This week feels like the beginning and the beginning of the end. With Thanksgiving coming this week the holidays are a comin’. And the year’s end too. So this week I’ve been thinking about stepping in and focusing in.  (I’m not just talking about how I’m buckling down to do the household projects I’ve been meaning to in time for my sister’s visit this week. But that too. Hi, Christie!)

Here’s a fun start on how string cheese got its start.  Or want to know if the food drive could use any, or just what they really do and or what they’re overloaded with?

Hey superhumans mailing out your Christmas cards over Thanksgiving- I’m in awe- here’s a guide to making any name plural should that skill not fall into your super set.

Our best books guide for gifts is still in the works but should you need a book right now- here’s how to find the perfect match for your middle-grade reader, or maybe a fabulous free book for yourself.

Curious about the connection between the middle class population and Christianity?

But these Catholic relics? Whoa.

Best of all are the steps we take toward each other, wherever we are.

Lisa found a way to do it anywhere.Someone always needs a prayer. Here’s her haiku, this week’s first draft poetry.

If I pray for you,

Do you think that God will hear?

Believe, receive love.