Lady Badger

How true that is! I was crying sadly and then laughing...loudly only a few moments later. LOL, I only wanted to read BOW during the morning or late night hours so no one would see me LOL! But the story is amazing, and the other stories are great (and am I ever glad there is more to read!)

I just posted chapter 15 of Swept Away.

Nice to hear from you, Lady!
Oh please tell me how you like Lux Aeterna when you do get to listen to it. By the way I was wrong on the venue; my son's choir will be singing in Lincoln Center not Carnegie Hall. I took him to the airport this morning to see him off and he's already texted me a photo of the Empire State Building

Thank you, give him my best.

Did John show you my "Vegetable War" song lyric? I just now sent him something intentionally contrasting with the humorous lyric: something I imagine could be sung by a Calormene farmer....

Life is a turnip, always a turnip,
Turnips will teach us life.
Raw, they are bitter, turnips are bitter,
Even when fully ripe.

Pulling the turnips, lazy with turnips,
Eating them as they're found,
They will be bitter, always be bitter,
Taken right from the ground.

Chopping the turnips, cooking the turnips,
Adding the seasoning--
Then they're not bitter, no longer bitter,
Then they can feed a king!

Life is a turnip; learn from the turnip!
Hard work is not a waste.
Work makes the bitter no longer bitter;
Working gives life its taste!

When you go to the Lux Aeterna link click on the Nov 2008 performance by the youth choir in Belgium

Hi Joytones,
Are you familiar with Lux Aeterna by Lauridsen? It is a beautiful choral work, and my son's high school choir is learning it for a Carnegie Hall (New York City) concert they will be participating in the end of May. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VggXas5rJk> The music is beautiful, but very challenging. Please pray for my son as he tries to finish learning the bass part in the next weeks.

The Sonneteer has struck again! Ha ha ha, no one is safe from my deadly pentameter; my latest victim is Powl!

Alleluia!
Happy Resurrection Day!

I don't know where to get that recipe, but here is a favorite Resurrection Rolls recipe I like to do with my kids--
Ingredients:

Large Marshmallows
Melted Butter
Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture
Cans of Crescent Rolls

Directions:
Open the can of crescent rolls and separate into triangles. The rolls represent the linen wrapping used in covering the dead.
Dip and roll one marshmallow, representing Jesus' body, into melted butter. The butter represents the oils used in anointing the dead body.
Roll the marshmallow in the sugar/cinnamon mixture. The mixture represents the spices used in burials.
Place the marshmallow in the center of the crescent triangle. Fold and pinch the edges tight. Put each crescent-wrapped marshmallow on a slightly greased cookie sheet.
Bake the rolls as directed on the package. The oven represents the tomb.
When cooked, the marshmallow melts leaving only the puffed crescent roll. This demonstrates how Jesus rose from the dead. All that remained in the tomb were the linen wrappings.

If we have been united with Him like this in His death,
we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
Romans 6:5

Thank you for your birthday wishes. I had a lovely day -- got to worship, see my son sing/play bass in praise team, teach kids (including my daughter) in jr worship, have a nice lunch out and relaxing afternoon. Then in the evening we got to see an Easter pageant... and have my favorite dessert a kind of soft cheesecake chocolate sour cream pie.

Thanks for sharing the story of your usernames. Your obvious tender affection for ESW and he for you is really a joy.

The Lynx that ate his brain. That was both interesting, curious, and playful John

lol cool how's John? I haven't talk to him either :[ ES and I mostly on a different time

hi there I haven't talk to you an a while how are you?

Cool group i'll check it out!!

hi,i'm Audrey!!

Hey, happy to!

Hi Lady Lynne,
I know this is a newbie-ish question, but what is a social group? I just got an invite for the Byron on Wells Boosters that you created for ES but I didn't know what a social group is/does...
Blessings, Linda

Hi Lynne,
Great news! My daughter's science project [measuring fat in potato chips] won a blue ribbon at her homeschool academy's Open House on Tuesday 3/10 Also her poem, "Love" won a Theme ribbon for best reflection on the theme of the event. As you know these projects both represent an incredible amount of sweat and perseverance and revisions on her part since she has cognitive delays. Even if she hadn't won anything I would have been proud of her just for working so hard. But it sure is affirming to have the awards too!

More praises: My son got word yesterday that he's gotten a full scholarship to Interlochen, a summer arts camp in Michigan. He'll be studying voice and operetta. And I just received an e-mail yesterday saying that my proposal for presenting a workshop with my daughter at the National Down Syndrome Congress convention this August has been accepted.