on the edge of ordinary

Before we went on home assignment in 2023 I was reading a book called Uncommon Ground ,   a collection of essays brought together by Tim Kel...

I've continued thinking about the same topic I wrote about ten days ago : what to share during our home assignment. Some friends have be...

Many people don't think of missionaries as ordinary. I've blogged here for many years in an effort to show that I really am just qui...

I don’t like being in a season where margin is almost non-existent. I try not to go there, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. Thankfully I have...

Looking at July and August, all I've written about on this blog is holidays and camping! Anyone would think I've done nothing else. ...

Looking back at the last several days, I can see that we’re gradually getting back into a rhythm of life that is familiar. Indeed, Friday an...

Writing yesterday's post made me very sad for several hours afterwards. So today I want to tell you about some joy I had yesterday.  ...

I like the calmness of break-time. Not having people going all directions is really nice (though less common as they get older and have th...

Five years ago this month our lives had been shaken up, literally. The below blog post was written ten days after the earthquake/tsunami.  ...

I've written about cycling and bicycles quite a lot on this blog (for example here I wrote about bike parking ). Below is a great video ...

Riding along our local "river". Today, the last day before school starts up again, we designated "odd job" day. We ...

Warming up on the practise mat. Wrestler being flattened by his coach :D So we've come back down to earthly levels again. Alarm went...

I went to the beach twice, some went three times. It's great being at the beach now that our boys aren't so small. I loved it! ...