Monthly Archives: November 2005
Little Things I’m Liking Lately
Morning meditation The hollow sound my dog’s head makes when I pat his snout Coloring with my kids The burnt sienna crayon Toasted pecans Watching my kids eat noodles Those big rubber bands that come on bunches of broccoli Accidental … Continue reading
Contemplation: Toward the Whirlwind
In this Moment, I find myself In this Silence, I find myself In this Peace, I find myself In this Breath, I find myself In Your Presence, I find myself Drawn to the next Moment From this Silence toward the … Continue reading
Waiting
It’s this time of year that I post my annual “Bah humbug” message to all those premature Christmas-ers out there. It’s not time for Christmas music yet, Christmas decorations in October, yada yada, blah blah, Bah Humbug. But as of … Continue reading
A new found treasure.
“Now, there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So, when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it … Continue reading
At least we didn’t die
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at … Continue reading
Cuddle Your Baby
It’s good for them. And you, I’d venture to hypothesize. I wonder if oxytocin and arginine vasopressin are part of the reason why it feels so much better to have someone else rub your neck than it feels to rub … Continue reading
Back at me
I’ve said before that the thing I love most about blogging is the connections. A person who but for God’s Grace and the Internet I would never have seen much less talked to sent me back some words that I … Continue reading
The Pencil Game
Petunia loves to play what we call “The Pencil Game.” This is a random art game where we each take turns picking a color from dad’s humongous box of colored pencils and drawing a shape on a common piece of … Continue reading
Date Idea
Okay, here’s my agenda for an afternoon date: I am wanting to go see the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit at the MFA. Then stroll over to browse the Thornton Dial exhibit. Cross the street and go see Andrea Zittel’s Critical Space … Continue reading
You cannot teach the value of life by taking life
As companion piece to my previous post, I’ll blog the recent USCCB call to abolish the death penalty: “It is time for our nation to abandon the illusion that we can protect life by taking life. When the state, in … Continue reading
Mercy. Mercy.
“Stanley Williams now seeks mercy, the very mercy he so callously denied his four victims…Stanley Williams does not deserve this mercy,” said assistant head deputy district attorney, John Monaghan, and deputy district attorney David Walgren. I don’t think that the … Continue reading
New Job, New Marriage
Okay, so I’m not updating much. Life is has been tumultuous lately. It will take a little while to get back into some kind of equilibrium, some kind of routine that is sustainable. Right now we are renegotiating the routines … Continue reading