French onion soup is the world’s most elegant dish. Not the kind of elegance you’d find on a white tablecloth with extra silverware, but elegant in the sense that scientists use the word. Like when a simple equation can express the relationship between matter and energy with as few ingredients as a pot of French…
Leading by Example: How Author J.R.R. Tolkien Put His Family First
Author J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973) led a full life, yet he always put his family first. For over 70 years, he created Middle-earth complete with its own geography, time, languages, and history. Alongside his writing, his vivid illustrations bring his visions into our world. Besides his fiction, Tolkien was an Oxford don (similar to a U.S….
Film Review: ‘A Journal for Jordan’: Director Denzel Washington Is All Over the Map
December 21, 2021
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A Journal for Jordan movieArts & CultureDenzel WashingtonFilm ReviewsLife & TraditionMichael B. Jordan
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PG-13 | 2h 11min | Drama, Romance, Biography | 25 December 2021 (USA) In his first three features as a director, two-time Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington chose to explore the (often difficult) experiences of Black Americans. “Antwone Fisher” (2002) and “The Great Debaters” (2007) were fact-based and “Fences” (2016) was an adaptation of the 1985 play by August Wilson. All low-budget affairs,…
Earn Your Wings: Learn to Fly
Here’s a scenario we’ve all experienced: While sitting in a traffic jam, a small plane passes overhead. Watching it make its way, presumably in a straight line to its destination, not tethered to roadways, it’s easy to wonder what it would be like to be at the wheel, watching the world pass by from above….
Founding Friends Bound Together by the Fourth of July
December 21, 2021
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The United States has been blessed with many distinguished leaders. But the generation that founded our nation has a special place in the hearts of many Americans. Even among that very special generation, two of our Founders stand out not only because of their many accomplishments and their lasting mark on the country, but because…
Mary and the Angelic Friar
Are you ready for Christmas? Christmas prepping is a practice many of us share. Whether you are writing a wish list or to-do list, dream sheet or balance sheet, cooking, cleaning, or polishing up behavior to eke onto the nice list, before celebrating Christmas, there is work to be done. Perhaps you’ve already decorated your…
An ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas
Growing up in the 1960s, my favorite show was “I Love Lucy.” It made me laugh to see how Lucy was always getting herself and her husband, Ricky, into predicaments. Periodically and unfortunately, I can relate. A while back, my parents left their home of 51 years to live in an independent senior apartment building….
Homeschool Humor: A Conversation With Jennifer Cabrera of the Hifalutin Homeschooler
Homeschooling isn’t for the faint of heart, but it sure helps if you can find the humor in it. That’s just what Jennifer Cabrera, a Texas homeschooling mom of three, a podcaster, and author of “Socialize Like a Homeschooler: A Humorous Homeschool Handbook,” is doing, and she’s sharing her humor with other parents in the…
Children Are Mirrors
To become more self-aware, you may think that taking a good look in the mirror would be helpful, or perhaps asking for insights from family and friends might offer insight. If you’re a parent, you may find the answers you’re looking for in your children. Every parent has experienced that delightful—or alarming—moment when their child…
Norman Rockwell’s America
“I was showing the America I knew and observed to others who might not have noticed.” —Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell’s career spanned six decades, and he is certainly one of America’s best-known 20th century artists. Many of us love him. Many dismiss him as a romanticist and kitschy caricaturist, but a showing of his works…
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