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Happy Birthday, Peanut!
1 minuteHappy Birthday, Peanut! We love you. We won’t reveal your age here, but suffice to say this is your last one that starts with a two. Emily barely got out the door this morning for class without Poppy grabbing a bite of her birthday croissant au amande (almond croissant). Leave your birthday love for Emily below […]
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The Written World
1 minuteIf you’re not a regular listener of BBC Radio 4’s program(me) “In Our Time,” you may have missed the series of five episodes that just aired on the history of the writing and how it has shaped intellectual history. Of particular interest to my readers will be episode three, how the invention of writing influenced […]
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Lofty Mountain Grandeur
1 minuteAfter church today, Grandad took us for a drive in the mountains. Living in a valley just on the edge of the Alps, we have been admiring the snow-capped peaks all around us. We ascended as far as the maintained roads would take us and paused for some pictures. The hymn “How Great Thou Art” […]
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A Photo Just For Helen
1 minuteHelen, this photo was taken of us on Christmas Day. It is the only one that was half decent because Poppy kept running away and being a cheeky monkey. Better than nothing. I included a couple more that I think will make you smile.