Debt is bad. Debt should be avoided. But what if a certain amount of debt was incurred in order to get a job? Would you do it? What would be your limits?

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The Getty Center South Pavillion (Travertine Walls) -What do you notice about the stone walls?  Are all of the stones smooth and the same?  Do you know what we call this leaf in the stone?  It’s called a fossil.  This leaf was alive and part of a tree over 8,000 years ago.  How many fossils […]

Read More Fine Art for Four Year Olds

As things often go in the church, the positions in which we serve are never permanent. This weekend I made the transition between primary (the under 12 year old children) and relief society (the women’s organization.) More than any other calling I’ve had, I can really feel the inspiration in this one. (Even before I […]

Read More Sweet Release

I’ve still got a post about the Getty in my drafts, and pictures for another post in my folder.  The three weeks or so I went without blogging (and commenting at a minimum) were not without thought. (truth be told, many of those thoughts were not fit for human consumption.)  Really, what do I have […]

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On the 101, not even yet to the 134: “Are we home yet? I want to be home right now.” (a statement, not a yell or a threat.) On the 134 in Burbank: “Do we live in the car?” “No, we do not live in the car, silly, we live in an apartment.” sigh “When […]

Read More Cynic in the Back Seat

“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I […]

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