Monthly Archives: August 2009

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  Camping, Nehemiah and Life in Beta

  Posted on August 19, 2009 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  This is one of those rare and interesting weeks when the events in my life and the teaching I got at church on Sunday are freakishly in tune with one another.  So I thought I would share.  :) First, I have to back up before Sunday to Saturday.  We had what we referred to as [...]

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  Eighteen on Eighteen

  Posted on August 17, 2009 by Kat French in managing attention, real life, relationships

  1. Today is my husband Chris’ and my 18th wedding anniversary. 2. I was 18 years old when we got married. If you’re even passably decent at math, I just gave away my age. 3. If you’re 18 and considering getting married this year–don’t do it. Really. It’s a bad idea. A horribly bad idea. [...]

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  The stuff we can control, and the stuff that is bigger than we are.

  Posted on August 13, 2009 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  “Gift that nurtures and protects. Then workday And Sabbath live together in one place. Though mortal, incomplete, that harmony Is our one possibility of peace.” – Wendell Berry, A Sabbath Poem I am a person who likes to Get Things Done.  I’m a woman of action. I am also a person who likes to Ponder [...]

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  As summer fades slowly into fall.

  Posted on August 10, 2009 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  This summer, I’ve had the chance to watch my rambunctious nephews–my sister’s sons, aged 3 and 6–a few of times, so that she and her husband can spend some one-on-one time.  She’s watched my kids a few times as well, so Chris and I can have date nights. As much as I’ve enjoyed the date [...]

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  Everything that rises must converge.

  Posted on August 5, 2009 by Kat French in real life, story & craft

  If you’re a fan of LOST, you recognize the title of this post as the title of the Flannery O’Connor book that Jacob was reading placidly while Locke plummeted eight stories to his paraplegic destiny in the season finale. The finale left us with one humdinger of an existential question: can the past be changed, [...]

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  The difference between simple and easy.

  Posted on August 3, 2009 by Kat French in managing attention, real life, story & craft

  I’ve started back up with my at-home yoga practice this last week.  I know that ideally, I should take from an instructor who can look at and correct my form.  But for a variety of reasons, that’s not working out right now.  So I’m doing what I can, and what I can do right now [...]

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