Tag Archives: Literature

Gift #760: Christmas Gift

Posted on January 13, 2015 by ordinarymiracletoday

My parents and I had our Christmas celebration this weekend. When we travel to Texas, it doesn’t make much sense to carry down presents that we’ll just haul back again , so we exchange presents when we’ve returned to Indy … Continue reading →

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Gift #653: Maps to guide, or Wind in the Willows part 3

Posted on June 28, 2014 by ordinarymiracletoday

The last clue of my Wind in the Willows knit-a-long shawl was released today. And this afternoon I read the last words of the beautiful story. I didn’t plan to finish the book on the same day that the knit-a-long … Continue reading →

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Gift #634: Gates of Dawn, or Wind in the Willows Part 3

Posted on May 31, 2014 by ordinarymiracletoday

Today our third clue in the Wind in the Willows knit-a-long was released, and I started reading Chapter 7 of The Wind in the Willow, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I’ve been anticipating this chapter with great excitement … Continue reading →

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Gift #630: Common things, or Wind in the Willows part 2

Posted on May 24, 2014 by ordinarymiracletoday

This week at work I’ve been training a couple of new hires. I work at a research lab as a biologist and have been teaching them to maintain cells in culture, plan experiments, and learn some other lab skills. It’s … Continue reading →

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Gift #331: Neighborhood Library

Posted on May 8, 2013 by ordinarymiracletoday

While I was out and about over the weekend, I spied this most clever and wonderful idea. Someone had set up a mini library for children in their front yard. This is just an incredibly creative and thoughtful thing to … Continue reading →

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Gift #204: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Posted on December 15, 2012 by ordinarymiracletoday

On December 25th, 1864, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow took up his pen and wrote the words to a poem that would comfort and heal the hearts of his own generation and those that followed. A nation was battle-torn and … Continue reading →

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Gift #97: Mysterious Benedict Society

Posted on August 15, 2012 by ordinarymiracletoday

Earlier this summer I became acquainted with The Mysterious Benedict Societyby Trenton Lee Stewart through a display at the local Barnes and Noble. First book in hand, I went home happily and thoroughly enjoyed the read. Though it is a … Continue reading →

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