My friend S. (she's a little shy, so I'll just use her first initial) and I talk a lot about our love of learning. We dream of taking classes, working toward a master's degree or something (see Autodidact Ann, where someone struggles with these desires). "How would I ever choose just one thing?" S. has moaned several times. "I'm interested in so many things!" Me, … [Read more...]
55 Million Messages in Bottles (formerly "Message in a Bottle")
For reasons I don't comprehend, a post at my old Blogger blog entitled "Message in a Bottle" has gotten a lot of hits. Lots of Police fans out there, perhaps...or maybe Sting cruises the 'Net now-and-then searching for references to old song titles. Wow. Gives me goose bumps just imagining him landing on my blog. (Dreamy sigh.) Sorry. Where was I? Oh, yes, regarding … [Read more...]
Autodidact Ann
Until I stumbled across Mental Multivitamin's blog ("Read. Think. Learn." Oh, how I love that tagline), I never really used the word "autodidact." Given how many books I've read over the years, I must have seen the word several times. It felt familiar. I'd sounded it out at some point in my literary life. But I'd never used the word or even thought about what it means. I'd … [Read more...]
My Kind of Game
I'm no good at baby shower games. I don't really mind, though, as I'm usually more concerned about whether or not remnants of spinach dip are stuck between my teeth from the hors d'oeuvres than if I can accurately guess whether the green goo inside the de-labeled jar is pureed peas or green beans.But just when I'm settling down in my chair and handed a pad of paper and … [Read more...]
Writing in the Midst of Motherhood, Pt. 3
I skipped posting the third part of this series on Sunday because with it being the Sabbath and all, I didn't want to link you to this totally secular article at Salon.com, of all places. The author of the article, Dayna Macy, is a writer who is exploring whether or not she should have a child. "I have postponed motherhood in order to get my writing life moving," she … [Read more...]
Writing in the Midst of Motherhood
I'm just finishing up Writing from the Center, a collection of essays from Scott Russell Sanders. In the chapter from which the book takes its title, Sanders seeks "to know where authentic writing comes from; I would like to know the source of those lines that are worth keeping, the writing that brings some clarity and beauty into the confusion of our lives." (p. … [Read more...]
We really do limit screen time
This is what it usually looks like. I promise.As for the books...it's a sickness. An addiction. As my friend Bill B. said, it's "a gentle madness," after a book by that title.Because, you see, several of the shelves you see in this photo are double stacked--two rows of books, one in front of the other. In the family room--two more bookshelves packed full. In each of the … [Read more...]
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