This article on the food crisis in Ethiopia is in today’s Wall Street Journal. A very interesting look at how increased consumption in one part of the world impacts others. An excerpt:
Far away in Ethiopia, one-year-old Teshome squirmed on his mother’s lap while they waited in a food-aid line. Baltu Tumebo already had reduced her family [...]
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Ours was fantastic! I do hope all of you can say the same. We enjoyed some great times with both of our families – including a little ice skating (which is really in no way related to Christmas, but this picture made me laugh so I had to throw it in). That’s [...]
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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful [...]
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Perhaps my favorite ornaments of all time. One year when Matt and I were dating he took a trip with his family to Prague over Christmas. He came home with several of these gorgeous hand-painted egg ornaments.
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Lots of nostalgia associated with this one – a hand-me-down from my parents. My mom made these the first Christmas my parents were were married, 37 years ago. I will admit I thought they were kind of ugly at one time. Now I think they’re pretty retro-chic.
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A few pictures Matt took in our church while I did some decorating for the Christmas Eve services.
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A spur-of-the-moment dinner party with some friends last night gave me a chance to use my holiday dishes. Holiday dinnerware is one of those things that Matt insists is a complete waste of money (for the record – I bought them on clearance at Target) and storage space (I might be inclined to agree with [...]
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I’m so annoyed with WordPress – apparently it doesn’t let you embed flash objects. But, I still think our Elf Yourself video is pretty darn funny. Especially with Dolly as the star of the show. Check it out! It’s worth it.
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A felt and glitter relic from Christmas past – circa 1985.
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