Month March 2009

Parchment Reviews

Review: The Jesus I Never Knew (rated 4 stars)

Jesus I Never Knew, The by Phillip Yancy Except for a couple of pages at the back of the book, I thoroughly enjoyed Yancey’s book that seeks to bring Jesus “down to earth” -again. He does not attempt to reincarnate…

Jeff Noble
March 31, 2009

Homestead Happenings

Volcano Fund started

We were so excited! We made it to the airport this time… But as we turned in the rental car, the helpful Enterprise folks said, “Uh, I think they just canceled all flights out today…” Sure enough, while I was…

Jeff Noble
March 30, 2009

Homestead Happenings

Time lapse volcano eruption

This is a pretty awesome video from the Ground Truth Trekking blog that shows a time lapse video of Redoubt’s eruptions: Redoubt Eruption March 27 2009 from Bretwood Higman on Vimeo.

Jeff Noble
March 29, 2009

Homestead Happenings

Bathroom remodel and flight update

So which do you want first? Aaaahhh. The bathroom remodel is going well this afternoon. Just in case we have to live here for 3-4 months, Mike decided to add another bathroom downstairs. That way, two families won’t be sharing…

Jeff Noble
March 28, 2009

Homestead Happenings

Volcano eruption cancels flights

Alaska went from beautiful to bizarre on Thursday. We were supposed to fly out Thursday night, so Mike went back to work to begin some return to normalcy and routine. But at 9:24 a.m. Alaska Time (12:24 p.m. CST), Redoubt…

Jeff Noble
March 26, 2009
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Homestead Happenings

Of radio, painting and snowmen

We’ve been in Alaska since last Thursday night, and it’s amazing what we’ve been able to cram into a week, thanks to the ever-tireless efforts and prodding of a pregnant Kristy. She’s got more energy than we do! You should…

Jeff Noble
March 26, 2009

Homestead Happenings

Alyeska

I tweeted yesterday that we were heading to Alyeska to watch the kids and Carolyn ski. I received great abuse on Facebook and Twitter about not going skiing myself. Here’s the rub… I tried the skiiing thing 10+ years ago…

Jeff Noble
March 25, 2009
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Homestead Happenings

An ordinary day

Monday was a relief. We did relatively nothing. No long road trips. No snow machine excursions. No polar bear plunge. (I keep seeing this glint in Mike’s eye, and so I’ve been wary outside when I’m around him.) No sledding.…

Jeff Noble
March 25, 2009

Goin' to Town

Facebook 2009 like MySpace 2006

Here’s the text of a recent comment I left on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg’s fan page: Facebook is getting as busy as MySpace was when I left the latter for that reason three years ago. PLEASE remove all the junk…

Jeff Noble
March 24, 2009

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