My aunt Ruth Jarrell died recently, after my Divinely arranged meeting with the Executive Director of Silent Blessings. She and my uncle were full time missionaries in the British Isles. He died suddenly either before I was born or while I was an infant. My memories of Ruth are few and short. I remember watching …
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Tiny (Traveling) House
I’ve mentioned it in a few other articles, it’s been near the forefront of my mind for a couple of years, and it’s been a topic of conversation (sometimes debate or denial) since I graduated. It’s still the plan – I still intend to design & build a house, that looks like a house, on …
Bilingual Competency vs Interpreting
Competency in two languages does not an interpreter make. Now, how do I explain that (quickly, effectively, politely) to sincere opportunists who need communication to take place in two languages, only one of which they know? I’ll start directing them to this article. 🙂 Or, perhaps, to the article in Psychology Today. I am an …
2013 March: Marching On
I couldn’t resist, really – if you know me, you know it’s true. A play on words cannot go unplayed. For me, March came in with a bit of a roar, and went out quietly just before a cheer. Of course, we’re now more than a week into April, and the big news just hit …
How Superstitions Start
I have to throw away my shoes. They’re fine shoes, my go-to shoes for a quick dash out the door, but there’s something about those brown shoes that make Doug’s friends see red. They haven’t said anything outright, they don’t really seem to take note, but there’s a strange coincidence between their worst occasions and …