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Mother's Day: Takin' It Slow
It’s evening of Mother’s Day here in the midwest United States, and I just want to share with you how my day began:And although I shared with the Belgian Wonder and kids a few crazy moments during food...
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Make-Do Mondays: Campsite Creativity
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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The Speed of Social Networking
I posted about the speed of social networking over at NotSoFastBook.com. Would James recommend we be slow to tweet (or Facebook, or blog)? Don’t miss a word:Subscribe to annkroeker.com updates via...
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Food on Fridays: First Harvest
(alternative button below) Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome. Recipes are enjoyed, but you can just describe your system for composting, tell us about...
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Kids, Creeks, and a Slow Afternoon
I wrote a post for NotSoFastBook.com about a recent afternoon spent wading in a creek with friends. Well, the kids did the wading.Anyway, can we live slow enough to encourage outdoor free play?Please...
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A First Look
David C. Cook Publishing made sure I received a copy of Not So Fast to have, hold, hug, smell, flip through, gape at, and blog about. The official release date is just a few days away: August 1st. Ask...
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Make-Do Mondays: Slow Setting for a Slow-Down Book
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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...
View ArticleIs Life Too Planned?
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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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...
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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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 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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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: Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce
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