I learned this by having children: risk is what makes things fun. Playgrounds are fun because that’s where we can play with gravity within a limited degree of risk.
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2019 Primary Scripture Readings Bookmark
I was hoping someone else had already done this, but the internet said “no”. Continue reading
Life in 3-D
As a child, it never would have occurred to me that life was anything but three-dimensional. Continue reading
Spicy Black Bean Burgers
While grocery shopping with my vegetarian daughter recently, we had a hard time finding our favorite black bean burgers at the store. There were other substitutes, but they just wouldn’t do. Finding the right food for a picky vegetarian teenager is dangerous territory, fraught with all kinds of emotional land mines. Wait a minute, how hard can it be to make them? We could even do it together. Continue reading
Breakfast Ideas, part 1
Oatmeal not cutting it anymore? Fed up with Life (cereal)? Burned out on toast? Thirty Marens agree that breakfast is good for you.
Boller: Norwegian sweet rolls
The world’s best rolls. Continue reading
Norway 2016, part 6: Returning to Oslo
The final day in a week-long solo adventure in Norway. Monday, September 12, 2016. Continue reading
Norway 2016, part 5: Sabbaten
From Sandviken to Sandvika and back to Oslo. September 11, 2016. Continue reading
Norway 2016, part 4: Rjukan
The tour of Tinnkommune continues: a day of traditional textiles and hiking. September 10, 2016. Continue reading
Norway 2016, part 3: Deep in the heart of Telemark
This is Norway, country-style. September 9, 2016. Continue reading