The Eagle & Child

For those of you who had hoped to follow our progress in England here (are there any of you?), I apologize. I had originally planned on posting regularly, but typing posts on my iPod, as the previous two posts were, is not the most efficient or pleasant way to go about it. In fact, after [...]

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I’m jumping well ahead on our journey by telling this, but it’s a significant moment for this blog. Today we went to Oxford and had lunch at The Eagle and Child. This has been a long time coming. A couple of pictures: Oxford is a beautiful city–at least the old part of it where we [...]

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Well, my blog disappeared for a while there. I bet you thought I’d taken myself off the grid–erased all record of me–and gone into hiding in London…assuming I’d arrived there, of course. Maybe this whole England business was a diversion, when in reality I’ve gone to Mexico and am spending my time fixing up a [...]

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Well, we are on our 2nd honeymoon. We ought to be in a village north of London right now. Instead, I’m laying awake in a Denver hotel room after a poor night’s sleep. Our flight left Saskatoon on time. We would have plenty of time in Denver–3 hours–to go through customs, claim our luggage, recheck [...]

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Back in 2005 we had a bit of a Dark Side of the Rainbow moment when the various songs we played from the The Return of the King score matched the various settings of our Rocky Mountain drive perfectly.  I can’t recreate that moment, but I am going to attempt to add some drama to [...]

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Dixie and I have made a switch for the week.  She’ll be in class all day every day (“Psychopathology”) and I’ll be at home all day every day.  A change of pace for both of us. I’m not sure I can figure out how to compartmentalize my time in an efficient way.  This is something [...]

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Today a package arrived in the mail, which is delivered to our student box at the seminary.  I was working in the library in a private study room and was chatting with Dixie on Google Talk about it. She’s expecting a t-shirt that reads, “got meryl streep?” The following conversation ensued (edited for irrelevancy): Me: [...]

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Conversation I had with Luke and Madeline tonight: Luke: How big is God? Me: I don’t know. It’s hard to say. Madeline: He’s bigger than the universe. Marc: In a sense he is, I suppose. Luke: Who is God? Marc: Well, he’s the creator of the universe and the whole world. Madeline: And he created [...]

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Every winter I feel rather un-Canadian. No, I don’t watch Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays, but worse still, I have not made teaching my children to skate a priority.  In Prince Albert I took Madeline to a rink a handful of times, Luke once.  When we got back from our Christmas vacation I noticed [...]

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I flew out to British Columbia in the new year to visit my family.  My dad is failing quickly and my mom is still adjusting to life at home alone, so we thought it would be good to spend some time with both of them.  Dad doesn’t remember me anymore.  He doesn’t really remember mom [...]

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