Let Your Dialect Be Heard

Kitty Corner, Catty Corner, or Diagonal?
Pop, soda, or cola?
Basement or Cellar?
Take this brief 20 question quiz to find out your particular amalgam of American English. (I'm particularly interested in hearing my family's results. Hey Shochs! Take this quiz!)

Here are my results:

Your Linguistic Profile:

75% General American English

20% Upper Midwestern

5% Midwestern

0% Dixie

0% Yankee

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

serpents & doves

My friend John David E. Thacker is exploring connections between wisdom & gentleness here. Please join me in welcoming John David to the realm of blogs and those who read them!

Annie Zernike



May I present to you the first Mennonite woman in history to be ordained: Annie Zernike. This historic ordination occurred here in the Netherlands in the year 1911. The above portrait of Annie was created by her husband, the painter Jan Mankes.

Christ is Risen Indeed!



A blessed Easter to you all.

I no longer know where I found the above image of Christ-Sophia (or "Wisdom Christ"). My apologies that I cannot give credit where credit is due.

What do you think?

So. What do you think of the blog's new look? If the old template was more pleasing to the eye, I did indeed save it and it's not too late to revert.