http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie A notable adventure of wrongs righted Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:36:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We started school back up yesterday after a 5 week break (it was scheduled to be a 3-week break, but I ended the last term at 5 weeks because I had no brain power or emotional energy to do school, then Knox postponed his arrival until the end of my ... http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/school-days/ Small-Plot, High-Yield Gardening: How to Grow Like a Pro, Save Money, and Eat Well by Turning Your Back (or Front or Side) Yard Into An Organic Produce Garden by Sal Gilbertie My rating: 4 of 5 stars MCL. I might buy this book. It's a good complement to The Square-Foot Garden, although ... http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/review-small-plot-high-yield-gardening-by-sal-gilbertie/ Splendor in the Ordinary: Your Home as a Holy Place by Thomas Howard Hence Christians think more about God in their hearts than God in a temple. [...] Not only because of this inner focus in Christianity, but also because we modern men, Christian or nonreligious, live ... http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/commonplace-entry-mystery-in-the-ordinary/ Splendor in the Ordinary: Your Home as a Holy Place by Thomas Howard My rating: 5 of 5 stars Own. I don't remember where I heard of this book, but it must have been a persuasive recommendation, because it made it onto an Amazon order without being in queue for a year ... http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/review-splendor-in-the-ordinary-by-thomas-howard/ Ivanhoe by Walter Scott My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. My first Scott novel, but not my last. A very interesting and entertaining novel of the days of Richard Lion-Heart. View my Goodreads.com reviews >> http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/review-ivanhoe-by-sir-walter-scott/ We see very little of his eyes, but rest assured that they are as blue as all his siblings' eyes have been. http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/baby-knox/ Knox Bombadil Winckler February 25, 2010 11:05pm 9 pounds, 8 ounces http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/knox-bombadil-winckler/ More stop-and-go labor leaves me yet still here, with a belly great with child. I slept decently well last night after thirty minutes or so of "this has got to be it" contractions died out. Now we are back to I-can-still-function contractions, as I had all day yesterday. Ten days ... http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/still-yet/ Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World by N.D. Wilson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. Wild and whirling words with method in the madness: a defense of the world as it exists (as God's Art), mocking philosophers and the "problem" of evil, inviting us to see ... http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/review-notes-from-the-tilt-a-whirl-by-nate-wilson/ The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien My rating: 5 of 5 stars Own. 2010: Matt's evening read aloud to the family. Matt does character voices, shouts when the characters shout, and his voice and the way he reads adds to the experience of the story. 2008: It's been six years ... http://www.pelennorfields.com/mystie/2010/review-fellowship-of-the-ring-by-jrr-tolkien/