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<\/center><\/p>\n<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The eclipse here in the Pacific Northwest.<\/strong> I was honestly underwhelmed by it here in northern Washington. We were at 92% of totality here so I expected it to be darker — it was kind of dusky out but not amazing. I wasn’t outside though and my parents told me that it dropped about 10 degrees temperature-wise and the bees were completely still on the flowers the entire 2+ minutes.<\/p>\n I did watch it going over Jackson Hole, Wyoming on TV and that was pretty amazing, especially seeing the sun’s rays hitting Grand Teton as the moon was done passing by.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Neighbors in Faith.<\/strong> Last night, I attended a presentation on Islam by Pastor Terry Kyllo of Neighbors in Faith<\/a>. Pastor Terry used to be one of the clergy that rotated through my Episcopal church when they were part of a Lutheran-Episcopal cluster so I knew him. It was a wonderful presentation and I wanted to share the following resources with y’all.<\/p>\n Islam Fact Check<\/a> <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Seriously?!?!?<\/strong> Here’s a map of the most hated food in each state<\/a>. I can understand hating some things like Chick-Fil-A or mayonnaise on fries but there are people out there that hate pesto?!?!?!? (The store-bought stuff is nasty but the homemade stuff is AWESOME.)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Cat therapy for autistic kids.<\/strong> This<\/a> might explain why my kiddo is a social butterfly. (She also absolutely loves the videos she has seen of Iris and her Maine Coon kitty Thula.)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Because heros!<\/strong> My college friend Becca<\/a> is on a blog tour promoting her latest release. Here<\/a> is a guest post on her top 10 favorite heros\/heroines.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This is true for me.<\/strong> Apparently, you commit things to memory more effectively when you write them by hand.<\/a> This is why I did better on quizzes this summer when I wrote down notes by hand instead of just reading.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Whyyyyyyyyyyy????????<\/strong> I’m really grumping about the Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis when I get news like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at This Ain’t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — 1 — The eclipse here in the Pacific Northwest. I was honestly underwhelmed by it here in northern Washington. We were at 92% of totality here so I expected it to be darker — it was kind of dusky … Continue reading
\nThe Islamophobia Network<\/a>
\nAn Open Letter to Al-Baghdadi<\/a>
\nA Common Word<\/a> (includes reading lists!)
\nA Journalist’s Manual: Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists<\/a><\/p>\n