natalie’s blog

The man drove at a reckless speed down the highway. As he drove, he looked with disdain upon the other drivers who seemed to merely inch along compared to his attempts to reach mach 1 in an automobile. “Don’t they realize what they are capable of?” he questioned. “Don’t they see how much more ground [...]

Do you notice anything wrong with the following verse? “Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and inquireth of the local bank whether he doth qualify for a loan. Once he hastily listeth all his [...]

The other day, as we walked through the tallgrass prairie, at one point Joey and I were discussing Creation versus Evolution. I told him that I had recently been discussing this very issue with someone who believed in the big-bang theory of evolution. For several minutes we discussed some of the arguments you could use [...]

Last Saturday, Dad, Noelle, Naomi, Joey and I spent the day at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Dad is the President of a Volksmarch club that sponsors a walk out there each year. It’s one of my favorite places to go.Naomi and Dad as they crest the top of the first hill of the 10k walk. [...]

Woohoo! I’m so excited! I just received the Interlinear Greek-English Bible I ordered! I’ve wanted for so long to have an actual Greek Bible to read and when I recently saw this one that my friend Julie S. has, I began my search for one more earnestly. I really like the format of this particular [...]

“Really?” Joey looked up at me intently as a grin spread quickly across his face. “Naomi!” he turned and called, “Natalie said she’d play ping-pong with us – come on!” I asked Naomi if they were done playing ping-pong. “Not if you’ll play,” was her eager reply. Aww, how sweet. I couldn’t believe how ready [...]

Wow…how do people keep up with blogging every day? I’m so amazed at those who can come up with so much quality material on such a regular basis! And I’m quite grateful to them for doing so, as I benefit greatly from their writings. Part of my current problem is that I’m trying to develop [...]

This post of Lydia’s (which I admit, has me completely baffled!) prompted me to put these up for your enjoyment. This is a collection of familiar cliches, slightly reworded, that I use for one of the lessons in a Drama and Public Speaking class I usually teach in the Spring semester. Can you figure them [...]

Imagine that you go out for a walk on a cold night. As you stroll along an empty road, you enjoy the crisp air, even as the temperature continues to drop. All of a sudden, a car crests the top of the hill in front of you. The bright lights blare down on you full [...]

Drum roll please… The project I’ve been working on for quite some time now has been officially launched. Hooray! Music Matters Blog is a new site I’ve developed that is especially geared toward Independent Music Teachers. I have listed in my first post on Music Matters Blog in more detail my purposes in developing the [...]

…but the LORD directeth his steps. Proverbs 16:9 I was going to blog something interesting and thought-provoking this morning. On my way here, though, I stopped at Crystal’s Blog. She’s been blogging up a storm today, with a number of posts related to helping the hurricane victims. I confess, I had not kept up with [...]