Saturday night I tore off pieces of a Post-It to mark passages in Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World. As I reached the last lines of the last chapter, closed the book and set it on the bedside table, I continued to think about story and place and self and how they overlap and interweave. I wanted to wrap up the book and move on...perhaps to start writing more … [Read more...]
Could Be
Twenty years ago, my husband and I were on a team of people serving behind-the-scenes at a Willow Creek-style start-up church. We'd been to Willow for a conference and came back inspired to do more with lighting; we wanted some par cans on the floor of the stage pointing up, providing a splash of color against the curtain. Like this.I urged the team to create a new look … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: Sept. 21, 2011
Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. ::: Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]
A Better Way
My son offered to sweep the kitchen floor. Though tall enough to hold a full-sized broom normally, he instead gripped it as if he were planning to whack a mouse and then slid the bristles across the vinyl tiles, managing to collect a few dog hairs and bread crumbs with each slow, inefficient motion. While wiping the counters, I watched him, debating whether or not to … [Read more...]
Write to Discover and Decipher Life
By the time I was 13 or 14 years old, I realized the children’s department couldn’t provide the depth of information I craved. Shyly, I began browsing the adult nonfiction shelves for exercise books, vegetarian cookbooks, step-by-step drawing tutorials, and a series that taught survival skills, in case I ever acted on my dream of living by myself in the woods, like the kid … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: Sept. 7, 2011 (David Dark, Blokus, handcuffs, aging, masterful memoir)
Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: August 24, 2011
Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]
Dancing in the Loft: Reflecting on Self
On Saturday I roamed the farm where I grew up, camera swinging from my neck, lens cap tucked in my pocket, eyes peeled for texture and angles; soul searching, too, I suppose, for memories, for clues to who I am...even why I am who I am. I studied flaking paint on aging sheds, slowly stripped by winter wind and snow down to raw wood, warping. Near the barn stand … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: Aug 17, 2011
Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]
Possess Less
On Four Things that Bring PeaceCHRIST. My son, I will now teach you the way of peace and true freedom. … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: July 6, 2011
Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you're keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. Reading I finished The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin. … [Read more...]
Giving Thanks for Small Things in a Great Country
On this day of freedom, I slowed down to pause, pay attention, snap photos, and give thanks for some of the smallest, simplest, humblest parts of my life in this great country.The garden, though planted late, clings, climbs, and unfolds yellow starbursts of possibility. … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: June 29, 2011
Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you may begin posting a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. Reading I finished The Day I Became an Autodidact: and the … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: June 22, 2011
Each Wednesday I’m recording Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. ::: Some of you have mentioned that you may begin posting a Curiosity Journal, as well. Monica started up her Curiosity Journals last week, so if she publishes one today, I'll send you over. Reading: The Day I Became an … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: April 27, 2011
Curiosity Journal: a weekly recap of what I’ve been reading, playing and learning; what I’m reacting to and writing. Inspired by Monica of Paper Bridges, I’m occasionally recording a Curiosity Journal...or am I recording an occasional Curiosity Journal? Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting…and writing.Reading: One of my sisters-in-law has a Ph.D. in … [Read more...]
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