We are up to our eyeballs in all things dance at the moment. Spring is the season when competitions, conventions and seminars pop up like the bluebonnets. I spent the better part of the weekend in a gorgeous performing arts center watching dedicated young people perform challenging and moving choreography. Dance schools from across the region came to show off…
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So I can’t say where and I can’t say what it’s about and I can’t take pictures…which eliminates a lot of what blog posts are comprised of. But I can tell you that I’m on a movie set this morning with 3 and 4 of 8. They are extras (or ‘background’, as the lingo goes) for a project here in…
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Psalm 118 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.” Let those who fear the LORD say: “His love endures forever.” When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. The LORD…
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~comes out today!~ ~Go, Kristin!~ ~book signing at Book People, ATX, 5pm~ Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:58:00 +0000julielylescarr

It begins. Spring Craziness. Here at the OctaHouse, we let the kids each have one extracurricular activity beyond school and church activities. You would think that might involve one gymnastics lesson a week or an art class or something. Because in theory, the ‘one extracurricular activity’ sounds simple and doable, even when multiplied by eight. Except that we have managed…
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