems. The Center recognizes that each individual is different and that is why a customized treatment plan is created to fit the individual needs of their patients. This is vital for the patient to recover and not suffer from allergy and asthma.
Types of Allergy
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Sinus Problems
- Eczema
- Insect Allergies
- Drug Allergies
- Food Allergies
This list consists of some of the allergies that the Center takes care of for their clients but they always feel that it is best to test each patient to find out what is the allergy of the patient because there are many more not listed.
Allergic Rhinitis and Sinus Problems
This type of allergy is of the nose and the eyes many people suffer from this allergy today and they refer to it as "hay fever." The best method to evaluate a patient is with an exam and a skin test. Nasal smears help to determine if the patient is suffering from "sinus infection" or "hay fever." A CT Scan maybe taken as well to help determine what the patient suffers. Once the patient is diagnosed then treatment begins which includes prevention techniques, the right type of medications, possibly allergy shots, and immunotherapy.
Eczema Skin Problems
Eczema is a skin problem that consists of having itchy dry skin that could become inflamed. The people at the center are able to detect when a person suffers from Eczema by a blood test and a skin test. While there are medicines that can help relieve many of the symptoms, the diet helps to cure Eczema and keep the skin clear. Many young people suffer from skin problems related to Eczema. It is very important to let Allergy Center in Plano TX diagnose the problem and provide the proper medication and diet plan.
Insect Allergies and Food Allergies
Insect Allergies and Food Allergies are not always easy to control and should be taken care of immediately by the Center. Those who suffer from Food Allergies find that they may have itchy hives, shortness of breath, vomiting, and dizziness. It is life threatening if food poisoning occurs because of the allergy or the fact the food is spoiled. Insect allergies can occur as well causing a person to suffer from some of the same symptoms. It seems that an insect could have bitten a person and not realizes it until symptoms occur. It is vital to have testing done at the Center to prevent any unnecessary problems.
Drug Allergies
Allergy Center Plano Texas realizes that one of the most serious of allergies is drug allergies. The Center keeps a close watch on all the patients' medications in order to prevent drug reactions. This is important to preventing drug allergies affecting the patient. Clients are satisfied with the service and attention that they receive when they visit the Center for their allergies and/or asthma.


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