One of the hardest things to draw seems to be simple. Straight lines. While the skill seems so basic, this is the place to start when one wants to become an artist. Particularly challenging for children, partly due to the monotony, practicing drawing straight lines over and over is the way to see drastic artistic […]
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Power of Smile Lines
With the premature death of Robin Williams this week, we are all reminded that behind the laughter, often a broken heart remains. Many people have tackled the subject of depression this week. One I admire the most is my friend, Amy. Rather than retreat after the tragic loss of her brother to suicide, she has […]
Continue readingA Line of Flashing Lights …
Image from Wikimedia Commons When I was a senior in high school, my parents went on a trip. Due to the fact that I was not convinced I wanted to be solely responsible for my younger siblings, they kindly arranged for a couple to stay with us to be officially in charge. I remember it […]
Continue readingLines About “The Warrior’s Vow” by Christina Rich
As I mentioned yesterday, Kyle’s cousin (and now dear friend of mine) is releasing her 2nd book today! I know how excited I am about her next book being available, so I cannot imagine how she is doing about now! Since I had the privilege of being one of the early readers, I am hoping […]
Continue readingLines About “The Guardian’s Promise” by Christina Rich
This review might need a bit of a disclaimer. You see, the author just happens to be my husband’s cousin. Before she was Christina Rich, she was Christina Garrison. But she and her husband, Cody, were married several years before we were, so we never actually had the same last name at the same time. […]
Continue readingModern Day Lines of Slavery
Writing about the Underground Railroad last week on my Odyssey through Nebraska blog was much easier than the topic at hand. After all that type of slavery officially ended during the Civil War time period. Enough years have passed that, for the most part, people universally recognize that that was a dark period in our […]
Continue readingLines to see the Tabernacle
Waiting 30 minutes in a seated line was worth it last Saturday. Our family had the opportunity to walk through the Tabernacle this week-end. Do not worry – you did not miss some major archeological find. This Tabernacle is a reproduction based on the biblical explanation. Reading through the Bible every year, I feel that […]
Continue readingLine of Twisters
Today is a “Severe Weather Alert” day across Nebraska. Having lived in the area of the Hallam tornadoes a decade ago, I definitely pay more attention if bad weather is coming my way. To be honest, all that could happen today makes a bit nervous. Praying “please don’t send them my way” seems a bit […]
Continue readingSummer Line-Up (And Through TODAY a Free E-Book “Surviving Summer Vacation” by Kathi Lipp)
Our school year is winding down. Since the temperature is going up, this is maybe a good thing. Motivation levels are definitely going down. This might also be because our lives are still in limbo as our house is still on the market. We have had too much going on around here for awhile. I […]
Continue readingLine up of Easter Songs
Today is Good Friday. Every year it seems like we get really busy right about this time. So focusing on what Easter really means can be a challenge for me. One thing that I have done that has really helped is to create an “Easter songs” playlist for my I-pod. Here are the songs from […]
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