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Jennifer Lyn King's Blog
March 16, 2010
- Beauty Is ... "Beauty is not caused. It is." -Emily DickinsonLately, as I write, and rewrite, and rework my novel, I have thought much about beauty-- in stories, in relationships, in the way things look and feel, and the way words sound when read. But beauty and achieving it is not something easily done. Anyone with a blank canvas and a handful of brushes knows that beautiful art is ...
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March 8, 2010
- What Prague Looks Like in Winter This week, as I continue work on my in-progress novel (and deplete all of my brain cells), I'm taking the opportunity to post photographs I've taken from in and around Prague this winter.So, what does Prague look like in the winter? Beautiful! And, given the heap-loads of snow we've had in the past few months, the sites have been perhaps even more beautiful ...
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March 1, 2010
- Finding Sanity in a Mom's Chaos One of the most marked-up books in our home library is a book that changed my life. Years ago, several years into the Mom journey, I bumped into a book called Tender Mercy for a Mother’s Soul by Angela Thomas. With a title like that, and knowing how little mercy I felt in my role as a mom, I knew I had to read it. I didn’t read it just once, but many times, ...
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February 22, 2010
- Finding Inspiration "If we live to be 100 years old, we will have only experienced Spring 100 times” … if we’re paying attention. –unknownSometimes, life takes our breath away. Lupine field, Somes Sound, MaineOne July, while camping at Acadia National Park in Maine, I stood in silent wonder at the unexpected and magnificent beauty of a vast field of lupine edging up to Somes Sound. ...
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February 8, 2010
- The Bright Side of the Road “Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” –Nathaniel HawthorneWhat do you think of when you hear the word change?When I hear the word change, I don’t think of jingling coins in a pocket, or cringe because I want to only keep things just as they ...
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February 2, 2010
- Reading and the Rich Experience "When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night- there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book." ~novelist Christopher MorleyI have always loved to read. Some of my earliest memories are of the library in Arkansas where I ...
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January 27, 2010
- A Shot of Floral Color for the Dead of Winter "God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December." -J.M. BarrieEvery year at about this time, my eyes feel deplete of color. Whether this year it's from the thick froth of snow blanketing my world white, from the soft gray European light, or from the daily veil of Prague fog, I don't know ... but this January, I need a shot ...
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January 25, 2010
- We have lived in Prague, Czech Republic, for six months now, and I thought I would write out a list of the top ten things we feel we can’t live without, as US expats living in a non-English-speaking country. So far, our experiences have been exhilarating, stretching beyond what we thought possible, and more unexpected than what we thought before coming. Some friends and former expats gave us ...
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January 18, 2010
- The Uncharted Trail “Our dreams are only big enough when they include a miracle …” -unknownNot too far from our home in Prague, we drive along a highway overlooking a mysterious castle in the near distance. The façade of pale ivory creates a striking contrast with its slate blue roof, and the surrounding dense forest. Even though the city surrounds the castle, the details and whereabouts ...
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January 12, 2010
- Never before has my world been so white. I look outside my window, and all I see is snow. Snow on the balcony, even, a step beyond where I write. Sure, on a mountain pinnacle, overlooking the next ski trail to carve down a snow-covered mountain, I’ve experienced lots of snow. But the snow in Prague is different. For even though we have a deep blanket of snow now painting the world clean, ...
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January 5, 2010
- Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen KellerIt’s January, and we’re back to the time of year of taking down the Christmas tree, wrapping up the sparkly lights, and scooting back into the groove of daily living. But this year, daily living looks a whole lot different for us, as I’m sure it does for a lot of you. the incredible view over Prague's Old Town and spires from ...
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December 29, 2009
- Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere. ~Ralph Waldo EmersonLast week, at Christmastime, we took a roadtrip from Prague to the Austrian Alps, to stay the week in the tiny ski village of Rauris. For our family, fresh expats living in Prague only six months from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, this seemed an amazing opportunity. The reality of living in ...
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December 15, 2009
- I had lunch with a friend yesterday, and we talked about the struggle with Now What? Maybe the question is familiar to you, as well … so I thought I’d write about it, at this time of year of new life and love at Christmas, and fresh starts at the New Year. The Nativity near Saint Nikolas Church, on Old Town Square, Prague, Czech RepublicJesus came. And we ask: Now What? He said, “I have ...
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December 6, 2009
- As Christmas approaches, and life becomes busier with the celebrations of the season, I enjoy settling down for a few minutes each day to remember the reason for the joy we have. I'm sharing an excerpt from my daily devotional, The One Year Mini for Busy Women, published in Tyndale House's The One Year Brand line. Daily inspirationals / devotionals are a great way to slow down, and reflect for a ...
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December 1, 2009
- The View of Prague, the Vltava River, and the Prague Castle from Strahov MonasteryAround Prague, new wintertime scents linger on every corner—logs burning on raging fires, sugared chestnuts roasting at street vendors’ carts, and the tangy aroma of Czech mulled wine. Adding much shorter days, frostier nights, the twinkle of lights on Christmas trees, the sounds of seasonal operas and the ...
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