by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 15, 2010 | Communication, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Life, Slowing Down
Hundreds Singing Handel’s Hallelujah chorus at Macy’s for a Random Act of Culture! My friend Mary just sent me the link for this rendition of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus on You Tube — The Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 12, 2010 | Adventure, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Moms
At 11:30 Wednesday night, while my son and I were watching the movie Apollo 13, the telephone startled us from the couch. My mind starting racing — My twins were at a retreat with the church youth group, my son and daughter away at college. The phone call...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 9, 2010 | Communication, Culture, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories
Called the Public Isolation Project, a woman is living alone in a glass room, located at bside6 in downtown Portland, Oregon. The woman, Cristin Norine, will be physically isolated from others for a full month, communicating with the outside world only via the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 8, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, School Days
My friend Kelly had extra tickets to the pumpkin patch and corn maze at Kruger farms on Sauvie Island a day before Halloween, and I just had to take her up on her offer. Taking the time to go on adventures with kids is so important to me. It means you put aside your...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 17, 2010 | Culture, Faith, Gratitude, Life, Outreach
In an Associated press article found in my Thursday Oct. 14, 2010 Oregonian newspaper, the individual stories of each of the 33 miners rescued after 69 days in a Chilean mine were shared along with a snap shot photo of each of the men. These particular stories of the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 15, 2010 | Adventure, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I finished it, but looking at my time, it seemed like I barely finished. I just did not get close to my goal. In fact, my finish time was 15 minutes slower than my first Portland Marathon, which was 11 years ago, and 45 minutes slower than last year. At first I...
