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During the last chapter, Jess and Walter met Kat, an acquaintance of Winterlocke's who does not seem to pleased at their arrival.  If you need to catch up, find links to all preceeding chapters below: Chapter 1  Ghosts Chapter 2  The Adventure Continues Chapter 3  Sound the Alarm! Chapter 4  Will Wally Make It? Chapter 5  Twins Divided Chapter 6  World's Apart Chapter 7  Escape from Planet Orc Chapter 8  Twin's Flight Chapter 9  Docked in Space Chapter 10  Knowledge Unbound Chapter 11  Decisions Chapter 12  Training Chapter 13 An Unexpected Adventure Otherwise, let's pick up right where we left off - entering Kat's house. “So, Old Man, why you gotta be in my house when everybody is all nerves?  I hear ya been workin' with the Gnomes.  Well, ya better start thinkin' about the others out there.  I’m hearin’ that there’s an armada out there, and they’re a’huntin' all races that ain’t their own!  You got t...

Updated 4/6/2022 How's May been going for you so far?  For us, May has been rich in rainstorms, great horned owls, re-blossoming of trees, and catching of bluegills.  We're also continuing to navigate through online schooling (both in official and nonofficial teaching roles) and we're feeling the impact of store closures.  What about you? Did you participate in any of the suggested activities from last week?  If so, we'd love to hear about it.  We had every intention of making the Nine Men Morris board for May Day, but ran out of time. We were, however, ecstatic to hear it mentioned in the book we're reading with our nephew: Justin Case: Rules, Tools and Maybe a Bully by Rachel Vail.  This book is the third in a series our nephew immensely enjoys, and we like it too.  It accurately reflects the inner thoughts, worries, concerns, decisions and likely outcomes of a third or fourth grade boy.  So, if you have a third or fourth grader in your home, ...

(Updated 3/29/2024) Our Wolfe Stew Book Review today is on Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. As it’s our first nonfiction book, we'll add in thoughts on purpose, organization, unique features, writing style, and personal takeaways, while still providing a target audience recommendation, summary, quotes, and about the author segment.  Any Christ-following woman, but especially those longing to strengthen their prayer life. To engage in fierce battle with prayer as your weapon, enlist with Shirer. She'll have you assembling a complete arsenal of fully operational, strategically targeted prayers in no time! As denoted on the cover, the purpose of the book is to create, “A woman’s battle plan for serious, specific, and strategic prayer.” Shirer polled women and determined areas Satan frequently attacks.   Then, penned a guide through each of these attacks, chapter by chapter, providing examples of how he attacks along with verses to use in defense. ...

(Updated 4/20/2022.) Are you ready for May?  It's right around the corner whether you are or not!  May means flowers, mothers, Star Wars, and in our family - birthdays. For your celebration considerations, we offer our ideas up to you in several different ways: If you'd like to take in the whole month at a glance, download our May Idea for Every Day calendar . Click here to download this calendar. Find even more ideas for every day on our Pinterest board. Return here  weekly to read about the upcoming celebrations in more detail.  And now, dear leaders, we will reveal to you ideas for every day of this upcoming week in May (May 3rd to May 9th). Sunday, May 3rd - World Laughter Day You’ve heard the saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.”   Research confirms it. Among numerous additional positive effects, laughter boosts immunity and mood while negating effects of stress and pain (Robinson, et al., Laughter is the Best Medicine ).  ...