• On Commence le Cinquième Mois

    On Commence le Cinquième Mois

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    April concludes our fourth month here in France. We’ve now been through French school one-third of our scheduled time. On the one hand, it’s sort of scary to think that we’ve only got about eight months left to get up to comfortable fluency; on the other hand, it’s exciting to see how far we’ve come. […]

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  • Three Articles on Bible Translation from Anvil Journal

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    Gratuitously and shamelessly reposted from Antony Billington’s blog. I got these babies instapapered and look forward to reading Sanneh’s first, then maybe Wright’s and possibly but possibly not Tomlin’s. Some contents of the latest issue of Anvil are now available online (after a pain-free registration process), with essays on translating the Bible, with special reference […]

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  • Fish Pie

    Fish Pie

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    Henry has already sampled dishes that didn’t reach my palette until I was well into my twenties. One such dish his Granny G enjoys making for him is fish pie. After visiting the UK earlier this month and discovering ready-made fish pie in the baby food aisle, Henry’s Granny found a recipe for a pint-sized […]

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  • Poppy Asks For A Pet

    Poppy Asks For A Pet

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    I’m writing this down because I just don’t want to forget the first time Poppy asks for a pet.   Tonight we were watching a little bit of TV and there were some children holding chicks.  Poppy suddenly pipes up and says “I want a chick”.  Haha!  Drew the Jester says, “Me too!  Maybe in […]

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