Archive for Just for fun
Dat’s a Cow
The fresh air was filling my lungs. I took a deep breath to enjoy it. We stood on the porch surveying the fertile hues that seeped into the murky brown lake. My girls reminisced about this and that. Then it got quiet. Out of the blue my three year old boy matter-of-factly announced, “Dat’s a [...]
Kaluyo Resort Photos
Two years ago we took the youth of our church on a retreat outside of town for the days of Carnaval. This year we took a group of pastors to the same resort center about a 45 minute drive from the city for a relaxing conference. Both times our children were in tow. We like [...]
¿Qué?
English title: What?
Language is fun. Below you will find an interesting study of words that are found in both English and Spanish. The pictures show the difference between what a Spanish speaker and an English speaker might imagine when they see or hear these words.
In Spanish some of these words have more than one meaning [...]
Red Pill or Blue Pill?
A survey from plain and simple curiosity. Answer one, some, all or none.
1. Which J.R. Tolkien character do you identify with the most? Why?
2. Which C.S. Lewis character do you identify with the most? Why?
3. Which Roald Dahl character do you identify with the most? Why?
4. Which J.M. Barrie character do you identify with the [...]
09 09 09 09:09
What were you doing at 09:09 on this fun date of 09 -09 -09? This is what I was doing:
Speaking of dates, I do believe that “twenty ten” sounds more slick than “two thousand ten”. What do you think? Although, in Spanish I think that I prefer “dos mil diez” over “veinte diez”.
WINNERS for the Bag Drawing
A few posts ago I launched a drawing. It was my 500th post. The prizes were 5 bags. The contest ran until we reached 5,000 comments here at the @. Each comment counted as an entry from the time of the launch of the contest until now. We have reached 5,000 comments, folks!
Here is a [...]
Interrogative
This is a fun game you can come back and play all day. It is called Interrogative. For your turn you have two things to do:
#1 Answer the question in the comment box left by the person who played before you.
#2 Then, leave a question for the next player to answer.
(For the first commenter simply [...]
@?
REASON ONE:
Way back when, before I knew that blogging existed, I wanted to do something fun online. Together with my family in the States we came up with an idea to do with emails. We wrote round robin stories. The play went that we would each start a story and then pass it on to [...]
500 DRAWING!
This is the 500th time I have put pen to paper (albeit figuratively) to pose an entry at the @.
Since the end of 2006, whence the blogosphere was first made known to me, I have been an avid blogger. The composing, following, reading, commenting and all over creative process is so fun to me. I [...]
Not Alone
Did you know that we are not the only people in Cochabamba, Bolivia that have an orphanage? There are more homes than just Hogar de Sueños (House of Dreams). We are friends with some of the people who share our burden of caring for these sweet kiddos.
One such person is named Jennifer Thompson. This woman [...]

On this journey of life, sharing my existence with God’s wonderful creation, there is nothing that thrills my heart more than knowing that my moments drip with purpose and destiny.