DIY Paper Nativity
It’s Christmas time again! And that means, decorations, most of which for me are nativity scenes. I’ve tried to make a new one each year for the past few. Last […]
Tag Archives: Christmas
Thanksgiving Day 18: The Holiday Season
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season. Yes, I’m excited for Christmas, but that’s not the only reason I’m grateful for the season. Have you ever noticed that during […]
Thanksgiving Day 13: Costco Photo Center
Not very serious, but I’m still grateful for it. They should give me some free printing for how much I praise them. Today was a great example of why I’m […]
Thanksgiving Day 10 (belated): Good Movies
I love a good movie. Last night I saw Skyfall, the new James Bond movie. I liked it a lot. So, today for yesterday, I am grateful for good movies. […]
Christmas in China, part 4 – Nanjing
For Christmas weekend, our whole little LDS Hefei group decided to visit Nanjing. The branch there was having a party and of course a Christmas service on Sunday. It was […]
Christmas in China, part 3 – Dominick, the Italian Christmas Donkey
Yes, that’s a random post title and song, but this post is about random other stuff I did during the Christmas season. Foreigner Get Together In addition to my lessons […]
Christmas in China, part 2 – Singing loud for all to hear
Over the last month, I gave a couple of lessons on Christmas. We talked about decorations, music, Santa and baby Jesus. We talked about how Americans and others around the […]
Christmas in China, part 1 – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Christmas was an exciting and busy time for me even in a country that doesn’t celebrate the holiday as I’m used to. They do, however, celebrate even if on just […]
A Night Unlike Any Other – a Christmas poem by me
While watching Christmas movies and listening to Christmas music, I had a desire to write a Christmas poem. It may not be the same caliber of Isaiah’s writings sung in […]
Following yonder star and revisiting Bethlehem
On a small city block in a small Texas town, winds a sidewalk through a walled yard with crude replicas of buildings, markets and sights of a small village near […]
Adventure Patches 