After presenting a theatre production of The H.M.S. Pinafore with many friends and siblings, my sister, Beth, and I decided, with some prompting from the crew, to produce another opera the next year. We considered a few different options, but settled rather quickly on The Mikado, by the same authors, Gilbert & Sullivan. We knew [...]
February 9, 2012
A New Life Lesson: How To Butcher A Rooster
In almost every flock of chickens there is, has been, or will be an excess of roosters. So it was with my mother’s flock recently. Finding that we had three roosters among the hens, we decided it was time to butcher them and stop the crowing wars that had been going on between the front [...]
November 28, 2011
Mistress Wilding Review
Mistress Wilding, written by Rafael Sabatini, is an historical fiction novel set during the Monmouth Rebellion(1685) in England. This book is an excellent example of the fact that people are not always what they appear to be. As the characters develop, they are changed by their circumstances, learning to let go of their prejudices. Young [...]
October 19, 2011
静夜思 ( Calm Night Thoughts)
床前明月光 In front of the bed is bright moonlight 疑是地上霜 He thinks it is frost on the ground 舉頭望明月 He lifts the head and sees it is moonlight 低頭思故鄉 He lowers the head and remembers his hometown
October 17, 2011
小草 (Little Grass) Stories from a children’s Chinese book
小草 Little Grass 我是小草 I am Little grass 不和小花比美 I do not compare with Little flower’s beauty 不和大樹比高 I do not compare with Big tree’s height 我是小草 I am Little grass 雨打我不怕 I do not fear being hit by rain 風吹我不倒 When the wind blows I do not fall 冬天過了 When winter has gone, 誰先送來春天的消息 [...]
October 17, 2011
小花 (Little Flower) Stories from a children’s Chinese book
小花 Little Flower 我是小花 I am Little flower 我比小草美麗 I am prettier than Little grass 我怕風吹 I fear the blowing of the wind 也怕雨打 I also fear being hit by rain. 我是小草 I am Little grass 我沒有小花的美麗 I don’t have Little flower’s beauty 我不怕風吹 I don’t fear the blowing of the wind 也不怕雨打 I also [...]
October 14, 2011
小山羊 (The little mountain goat) Stories from a children’s Chinese book
小山羊和小雞做朋友 The little mountain goat and the little chicken made friends 小雞請小山羊吃蟲子 The little chicken invited the little mountain goat to eat bugs 小山羊說： The little mountain goat said: 謝謝你， Thank you, 我不能吃蟲子 I can’t eat bugs 我請你吃青草 I invite you to eat green grass 小山羊和小貓做朋友 The little mountain goat and [...]
September 29, 2011
The True Truffle
As all creatures must eventually pass the stage in life of being cute and cuddly as they were at first, so, too have the chicks. A couple of weeks ago I moved the mother hen into one of the other pens, leaving the four half grown chicks alone in their small pen. I had noticed [...]
July 19, 2011
Unexpected Entrance
Of the five times I have tried to hatch chicks with a hen, it has worked only once. That was two years ago. On that occasion, four chicks out of eight were hatched and two of the four survived. Having studied and researched more since then, I now realize that for half of the eggs [...]
May 13, 2011
A Sense of Humour
Some say that God is cruel and enjoys seeing us suffer. His personality is just opposite from that. He loves to make us happy. There is evidence all around us that show His goodness and especially His sense of humour. There are many things which we are given which He would not have made did [...]
May 1, 2012
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