Posted in Uncategorized, tagged church, Family, justice on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(cross posted with my wedding blog, because it’s a propos)
(Photo by Justin Sullivan, from Jezebel.)
Yesterday, as the courts in California were making and announcing their decision, I was reflecting on my own engagement and wedding plans.
There are two parts of the upcoming marriage that I love and look forward to: the first is all the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Memory, School on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.” –Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Friday was Commencement; my second MA in three years, another wool robe, pomp, prayers, ceremony. I loved every minute of it. We’ve been saying “good bye” to people all weekend; outside [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, blogs, inspiration, lovely on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of my favorite bloggers painted it, and has used it for her blog header– when I opened her blog today, I gasped, and then _stared_. I can’t quite describe why I love it so much. The colors definitely–the darkness (so tactile and touch-able) and the pale pinks and cream. And the blue somehow– notice [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogs, School, sick on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was supposed to be at a Jewish-Christian dialogue conference this week, in Connecticut. It was to be yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Instead, I am home sick, recovering from some sort of stomach virus or bout with food poisoning.
Awful. Yesterday, and the night before last, was the worst. Just wretchedness. And now I’m mending, but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged friendship, hope, inspiration, poetry on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Morning Fog by Ki-Hwan Na
Hope is like a path in the countryside;
originally there was no path,
yet, as people are walking all the time in the same spot, a way appears.
- Lu Xu
“Jeong” is a Korean word meaning love, or connectedness, with a connotation of interpersonal stickiness. I received a lovely invitation this morning, with this image [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, hope, School, self-worth on May 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When I was in junior high, I got a book called _14,000 Things to Be Happy About._
I’ve had it for years— it’s just a long list. It includes things, in no particular order, like, “teakettles,” “a baby’s first tooth,” “brass decorated cash registers,” “brand new notebooks,”Yankee ingenuity…” and so forth. I read it randomly when [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, Matt and I went to a gallery opening to see my friend Amy’s new show. The night was quite the adventure in itself– we were in a part of town I’d never visited, four other shows were opening on the same floor of the building, and the whole scene was packed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last night, on our way to church, Matt and I rode the M104 down Broadway.
The bus driver was a woman, a mother of a little boy–maybe five years old–riding along with her. He sat in a single seat, with a Chicken McNugget Happy Meal, well-dressed and well-behaved. He carefully dipped his nuggets, used a tissue [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, God, inspiration, prayer, presence on May 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS) is an amazing organization that I only recently learned about, through a photographer friend from my hometown of St. Louis. We belong to the same church, and I was dear friends with her mother for many years– she has an amazing blog, spectacular photographs of babies, children, [...]
