Yesterday I returned home after a week in Seattle helping Grace and Curtis make wedding plans. We had a fantastic time and accomplished quite a bit. Oh, man. They are way too adorable. I had so much fun just watching them together. It was a rich and precious time. We laughed a lot, talked about […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day! (Think chocolate.) In other news, one of the challenges to writing good fiction is making dialogue believable. How many times have you been reading a book and thought, “No one really talks that way”? There’s an art to natural dialogue, but the big question is, who gets to decide what’s “natural”? I
I’ve read the book of Romans many times, but I don’t remember noticing that name amidst Paul’s greetings before today. Philologus. It’s pretty much the reverse of logophile (word lover), so I’m guessing it means “word of love” or something to that effect. (We do have some Greek reference books around here, but I’m too
Today we return to France (oo-la-la!) with ten more shots taken in Valbonne and Nice. You can view them HERE. (Note: If you’re visiting the picture blog for the first time, click the October 2006 archives link for more photos from our trip. Some have been crowded off the opening screen.) Yet more to come
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It’s Germany day on the picture blog. I added ten more shots from our time in Heidelberg, Worms, and the German wine district. Click HERE. Enjoy! More to come . . .
Tuesday, September 19, 2006. Valbonne, Nice, London, Dallas. We arrived for petit dejeuner (breakfast) at 7:30. Our host and hostess were both there, slicing fresh bread and warming cream for the coffee. They paused long enough for me to take their picture. I also took pictures of the food. Our bread basket was fuller than
Monday, September 18, 2006. Nice, France. After our usual breakfast we packed our daypack for an adventure to the seaside. We stopped by the hotel desk on our way out to request a taxi to the airport Tuesday morning. Then we headed to the tourist info center for the bus schedule to Nice. According to
Sunday, September 17, 2006. Valbonne and La Rouret. Church bells chime the hour in many European villages, including Valbonne. On Sunday they also ring with a more joyful urgency to call people to mass. With our windows open we heard them all, yet managed to sleep till after 8:00 AM. Instead of setting out breakfast
I’ve posted thirty pictures from our trip HERE. I’m sure I’ll be posting more, so check back later. ♥
Saturday, September 16, 2006. Valbonne and Antibes. During the night we were awakened several times by thunder. The first time I thought someone was rolling a heavy cart around on the floor above us, but after a couple more rumbles I realized another storm had blown in. It was still drizzly and grey when we