Monthly Archives: November 2019

Hilarious Hybrid Dog Name

Posted on November 30, 2019 by mitchteemley

Hybrid dogs are all the rage. Plus hybrids save on gas (many dogs run on pure methane). Here are some of my favorite combinations (yes, these are actual breed names): Bagle – Beagle + Basset Hound (great with cream cheese) … Continue reading →

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From Crappy to Happy

Posted on November 29, 2019 by mitchteemley

It’s funny how Thanksgiving, America’s official day of gratitude, is followed by Black Friday, our unofficial day of grumbling. Of course, you can always avoid shopping and sit at home complaining about the “&%@#*ing commercialization of the holidays!” But that … Continue reading →

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Honest Flower|گل راستی

Posted on November 27, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Laleh Chini of A Voice from Iran. Laleh was born in the former Iran before the upheaval that led to the current Islamic Republic. She later moved to the U.S. and then to Canada, … Continue reading →

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Windows

Posted on November 22, 2019 by mitchteemley

Few objects are so suffused with meaning. They’re seldom “just windows.” They are symbols of the past or of the future. Of possibilities, or missed opportunities. They taunt us with freedom. Or separate the unruly world outside from the neat … Continue reading →

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Bored in Heaven?

Posted on November 21, 2019 by mitchteemley

Are there too many ‘Christians’ in the world, and not enough disciples?  In his book The Divine Conspiracy, renowned philosopher-theologian Dallas Willard puts it this way: “It might prove helpful to think occasionally of how, exactly, I would be glad … Continue reading →

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Somebody to Love

Posted on November 20, 2019 by mitchteemley

“Love is transformative. It turns whatever it touches into a channel specifically designed to get everyone else within reach as wet as possible. ‘Love’ that doesn’t do that isn’t really love.” ~Somebody to Love (below) My Featured Blogger this week … Continue reading →

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Let’s Celebrate Toilets!

Posted on November 19, 2019 by mitchteemley

There are few things people talk about less and do so much (the average person spends 1 ½ years of their life in the water closet). But public sanitation is a big deal, so the United Nations has officially proclaimed … Continue reading →

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Boom!

Posted on November 18, 2019 by mitchteemley

It was autumn, 1962, and (unlike this year) the thermometer was climbing. So was the economy. Dad’s income was booming. To celebrate we’d decided to shoehorn a swimming pool into our miniature suburban Southern California back yard. Visions of bikinied … Continue reading →

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Signed by God

Posted on November 17, 2019 by mitchteemley

“And what we will be has not yet been revealed, but we know that when Christ appears we will be like him.” ~1 John 3:2 “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do the good works he … Continue reading →

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Who Am I?

Posted on November 16, 2019 by mitchteemley

Two more questions may answer the question: What would I die for? What do I live for?        “What am I living for? and What am I dying for? are the same question.”      ~Margaret Atwood “It … Continue reading →

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