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HDS is 2 weeks old today!! We can't wait to meet him! (Note: He is not 2 weeks old in this photo!!)

May has barely started and it has been a mad month already! After stressfulness and a definite increase in my near-sightedness, I finally got the Mini Courses off the ground. So far, the most popular courses are Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" with Tim Keller (of course), and any of the food/wine/chocolate related ones.

Today we had the privilege of volunteering at Gifted Hands. D painted walls, and I sorted mountains of jewelry donated by Macy's that will be used in art classes for those living with AIDS or without a home in NYC.

A recent interesting read was Mudhouse Sabbath whose author I had brunch with prior to a talk she gave at Redeemer. Lauren Winner grew up as an Orthodox Jew and converted to Christianity. This book contains her thoughts on the practices of Judaism she misses. Pretty interesting.

Finally, in other news, our super multi-talented farm-girl goat-rearing, make-up guru Ruth has moved to Thailand! We can't wait to visit her too!