Christa Allan

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“Breakage” by Mary Oliver

I go down to the edge of the sea.
How everything shines in the morning light!
The cusp of the whelk,
the broken cupboard of the clam,
the opened, blue mussels,
moon snails, pale pink and barnacle scarred—
and nothing at all whole or shut, but tattered, split,
dropped by the gulls onto the gray rocks and all the [...]

[Note: Long post. Get coffee now.]
Over twenty-five years ago, I couldn’t have imagined that Sarah or I would have the opportunity to share this chapter in her life.
Because of technology, I have a way to share her story. But it’s only because of the grace and generosity of our loving Father that Sarah has a [...]

more about “Edublogs.tv“, posted with vodpod

more about “WeberTube - Never Lecture in Class Again“, posted with vodpod
Thanks to Vickie Davis@CoolCatTeacher, self-proclaimed tecno-geek, for this!

TOM CRUISE
AL PACINO
GEORGE CLOONEY
MORGAN FREEMAN
SYLVESTER STALLONE
BRUCE WILLIS
ROBERT DE NIRO
LEONARDO DI CAPRIO
TOM HANKS
MEL GIBSON
JUDE LAW
CLINT EASTWOOD
GWYNETH PALTROW
WINONA RYDER
SIGOURNEY WEAVER
JENNIFER ANISTON
GILLIAN ANDERSON
HALLE BERRY
NICOLE KIDMAN
ANGELINA JOLIE
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES
KATE WINSLET
JULIA ROBERTS
MERYL STREEP

Beautiful young woman, yes? She almost wasn’t.
Meet Gianna Jessen. Abortion Survivor.
Born 18 hours after her biological mother was injected with a saline solution to induce a chemical abortion, Gianna weighed two pounds and suffered severe injuries resulting in cerebral palsy.
Please read Randy Alcorn’s post about her and her thoughts on the upcoming election.

No…these aren’t new Hollywood baby names; though one could never completely rule out that possibility.
Can you work out the name of each actor or actress from the following anagrams?
Name lengths are shown in brackets.
Answers later!
ACTORS:
OMIT CURSE (3,6)
A PAL ICON (2,6)
COOL EGO ENERGY (6,7)
GERMAN FOREMAN (6,7)
LESS RELEVANT TO SLY (9,9)
WILL USE CRIB (5,6)
INERT BROODER (6,2,4)
COOL [...]

I’m spinning plates on several new ideas for books, which mostly consists of untangling plot threads like strands of cooked spaghetti thrown in a bowl, calculating how much chocolate I have to consume to generate a brilliant beginning, and wondering if Google is tracking how many times I search.
Once the story starts looking more like [...]

Battle at Kruger: Hang on until the finish. It’s worth the wait.

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Britains Got Talent - Final - Andrew Johnston HQ

With thanks to Tina Howard at spaghettipie and Mark Goodyear at goodwordediting for reminding me how blessed I am, from whom those blessings flow, and the flow does not have to stop with me. The screen will go black toward the end, but keep watching.

Fill in the answers to the clues by selecting the correct syllables from the
list below. Each syllable can only be used once and the number of syllables
to be used is shown in brackets. When the correct words are filled in, the
first and last letters reading down will reveal a proverb.
CO, CONDS, DEN, EN, IN, NA, [...]

My son, Michael, sent me this link. 
It answers the question, “I’m working HOW MANY hours to fill my tank?”
Three hours for me.

from 2008 Erma Bombeck Workshop

Garrison Keillor: Writing humor when life isn’t funny (2008 from Erma Bombeck Workshop)