I spent a lot of time making cookies today.
Last year I ate my words and started making Christmas cookies with Fuller. Today I was making them so I could get out of the house this evening! There was a...
We've been sick. Well, the boys have. I personally escaped the wrathful flu virus somehow. Yay for me. But I didn't escape having to watch a LOT of Thomas and Friends on PBS (on every day at 3:30 PM, no...
It's been about a month since we wrote, so we wanted to catch everybody up. Right now there's really just one thing that we hope you can be praying about. During this whole semester we've been asking the Father to...
The Network of enlightened Women has a post up today about Title IX, the federal policy that equalizes programs for men and women across all levels of education. Their post is in response to a Phyllis Schafly’s Townhall.com column...
Summer Squashes By Jennifer Dickert via Flickr .
Demand for locally grown food surged in 2009. The Chattanooga Market sold more than $450,000 in produce, meat and bread. Membership in Community Supported Agriculture programs boomed. A new farmers market opened on...
On Tuesday, Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga launched Imagine, an education initiative aiming to expose every Hamilton County public elementary student to the arts through activities presented by local organizations. This week, 3,600 second grade students from 47 elementary schools...
Audrey Hepburn’s Givenchy couture collection sold at auction, Daily Mail
If I had an extra $450,000 to spend, this collection would have been fun to own.
The Teapublican Moment, The Next Right
Patrick has some good points about the Tea Party movement and...
The new Neighborhoods Section of Chattarati is evidence of a growing and vigorous community activism throughout Chattanooga. Our current Chattanooga City Council is further proof. The representatives who make up our city council were elected by very active and involved...
This post is in response to Bill Hancock’s article: “Playoffs hurt regular season.”
The premise of Executive Director Hancock’s article seems to be that a playoff has yet to gain a consensus, and therefore should not be adopted. His supporting reasons...
From now until May 2010, the Walnut Street Bridge is closed to pedestrian traffic for repairs. We asked our Twitter followers to help us compile a lighthearted list of what we'll miss most.
The quick-witted Bill Colrus responded with a Tumblr...
Pretty cool
Stuff like this makes me want to take better care of myself and live a long, long time. I still get excited when I think about the world my great grandchildren will live in.
It won’t be perfect. It never...
From the Chattanooga Stand blog:
Using a combination of Google Sketch-up and Google Earth, teams of volunteers have taken hundreds of pictures and are using them to make three-dimensional renderings of Downtown Chattanooga. During our 48-hour long event, over 20 people—by...
The Hamilton County Department of Education faces numerous challenges, from falling test scores to rising enrollment and a multi-million dollar budget deficit. The nine elected school board members make decisions that affect our children today and our economic prospects for...
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