Brian, Gabrielle, Elliot, and Karl, and three dogs went to town on Tuesday. Here’s how that happened. Brian’s braille note-taker device got stuck in the “on” position so he needed to send it to Florida for repair. As it is his near -constant companion, he needs it to be as quick of an in-out job as […]
New definition of COLD
As we age, we develop new ideas, refine some, drop others. I am going out on a limb to admit what many already know about me. I am getting older. Yes, this thought comes with the beginning of a new year because I usually have to think about what year it is before I can […]
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Nenana increased by eight feet
Sure, the title is meant to lure you into reading more! Nenana has increased by eight feet. These eight feet, quickly followed by four more feet, just ran past me here in my dining room. Let me tell you about the latest 4-H project. On Tuesday, November 25, we met two Guide Dogs of the […]
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Warming Up
When Brian says that it’s minus twenty-two and that it has warmed up, I’m glad to be sitting on the couch with a phonics lesson to do. We had some guests of the younger type for supper the other day. The subject of my age came up. No, I’m not 87 nor am I 500 […]
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Nine-Ten–
We were having a typical homeschooling time. The older three are sometimes pretty independent which allows me short bursts of time with Michaela. She was working on the Hundreds chart learning to count from one to one hundred- really learning to keep her mouth and her index finger going at the same rate. She got […]
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Five years ago TODAY
Whoa! Brian just reminded us that five years ago today, we left Cedarville to come to Nenana. He says it was a Wednesday then as well. How many things have changed since then… But our great God is still the same loving heavenly Father watching over us and guiding us. We are so thankful to […]
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Little comments from a little one
Of course, you know that small children do say things that older folk find amusing. This comment was made while a young person was being wheeled around and around in the Fairbanks Wal-mart: “I wish we needed all the things that we want.” I guess that it is well known by this person that God […]
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Top Ten: reasons to go to church
In the second T&T AWANA book one of the four questions is “Why should I go to church?” There are eight answers with supporting Scripture verses to back up those answers. I really think that some kids need an answer like “Because I said so”, but so far, that is not an issue we have […]
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Pilot’s License
I realized that Time was passing by but I didn’t realize that it had its pilot’s license. We have been busy with 4-H service projects and individual projects and the Tanana Valley State Fair and the Nenana flood and wrapping up the end of “school” work from the spring. We also enjoyed a week of […]
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FLOOD UPDATE
The waters in Nenana are going down. We don’t know yet the extent of the damage. We know some people have lost their homes. Our street is still flooded but it appears the waters are down about 8-10 inches from their crest on Sunday morning. Adam has stopped using his canoe because the water […]
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