Lewis on Campaigning Candidates

"Their threats are terrible enough, but we could bear
All that; it is their promises that bring despair . . ."

C.S. Lewis, in a segment from his poem "Lines During a General Election"

**Borrowed this quote from Douglas Wilson's Blog and Mablog. Tried to link, but it turned into too much of an ordeal.

An exhortation for those of us who view children as assets--Proverbs 27:23-24

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to every generation?

Ten Plagues in Verse

Blood and frogs and lice and flies;
Death to the cattle and boils on the hides;
Hail and locusts, followed by night;
Death to the firstborn showed God's might.

Princess Eva's Remodeling Inspection Service

Reporting for duty with the tools of my trade: a whistle for blowing and a spoon for lunch.

Hmmm . . . where to begin?

Aha! Problem spotted.

I cannot tolerate a cluttered work site.

And one more thing . . .

Is this floor level?

Finding satisfaction in a job well done.

THE Invitation--Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

Gracie's Spinach

This recipe originated with a young friend of a friend, so we don't know the namesake personally. However, we all think she's a whiz with spinach! Not only does it taste great, but it goes together very quickly and is easy to multiply for a big batch. My kind of recipe all the way around.

20 oz. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and slightly drained
(no need to squeeze all the liquid out)
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon salt
15 oz. ricotta cheese
1/2 c. milk or half and half
1/2 c. parmesan cheese
1/4 t. nutmeg

Cook spinach in the butter and salt until bubbly. Add remaining ingredients and heat through, but do not boil. Serve over spiral pasta or baked potatoes.

Three Cheers for Puritan Parenting Protocol

The government of the passions is another branch of self-denial to which children should early be habituated; and so much the rather because, in an age when reason is so weak,the passions are apt to appear with peculiar force and violence. A prudent care should, therefore, be taken to repress the exorbitances of them. For which purpose it is of great importance that they never be suffered to carry any point by obstinacy, noise, and clamor, which is indeed to bestow a reward on a fault that deserves a severe reprimand.

--Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) quote taken from Free Grace Broadcaster #204