Portia's House Beautiful Post and GG

Gannet Girl is one of my oldest blogging friends. We have much in common--as women of the same age and stage in life and as attorneys who left that profession to become more involved in the church: me as a Director of Christian Education and later Moderator of Presbytery and she as a teacher in a Jewish school and now as a seminary student preparing for ordination in the PCUSA.

She also follows my daughter Portia's blog, Odi et Amo (link on my sidebar). A recent post there, House Beautiful, which was a color personality quiz prompted GG to write some fascinating reflections about color, decor, spirituality and ministry this weekend.

Go here and here to read them. Thanks GG! I wish I had time to write a more thoughtful response here, but am due at Portia's this morning to help with more unpacking from her move.

Odi et Amo Alert!

Portia scored a fascinating interview with the owner of Emily Ceramics and 20% discount for her blog readers on orders from this unique shop that features Mexican and Italian pretties. Here's the link to her post with all the info.

Way to go Portia! I've already ordered a couple for the new house.

Portia's 100th Post

There's still time to hurry over to Portia's blog and participate in her reader give-away celebrating her 100th post!

And no, it's not an April Fool's Day prank....

Sister Blogging Act

Babs is now writing a weekly food feature on Portia's blog (Odi et Amo). "Cibus Corner"* appears on Fridays. Today's post features a couple of favorite desserts, complete with one of my favorite toddler pictures of Babs, family stories and recipes. If you're looking for some baking inspiration, check it out here.

*"Cibus" is the Latin word for food, following Portia's Latin theme for her blog. She was a Classical Civilization major in college, and both the girls took Latin in college.

Portia Critiques the Men's Runway

And you thought women's high fashion was absurd...


Portia explains it all here.