Last night we went to the midnight Mass at Emmanuel. When I lived in St. Louis, I went to every Christmas Eve midnight service, for…maybe ten years. Am I that old? Emmanuel is on the campus of my old college, too-where I did my undergrad. So as we parked the car, I passed by the [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Standing still
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Frustrated
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged frustration, pain on December 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have cabin fever pretty bad. We went out last night, and it was so, so treacherous on the icy, snowy sidewalks. But by bus, and with Matt supporting me, I was able to make it from the bus stop to the front door. It was wonderful, but hasn’t helped break up the momentum of [...]
pranachhanda
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, grace, life on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“In all forms, ordinary or extraordinary,
I seek that life rhythm (pranachhanda) of the reality
whose vitality has generated the whole world and all forms,
actual and imaginary,
and pulsates within them.”
–Nandalal Bose, 1944
I think of Grace, I think of a “life force,” and I think of the way St. Catherine of Siena described God– God and God’s grace [...]
Flinder of bone
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, My body, the City on December 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had my CT scan last Friday. I have to admit–the machine was very cool. The office was in Columbus Circle, so the moon-gate machine stood in this corner room with spectacular Christmas-in-the-City views. Because the machine is so big, the room was actually the largest single room I’ve been in in midtown. I was [...]
Long overdue
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, blogs, Books, neighbors on December 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, more than a week ago, one of my favorite writers tagged me to do the following:
“Go to the closest book to you, not necessarily the book you have just read, or your favourite, but the closest. Turn to page 56 and copy out the 5th line, followed by the next 2 to 5 lines.”
Seriously, [...]
Oh! As the sun passes, new poems revealed.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, life, lovely, quotes on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What an amazing idea: with every hour, as the sun shines through a different series of holes, a new poem is revealed in shadow on the ground beneath.
http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/artwork/one-day-poem-pavilion-by-jiyeon-songa-solar-projector-071807
How ephemeral. I don’t know if I’d like it– I’d want to keep every one. I’d be furiously scribbling, keeping track, writing them all down… and miss the [...]
Random notes from class
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged faith, quotes, Religion, School on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From my notebook, this week:
“Pain hallowed in [Christ] the capacity for radical resurrection and life.”
“God’s power is limited by human freedom?”
And a quote from Georgia Harkness:
“War destroys every value for which Christianity stands, and to oppose war by more war is only to deepen the morass into which humanity has fallen.
I believe that [...]
Food for thought
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I like this site for several reasons. First, it’s well-done–it’s fun to look at and graphically pleasing. Second, it’s such a simple way to _see_ information. Several times now, I’ve scrolled through to compare.
For example, I can’t believe that canned chile con carne is the same 200 Calories as low-fat strawberry yogurt. I’ll bet [...]
The difference between 10 and 7
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, pain, words on December 5, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In the comments section of my last post, a few readers wrote about the complexity of describing pain to doctors.
I’ve still been thinking about it, especially because I’m still in pain. First, I was thinking about how much better I am with describing anxiety. I can articulate rapidity of breath, and my heart rate, and [...]
