Canadian beer drinkers, eh?

Scientists have found a new threat to the planet: Canadian beer drinkers.
Read the short article here.
I just knew that you’d want to know.

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Bridesmaid dresses

I’ll tell you what…planning a wedding in a foreign country can be a real challenge. BUT, there are also many, many advantages. And among them…gifted seamstresses!
Jeanne and her two bridesmaids — sister-in-law Dasha in Ukraine and sister Anna in Nepal — have scoured the internet for dresses. Unfortunately most of the dresses [...]

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Glendale

 
I actually intended to post this last week, but I got a bit sidetracked and then was hit by the flu.
 
What a great little village just north of Cincinnati, Ohio:  Glendale.
I forward these “Glendale mailing list” messages on to friends from time-to-time, mostly so that people can see that there are still wonderful small towns [...]

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Ecclesiastes 9:10

From Spurgeon’s Morning & Evening:
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.”  Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,” refers to works that are possible.  There are many things our heart finds to do that we will never do.  It is well it is in our heart, but if we would be [...]

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Case for genocide

Some of you may have seen this article in the Wall Street Journal — thanks, Kristina, for bringing it to my attention. It is written by Viktor Yushchenko, the president of Ukraine, to explain WHY he wants Holodomor to be recognized as genocide…
It’s a fairly short article, but an important one. As he [...]

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Sick puppy

Well, not as cute as a puppy.  But, sick none-the-less.  I was surprised with a sudden attack of the flu beginning late Sunday morning and just now (late Monday afternoon) starting to feel more normal.
For those of you who are sick in private homes…be thankful.  I have had a headache for the last 24 hours, [...]

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Holodomor

Today marks 75 years since the beginning of the forced famine of 1932-33.
President Yushchenko is working hard to have countries recognize this horrific time in Ukrainian history as not simply a disaster, but genocide.  To learn more about “death by hunger,” click this link. 
In addition to special church services today, President Yushchenko has asked us [...]

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Red and green

Okay, okay.  This blog skin may be a bit over the top.  But, hey…how often can you really go with this look?!  Once a year, I figure.
So, this is my once a year.

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Hospital visit

I was so excited to head to the hospital today to visit the AIDS orphans…two ladies were joining me for the first time. And Jim had had a meeting with a doctor in a different area of the complex, so he was coming back again today.
We all walked in and were met with a [...]

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He’s home!

Today was a great day to gather the family altogether — though we had our problems communicating with Anna via Skype.  It seems that if we were talking, we’d get disconnected, or Anna would call while we were transferring dishes TO the table in another room, or returning the dishes to the kitchen.  I had [...]

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