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Faith & Culture Writer’s Conference @ Western Seminary
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Commuting: A mix of Options
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New commuting to fit families
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Snow Day Supper, Part 2: Bread
This is my family’s favorite bread. Although the official name is something like “No Knead Bread,” my KitchenAid does the kneading, so all bread is “no-knead” for me! I call Homemade Artisan Bread – doesn’t that just sound a bit …
Snow Day Supper, Part 1: Soup
Today’s another snow – actually, I think we’ll have snow days the rest of the week, as another blizzard is set for tomorrow morning – so I decided to take advantage of being homebound and cook it up. One the …
Angella’s Tips for Remaining Cold Free (or at least less susceptible)
I have two boys, both in elementary school, which means I am basically a petri dish from October to March. And because of my health issue, I’m a little more susceptible than normal people to colds and …. well, pretty …
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The Stuff of Happiness
I just read Leonard Pitts, Jr.’s latest column. In case you haven’t heard of him, he’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist with the Miami Herald. (They have Dave Barry, too… that’s a lot of talent for one paper!) Anyway, …
Facebook!
I’m on Facebook – so if you get around there, be sure to do the Friend thing. Search for “Angella Foret Diehl” and leave a note so I know who you are. Just finished The O commuter package. What a …
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One more piece of history
I got some WONDERFUL news today. Life-changingly wonderful. Excruciatingly beautiful wonderful. I’m not allowed to spill the beans, so I won’t. Let’s just say I screamed like a little girl and jumped up & down. (No, I didn’t get a …
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Wow, just wow…
We made history today. No matter how the election turned out, we would have made history. Either we would have elected the first female vice-president of the United States, or the first black president of the United States. Of course, …
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Lugging around a bunch of equipment…
I made it right on time to the OCW Summer Conference – not too early, not too late! After registration, faculty/staff meeting and a yummy lunch (I haven’t had a Rueben in years) with great conversations, we’re just about ready …
PS…
Forgot to add that the site isn’t 100% perfect yet. I’m still working on the pesky sidebar and a little on the layout. Back to work! Take care, ~A
Welcome to the new site!
Well, everything is up and running – just in time for the OCW conference tomorrow! The old blog – along with all of the old pages on the site – are now kaput… I’m preferring to think of this as …