Margin making: Simple Meals & Historic Films for School

Well I'm kicking in some simplicity this week, some margin as P. Shirer urged in her simulcast last weekend.  So, Sunday's pot of beans is this week's lunch burritos... and oatmeal/cold cereal only for bfast.  I'm thankful--Tbone came down with a fever yesterday and still today its high.  Goldenrod wasn't feeling well either.  I put on the old black & white film of William Penn for Rosebud (some great themes of conscience and religious liberty) and we called it a day for school.

Making margin for me means saying no to variety in food.  It keeps planning and making time to a minimum, creating time for more important things.  

Easter Monday in the Englischer Garten

We went with Matthew and Marissa's friends..an American with bilingual kids. The girls hit it off right away and made "caves" in the bushes. Abi was rowed in the boat with them...her remark about this third grade boy, "He didn't say a word to me!" But somehow they all played together none the less. This park is huge...Munich reminds me of Atlanta with how green it is...how often you find trees. Especially the poplar. I asked about this tree and the American said, "Its the one you always find in Italian paintings" and I realized that I had seen it many times in pictures but never in real life.

St. Patrick--the real deal

This is a great read for St. Patrick's Day. It brings children to the true meaning of the day: a man gave up his life for the salvation of Ireland. I bought it from Voice of the Martyr's ministry...which helps Christians in closed countries today.