As a graphic artist I have this habit of looking at packaging. It was no different for me last Tuesday when a miniature kite arrived in the mail. It is reassuring to know that this marvel of toy manufacturing has been around since 1995! That made the purchase of my kite much more repuatable to … Continue reading »
I have been reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and thinking a bit about the choice I have to view food differently. For as long as I can remember, I have called the hour of homework and cooking the dreaded ‘bewitching hour’. In Kingsolver’s book I was challenged to look at dinner with new … Continue reading »
Do you remember the first time you saw a transformer? Do you remember the funny shape of it? It came out of the box with a dozen movable limbs, bearing the name the JAZZGI. I remember thinking, “Why would a child want a toy with such a square jaw and oversized boots on its feet?” Soon I … Continue reading »
What Is It Anyway? Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley. CHARLES SIMIC, Dime-Store Alchemy, 1992 Poetry is a sofa full of blind singers who have put aside their canes… Poetry is the sound of summer in the rain and of people laughing behind closed shutters down a narrow street. LAWRENCE … Continue reading »
In a recent Christianity Today article (February 2011) Marilyn Chandler McEntyre wrote of the ancient practice of lectio divina. She explained the way that slowly reading a text allows the reader to “prayerfully consider the gift being offered within the words.” I was excited when Marilyn to read a few sentences following from these introductory … Continue reading »
I would love to see what you think after reading the materials I am sending out today. I am including the brochure that I am sending out around the country. I have a good group of leaders that I am corresponding with.. Here are some questions that they are bringing to this endeavor: Does everyone … Continue reading »
Content is this poem for Tuesday.. we are going to look at how refreshing it can be to get really tired of ourselves and make a new start… If you will read this, and bring back your writing on the topic of the face — this will be all you need to do to get … Continue reading »
My doctor told me that she wanted the “A” team to be in the operating room on the Friday morning that I was to have a scheduled “C” section. I was glad to be the first surgery of the day. I felt like singing “thank you!” to Dr. Woods along with the part of the … Continue reading »
Here is a writing prompt.. It might be fun to make a not too serious look over your journal and see what you have collected. What’s in My Journal by William Stafford Odd things, like a button drawer. Mean Things, fishhooks, barbs in your hand. But marbles too. A genius for being agreeable. Junkyard crucifixes, voluptuous … Continue reading »
Icewine is a wonderful illustration of our harvest as creative lovers of this life. Continue reading »
Speak Silence to Arrogance This morning I was thinking about the new and very cool buzz phrase “speak truth to power.” It always comes into play at the pivotal moment in an interview when a rock star wants to sound immersed in the cause of justice worldwide. It is a perfect period at the end … Continue reading »
