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Ten Random Things I Haven't Mentioned
Sometimes my posts don’t reflect my daily life.It’s not that I’m hiding anything; it’s just that I sometimes don’t take time to write about what’s happening while it’s happening. Instead, I might write...
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The Collision of Work and Family: Bump
In A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L’Engle wrote: During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in acute conflict. The problem...
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40 Days of Rest?
Is it possible for the 40 days of Lent to become an extended rest?And what does that have to do with an obscure place in Australia called “Nelligen”?Read about it at Not So Fast today. Photo © 2010 by...
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MMM Jan 2010 Progress Report #3
Progress Report #3Mega Memory Month January 2010 is over halfway through. Are you halfway through your project?Leave a note on your progress at the Facebook Event page I set up for Mega Memory Month...
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Listen in on my chat with L.L. Barkat
L.L. Barkat of Seedlings in Stone and Green Inventions Central interviewed me about Not So Fast.It’s appropriate that the title of this post rhymes, as L.L. is a poet. A book of her poetry, entitled...
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MMM Jan 2010 Progress Report #1
Progress Report #1We’re only four days into Mega Memory Month January 2010, so progress will be minimal. Still, you may have something to say about it.If so, leave a note in the comments and/or link...
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Food on Fridays: Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce
(alternative button below) Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can describe your Christmas menu. I actually would be...
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Big Books and Mega Memory: The Stuff of Lifelong Learning
“Absent”? “Irreverent”? “Indifferent”?Found it!So that’s what they mean!We hope to inspire lifelong learning with plenty of resources on hand like maps and dictionaries to help our kids figure things...
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Food on Fridays: Favorite Fondue
(alternative button below) Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can simply tell us how many dozen cookies you agreed to...
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The Season of Getting, er, Giving
Well, it’s starting: The season of getting—I mean, giving.I think it’s hard to help our kids focus on giving when they’re bombarded by commercials, window displays, newspaper inserts, catalogs and...
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Explore the Classics: The Scarlet Letter
This school year, I’m immersed in some classics of American literature, like: The Scarlet Letter Billy Budd The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Uncle Tom’s Cabin The Red Badge of Courage...
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From the Rush to a Hush
Shhhh…People are quieting down all over the place.They’re discovering how to be still … or, at least, they’re trying to.They’re stopping. Pausing. Praying.People are enjoying silence.Ann Voskamp at...
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Only One Car?
As I continue to explore ways that families (and individuals) can slow down in our fast-paced world, certain topics pop up from time to time. One of those is transportation. How does the way we move...
View ArticleMeet Another "Seeing" Mentor
I’m continuing my series on “Seeing Lessons” over at NotSoFastBook.com. You can meet another “mentor,” a blogger/author/friend who reminds me to look a little closer:If you haven’t already discovered...
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Learning to See
In our fast-paced world, our days speeding past in a blur, we’re in danger of losing the ability to truly see. I don’t want to lose that skill, that gift.Or if I have temporarily lost it because I have...
View ArticleNot So Fast in the Wall Street Journal
What’s this?Not So Fast is in The Wall Street Journal? Really?Unfortunately, my book Not So Fast was not highlighted on page W3 in the Wall Street Journal.But an article that happened to be entitled...
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Where in the World Wide Web is Ann Kroeker?
My friend Jane invited me to record a podcast and submit a guest post for her Only By Prayer blog.So that’s where you’ll find me today on the World Wide Web–at Only By Prayer. Education is the topic...
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Is your schedule too planned?Maybe it’s time to unplan your life!Read about it at www.NotSoFastBook.com. Don’t miss a word: It’s easy to subscribe to annkroeker.com updates via email or RSS feed. Visit...
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On the Air with Ann
(photo credit: stock.xchng) I was interviewed by phone about Not So Fast on a station in Minneapolis, MN, for the “Live! with Jeff & Lee” show.(Wait, let’s pause for a second to count how many...
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Make-Do Mondays: Slow Setting for a Slow-Down Book
see below for alternative button At Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.It’s a carnival celebrating creative...
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